Monday, May 10, 2010

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Scanned RC Color Prints

Kodak Portra NC 160

10'' x 10'

I just had my final critique for color photo. I struggled with this project. I learned what came with photographing people. Getting up early every morning to photograph friends in the same building became a bit old and repetitive. I wouldn't mind coming back to this body of work because it does feel unfinished. However, it's going to be on my own time. There are other photographs I want to make this summer. These photographs I was attracted to greater than others. Below is my artist statement.

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Waking up in the morning. It’s not exactly the most beautiful thing. Our first inclination is to respond. Hide it from everyone else. What we’re striving to recover from is the interaction with the bed. When we sleep, we are unconscious to our nocturnal actions. When we wake up, the evidence is there. We are the fossilized bone wrenched from the bedrock. The bed has left it’s mark and vise-versa. What would it look like to photograph someone right when they wake up? As a twin sharing the same room, these images are of us. They are my friends. Connected at the hour. In their home as well as mine...

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Scanned Gelatin Silver Fiber Print

Copper & Sepia Toned

Kodak Tri-X 320

8'' x 10''

Last week in Photo Techniques we covered toning prints. After messing around a bit with various toners, I decided to Copper/Brown tone and then Sepia tone the fishing photographs I made last semester in my 4x5 class. It was refreshing to touch old prints...

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Monday, April 5, 2010

Scanned Instant Colour Print

Fuji Film FP-100c Pro

8.5 x 10cm

I took the other day off to rest up for the few weeks I have left. I decided to bring my Polaroid camera with me. The shutter is a little fidgety but i was able to snap off a few shots here and there. I like this one a lot. The stain on the left is awesome...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Scanned Gelatin Silver Fiber Print

Kodak Tri-X 400

7'' x 7''

This is another photograph I made for Photo Techniques. The night I processed this film, we were sampling new developers. This one is the developed with Kodak XTOL and pushed N+1. The developer suits the needs of the negative. All the detail in the wood table and the objects are gorgeous...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Scanned Gelatin Silver Fiber Print

Kodak Tri-X 400

Ilford FP4+ 125

7'' x 7''

These photographs were made with in the pitch black with an LED. The exposures ranged from 15 seconds to 2 minutes. I particularly enjoyed being part of the experience. Viewing the prints in person look great. The black on the Ilford Warm Tone Fiber Paper are just gorgeous. The first image is shot with Kodak Tri-X 400 and processed in Kodak D-76. The other photograph were shot on Ilford FP4+ 125 and processed in Pink Pyro, which i found to be an exciting experiment for my Photo Techniques class...