SUPER SAMPLER

I decided to trying and branch out camerawise (and I'm rather meh about digital at the moment) so I picked up a Super Sampler off the internets I decided to give it a shot. I tried it out with a really cheap roll of 400 speed film (and it shows, haha) just to get a sense of how wide the lenses were, I had some fun, since there is no viewfinder!

I haven't quite got the hang of it yet, I need to work on my super sampling technique, which luckily I read up on in the nifty booklet it came with. I just need a little more action and probably more light, the negatives were rather thin!

Figure Study

(12/4/09)

Recently I've gotten back into self portraits, I feel like I haven't made any in a long time, but these could be as much figure studies as they are self portraits.I shaved my head again so I could redo and improve on some of the images I shot the last time I cut my hair this short, but this time I had someone check the focus so they would be sharp!

I've tried to take this image a step further by juxtaposing it with a darker print, which was a stab at diptychs, and an attempted at furthering my self portrait. Making it more than just an image of myself. I thought I would take an astrological route and go with the twins, which represent my zodiac sign, gemini.

(12/30/09)

Its taken me all month and I've never finished my post... I wanted this to be my idea for my final project for Basic Studio, because I enjoyed the extremely dark tones contrasting with the regular tones in the right images, also from the symbolism resulting from the diptych, at least my take from it. Ultimately I think I failed miserably (I did pass the class!) at realizing this idea, specifically from a technical stand point, which is the most infuriating (although I did this image digitally, not in the darkroom as was required for the final), as I considered myself somewhat adept at that part of photography even if I end up coming short in the concept part.

I want to work out the technical kinks next semester and possibly switch to color, I just need to find some skinny dudes to continue this series with, self portraits take forever!

Neglected!

So I let my blog languish again, updating rent asunder by work and then school. Oh well, its a good as time as any to put up some images.

This was for an assignment for Junior Workshop called "the space between." I really wanted to focus on creating negative shapes using the body, as well as retaining strong positive shapes. This has to be my favorite piece I've shot this year.

This piece was for an assignment on my dwelling. Now I normally don't think of my apartment as strictly mine, I share it with three other people and when I moved in aside from my clothes and one or two pieces of furniture everything was already here. That resulting in me living in a place that didn't quite feel like home. So I sought out spaces that became strictly mine when I was using them. One of the first to come to mind was the bathroom, where one can be a king, and rule from yonder porcelain throne, or just read a book.

In addition to a lot of the strobe work I've been doing I've been trying to just shoot on the street, just available light, and I've been working on a small series on street shots. They grew out of stress relief, tired of working with studio lights, and over thinking shots, I went out on the streets armed only with a Hasselblad and my eyes (and a light meter). These are just random shots from the series thus far, but are the ones I enjoy the most.


I had to put these images together in a book for a class, (which can be viewed here)
and hopefully I'll be getting my copy of it soon!

Despite my leaning towards black and white film for stress relief I do still have fun with digital. Coercing high school friends to model for me in parking lots at wee hours of the morning is always a good time. I was trying to go Gregory Crewdson with this, but I didn't have nearly as many lights or budget, so I just stole all of the ambient that was around, and voila!



That's all for now, hopefully these series will continue to grow,
and if all else fails get posted!