Tomorrow I’ll be shooting my cousins. I’m taking them to some ruins by my mom’s house and I’m looking forward to it. It’ll be pretty fun. I think it’ll give me the chance to play with some different techniques – plus I’ll be able to get some nice sibling pics. That’s not something I got to do a whole lot of at the portrait studio (especially teenagers). It’ll also give me a chance to explore the location – which I haven’t gotten a chance to do since the first Diana/Holga adventure with Kerri. Mine didn’t come out, so here are a few of Kerri’s.
I’m thinking a Diana redemption tomorrow!!
Posted August 31st, 2010. 2 comments
Tracy, Sean and I saw this on a quiet little road. “That was creepy,” we thought and proceeded to pull over so that we could photograph it.
This summer, suicide has affected a lot of people I know, and each and every one of them would have answered yes.
Would you?
So, after almost a year at the portrait studio, I’m done. And since I’ve got about two and a half weeks off, so I’m thinking that I’m going to tackle what I’ve never been good at: Portraits.
Now, this may sound strange considering my past job. But after looking at Feather & Stone, it brought me back to my days of photojournalism and the dreaded stranger portrait. And the thing about these versus the ones I took at work is that these are striking and different.
Anyhoo, what I’m thinking about doing is trying to take a portrait every day during my time off. It’s a little goal for myself – and it’ll get me out of the house! =)
Posted August 26th, 2010. 1 comment
Today’s prints I wasn’t entirely satisfied with. Maybe I was a little speedy with them. Maybe the chemicals were a bit off. Either way, next time, I’ll conquer them for sure. I was starting to work on the cards that I’m considering selling. This set was routed in the abandoned amusement park that Kerri and I found.
It feels good to get back into doing some work after being sick and all the updating on the website. A few weeks ago, Kerri visited and we actually managed to get some work done. Now she lives in State College, PA (and has access to a darkroom, which means I have to go and visit her regularly). I played model for some of her grad school work. I want to see it – even though it was a little awkward having photos taken of me not acting like a jerk. It was kind of fun, too.
It’s been a while since I’ve taken any photos. I’m itching to get out soon and I’m planning a trip back to the amusement park soon, actually. Unfortunately, Kerri has my flash. That blows, but it also means that I get to experiment with new ways of lighting things. I can’t complain. Although, I do need people to come play with me. Any takers?
So, I’m still working out this what I like to shoot things – or rather, how I like to shoot people. I say this because I generally wouldn’t think of using people as a subject last year. Now they’re kind of fun. Sometimes. But not in the studio portrait or general portrait sense. I’m kind of over that after a year of it. I feel like I’ve got better things to do. The new adventure is how might I want to incorporate people into what I do.
Cards up later tonight.
If it’s not apparent, I’m working on a new layout for this webpage. All of the content has moved, however, with a recent spell of headaches, the renovations are on hold.
All of my navigational pages can still be found to the left of this box.
Have fun looking around and hopefully everything will be in working order soon!!
