Old World Final

This is the final outcome of the re-print of my Old World from this past semester. For some reason today I felt like cleaning our room. I've torn everything apart. I need some organization to start the year off. During my organization process I came across my re-print which I have not posted until today, so here it is ... TAH DAH!!  This is officially the last version ever posted.  I've kind of saturated my blog with this image, but to be fair it took a lot of research and testing to get it right.  Although I was reluctant to change the area of the print to include more of the negative, I am very happy with the result.  It turned out way better than I thought it would.  Hope everyone is off to a great 2010!


I have a roll I'll be posting from soon.  Stay tuned!!  :)

Getting close...

It's getting close.  To the left is the raw shot.  To the right is the cropped version.  These images were captured during my shoot the other day.  It is from my film based contact sheet.  I still need to spend some time in the dark room printing this image and then toning it properly.  I wanted an idea of which image I wanted to use and I think this is the winner.  I plan to tone it in a more believable way.  I just needed to get an idea of how it would look post toning.  Megan did such a fantastic job!  Best model/assistant a girl could ask for!  She quickly caught on to all the steps I naturally forget and would promptly remind me.  So patient!  I will only post this image one more additional time and that's when I've processed it completely.  Fingers crossed!  Hope it comes out fantastically!  I know I've already posted a version of this so I promise not to post more than one more time as the finished product.

Aloha

Last night I had my second photo shoot.  My first set of negatives was destroyed by the light.  Darn you light!  This is a digital image version of what I was shooting.  I played around with it a little in Picasa to tone it and try to make it look "Old World" but at the end of the day it still looks digital.  I dropped off my negatives at Image Control and must say the experience I had of just dropping the film off was great.  The owner and I chatted for about 30 minutes about the best films and the best way to meter the film.  I learn so much from every person I come in contact with in the photography world.  It truly is a community of passionate people who like to help newbies like myself be the best photographer he or she can be!  So happy to be in the loop (or loupe)!  The bad puns in photography never get old and are vast and numerous.

Old World Portrait

My most recent assignment is creating an 'Old World' portrait.  We have to take a picture that resembles one that was taken in 1920 or older.  The inspiration I'm using is from Hawaii.  Like I've mentioned previously Megan has graciously volunteered to be my guinea pig.  This past Tuesday we did some test shots in the studio to play with the lighting.  I adjusted the tone slightly by warming the images -- other than that the pictures were taken with instant film and provided a lot of information.  Megan has beautiful lines in her neck and, of course, a gorgeous face, but the lighting is just too modern.  One of my instructors pointed out that my inspiration picture was taken without lights of any sort, hence, the soft shadows.  He also demonstrated how the closer to the light source the softer the shadows become on the face.  I'm now excited to try my hand at producing pictures indoors with available light.  I can't wait.  
A big thank you to Matt Holton who's art inspired my Hawaiian look and helped research Hawaiian culture.