Harlem, Christmas 2012.
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Showing posts with label Rose. Show all posts
A big part of what motivates me to shoot is seeing people do new and interesting things that kinda stretch my understanding in new and previously unexplored regions. From leica wielding documentary shooters to minimalist contemporary (my designation) photographers I've always had inspiration, or desire to emulate. Lately, possibly with real world things to worry about, I've been struggling to find inspiration and more importantly grow.
I tried getting really academic about photographs; trying to comprehend something not only aesthetically, but trying to really study photographs or understand the medium like an art. Or, how I though MFAs studied photographs. I figured the only way to differentiate yourself from a generation of mass adopters of photography was to dive into the abstract and non-aesthetics.
Most recently however, the biggest source of photographic fun for me has come from, wait for it, instagram. It's incredible. The app itself has a competent interface and a collection of filters (some extremely mediocre) you can apply to pictures. But what is so heartening about this free service is how much creativity you can squeeze into a picture you take with phone. There are apps out there that you can use to mirror pictures, make dipytches, set type on, stack multiple layers on, all while being constrained to your phone and publishing it on this service. I find myself really motivated by some people on there (and massively discouraged by a lot of others).
I realize that the few of you who read my blog (Have I ever mentioned how much I love you guys?), aren't on instagram and therefore dont see this new direction I've been expanding in. So I'm going to throw some of my instagram pictures on this here blog, so it remains an accurate log of my photographic journey.
See what some others are doing with it
A long rant, Sorry It's late and I'm tired.
I tried getting really academic about photographs; trying to comprehend something not only aesthetically, but trying to really study photographs or understand the medium like an art. Or, how I though MFAs studied photographs. I figured the only way to differentiate yourself from a generation of mass adopters of photography was to dive into the abstract and non-aesthetics.
Most recently however, the biggest source of photographic fun for me has come from, wait for it, instagram. It's incredible. The app itself has a competent interface and a collection of filters (some extremely mediocre) you can apply to pictures. But what is so heartening about this free service is how much creativity you can squeeze into a picture you take with phone. There are apps out there that you can use to mirror pictures, make dipytches, set type on, stack multiple layers on, all while being constrained to your phone and publishing it on this service. I find myself really motivated by some people on there (and massively discouraged by a lot of others).
I realize that the few of you who read my blog (Have I ever mentioned how much I love you guys?), aren't on instagram and therefore dont see this new direction I've been expanding in. So I'm going to throw some of my instagram pictures on this here blog, so it remains an accurate log of my photographic journey.
See what some others are doing with it
A long rant, Sorry It's late and I'm tired.
Ohiopyle, as the name might suggest, isnt actually in Ohio. Its a state park close to PGH where you go hiking, swimming, kyaking and other out-doorsy activities. It was a nice day trip in the middle of a stressy summer semester.
Frank Lloyd-Wright's Falling Water and Kentuck Knob are close by, and are maintained really well, from what I can tell - I havent actually been to Kentuck Knob yet, it supposedly has a really nice art garden.
More pictures coming sharpish.
Konica Redscale
Urm, So I got another camera. Yeah. My housemate gave me his extra 35mm SLR before he left for gradschool so I have a 35mm SLR again!
My last redscale experiment didnt go so well, and I kinda gave up on the idea because it was so much work. However, recently by a really random coincidence, some film I bought from amazon was loaded into the canister backwards! I mean, it really is a defective product, and the seller was very dodgy and isnt replying to emails. But why not have another crack at it, yeah? So I shot the first roll a while ago and here are some of the less mediocre ones.
Hiss all you want, kitty. You're just a silly cat.
This came out wayy over exposed, and green. Thats what photoshop is for. Also, my scanner cropped it this way, and I liked it. Good one, scanner.
My last redscale experiment didnt go so well, and I kinda gave up on the idea because it was so much work. However, recently by a really random coincidence, some film I bought from amazon was loaded into the canister backwards! I mean, it really is a defective product, and the seller was very dodgy and isnt replying to emails. But why not have another crack at it, yeah? So I shot the first roll a while ago and here are some of the less mediocre ones.
Hiss all you want, kitty. You're just a silly cat.
This came out wayy over exposed, and green. Thats what photoshop is for. Also, my scanner cropped it this way, and I liked it. Good one, scanner.
Golden Hour
On the way back from a craigslist trip, we were driving through this strangely beautiful suburban neighborhood with the most golden light. I got these two pictures in, which I guessed the exposure for (didnt have a light meter on me, plus I had to act fast because I parked on the side of the road), and got pretty damn close to perfect exposures imo.
Medium formaatttt.
Downtown Toronto
So, after years (really) of meaning and wanting to get one, I finally got a film scanner. It is likely that the money I spent on it will be earned back after a while of not paying CVS to scan my rolls, but the main reason to get a scanner was to be able to work with bigger files and less crap in pictures like dust and finger prints.
I'm just getting the hang of the scanner and working out a workflow, but this picture of downtown Toronto from my hotel room makes me really happy.
I'm just getting the hang of the scanner and working out a workflow, but this picture of downtown Toronto from my hotel room makes me really happy.
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