Portraits

Thus far, I have only one print of my portraits (sad). However, today's the last day to get all my current prints posted, so here you go, all my things are posted.

My friend Jake. He's a creepy dude, what can I say? He had that orange all day long. I like how dark I made this photo and how creepy it turned out. For some reason, I have a way with pictures of creepy things.... Anyway, the print somehow got damaged on the bottom. 

Self Portraits

Alright, so, everyone tells me I ought to go into modeling with my sister. But, in truth, I am so much more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it. I am unimaginative when faced with the glaring lens. But it's the project, so I had to do it. The final results are below. I'd just like to let you know that I have no remote control for my camera and no timer. Therefore, it was extremely hard for me to do my work. Anyone who I know who is reading this, consider a remote for my camera a very good gift :D

So, this was the very last negative on the roll. I had run out of ideas by this point (not that I had any to start with...), so I went into the school bathroom with my friend Peyton (yes, that was against the rules, but a part of me is around my friends at all times). Her hand is the one in the picture. I didn't care much about focusing it and stuff like that, I just took the shot. Turned out fuzzy, but good!

 This picture took some talent, what with both hands actually being in the photo and it being clear. I mean, I have automatic snapshot! Anyway, this is one of my best photos.

 Now, yes, this is really blurry around my face. There were some light scratches somehow, but photoshop got those out in this scan.

All pictures that include my face are published here with my parents' consent.

Light Photos

So, I have just now done my prints for one of our projects, the light project. Thus far, out of all the projects I have done, this one has been the most promising and has ended with the best results.

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I'd like to thank my model and friend Peyton. Thanks!

Just Waiting for the Darkroom

As I was flipping through some blogs of fellow photographers, I saw that someone had decided to do posts of what was going on along with their photos (as in, there were no photos in the post). I thought it was an interesting idea, sort of a review of what was going on in class and in the photography world.

Anyway, here is everything. We've started to take photos for our portrait project, and I've already almost finished (one frame left). I thought today was the due date, but we start developing the film on FRIDAY. Wonderful. This always happens to me; I do half my roll over the weekend, then panic on Monday and think that I have to get it done at lunch, ending up "wasting" the rest of my film. So, if it ends up that my project isn't very good, I apologize. However, Jake was very willing to do some with me. I'm unsure if any will turn out... Well, non-creepy. He was fondling an orange the entire time.

After being sick for so long, I am way behind on my light project. I'm going to have to do my contact sheet today in class, then stay after school either tomorrow or Wednesday to do the rest of the prints for my self-portraits and my light project. I just hope I can get it all done in time so it won't get too bad of a grade (which is already suffering due to unknown causes).

I am contemplating using another roll to do some freelance work (mainly portraits, just in case my roll of portraits is bad). Does anyone know if Hohman will be able to get more film in the future, in case I end up messing up and needing more film than I have? Also, does anyone know where to get Arista.Edu Ultra 400 iso film in the future? It would be nice to continue using film and after school darkroom even after this class is over.

24 Things

Our last project was a difficult one. We had a list of words that we had to take photographs of, ranging from red to twelve o' clock midnight. This was fun, yes, but a challenge for those who can't think well, especially when a camera is present. Well, I took my photos, and they turned out interesting. Below are my two prints, equally creepy for the Halloween season.

This one was my most macabre, and the one that Hohman wanted me to develop. Lucky me. This photo is of the word "sharp"(very creative), and only taken with encouragement from my dad (whose arm is in the photo). It sure looks real, but I can assure you, the knife isn't really in his arm, and that's just ketchup you see.

This photo is of the words "New/Old". It's a candle on top of a new "green" light bulb (one of those coil-ey ones). It looks kind of ghost-like, in a way, which is perfect for the Halloween season. It turned out a lot darker than I expected, but that worked much better. It also turned out crooked, something I am working on, an error in the printing process. Hopefully I will get better at it!! 

One Thing: Buddha

Alright, I keep it no secret that I am a follower of Buddhism (not Asian, Buddhist). Now, when most people think of Buddha, they think of the fat, happy man. But that's the Chinese Buddha, and Buddha was actually a stick skinny man. My Buddha is a traditional Buddha, and because of its meaning, I took pictures of it for my One Thing project.

Inverted Pinholes

So, the next part of this is the inverted pinholes! Whee! Hohman told us to invert them in Photoshop, so here I am, posting the inverted pinhole images. Enjoy!

Yes, you can see my face in the second, but only very blurrily. I'm sure that I'm safe.

First Project: Pinhole Cameras and Photograms

First project of the year, and already a possible disaster. First, we did "caneras", or pinhole cameras, which operate like mini camera obscuras. We did a portrait of ourselves (with a success on the second try), then were set loose on campus to take a picture of school life. This, however, did not succeed. The final results are displayed below. The first picture is the picture of school life, in which I forgot the fact that negatives are opposites, and I thought that I had to be faster with my "shutter" speed.

The next part of this project is the photogram. This is pretty easy. Place a bunch of stuff on the light, and you're good! The image that resulted is below.

All images were left in the wash for too long, and so they are warped, but the images are really cool.