Friday, July 19, 2013
Success!
That was one successful day. Six black and white prints. One roll of film. 4 almost ready anthoypes and one photosynthesis leaf print, the lilac leaf did not take to the negative and was not a good result at all. Will post some pictures tomorrow, hopefully. Monday will be my next studio day!
First REAL Studio Day!
Wow am I full of energy this morning! Paperwork aside......I have entered a full day of printing.
I have five anthotypes outside in this hott sun exposing right now with the said materials I used to make emulsions yesterday. Excited to see how they turn out. Of course this process is not necessarily permanent but its been a treat to work with and I look forward to a final product, dont we all?
I have two leaves exposing outside, as shown yesterday. Unfortunately the skies opened and one got wet so I had to dry it off today and put it back out for exposure this afternoon.
I woke early, went for a walk, and the goal was to photograph life where I saw it. I photographed one roll of film until I decided I wanted a 35mm camera to photograph with so that I could have more images and then easily cut them up to collage on top of a leaf like I said previously. I did not go back out need less to say.....too hott. I will post pone the 35mm walk.
When I got home I set up to develop the roll of film I had shot. Loaded, chemicals all set, developed and what came out.........A roll of negatives from three years ago! This was a roll of film that was in a camera and I remember taking out, dont remember it being photographed, its been kept in proper conditions and was a big surprise to me this morning. So as I look through it I notice that it is from a hiking trip I had planned with my ex boyfriend. Yes, I know..... so the feelings I immediately had were anger. Here I had planned on a different outcome and again had wasted my time on this individual that I remember so much pain from. No frontal portraits of him but ones at the top of a mountain with his back to camera almost as if a meaning of saying it was what I thought. He was detached from me and couldnt understand how to treat me in my time of mourning.
What I had been thinking about doing was printing black and whites and then painting or adhering some other material to the print. Now, after this incident, all I could think of is printing this image of this man and driving nails through his figure. Just a way to relieve myself of all the words that I should of said to him but didnt find it necessary. Does this all become too cliche? It doesnt matter, its a feeling that should be expressed and so this is currently what I am doing. Putting my energy and time into making this print of someone whom I think is an amazing person who caused me so much unbearable pain there are no words for it. This will hopefully put a closing to this aggression that clearly I still carry for this matter.
Planning on spending the whole day down in my basement making prints etc. This is the most exciting day of work I have had and its amazing! Really starting to feel like I am accomplishing what I came here for, to find a process that is expressive enough for me to feel like I hold a connection with my images. Pictures will come later.
I have five anthotypes outside in this hott sun exposing right now with the said materials I used to make emulsions yesterday. Excited to see how they turn out. Of course this process is not necessarily permanent but its been a treat to work with and I look forward to a final product, dont we all?
I have two leaves exposing outside, as shown yesterday. Unfortunately the skies opened and one got wet so I had to dry it off today and put it back out for exposure this afternoon.
I woke early, went for a walk, and the goal was to photograph life where I saw it. I photographed one roll of film until I decided I wanted a 35mm camera to photograph with so that I could have more images and then easily cut them up to collage on top of a leaf like I said previously. I did not go back out need less to say.....too hott. I will post pone the 35mm walk.
When I got home I set up to develop the roll of film I had shot. Loaded, chemicals all set, developed and what came out.........A roll of negatives from three years ago! This was a roll of film that was in a camera and I remember taking out, dont remember it being photographed, its been kept in proper conditions and was a big surprise to me this morning. So as I look through it I notice that it is from a hiking trip I had planned with my ex boyfriend. Yes, I know..... so the feelings I immediately had were anger. Here I had planned on a different outcome and again had wasted my time on this individual that I remember so much pain from. No frontal portraits of him but ones at the top of a mountain with his back to camera almost as if a meaning of saying it was what I thought. He was detached from me and couldnt understand how to treat me in my time of mourning.
What I had been thinking about doing was printing black and whites and then painting or adhering some other material to the print. Now, after this incident, all I could think of is printing this image of this man and driving nails through his figure. Just a way to relieve myself of all the words that I should of said to him but didnt find it necessary. Does this all become too cliche? It doesnt matter, its a feeling that should be expressed and so this is currently what I am doing. Putting my energy and time into making this print of someone whom I think is an amazing person who caused me so much unbearable pain there are no words for it. This will hopefully put a closing to this aggression that clearly I still carry for this matter.
Planning on spending the whole day down in my basement making prints etc. This is the most exciting day of work I have had and its amazing! Really starting to feel like I am accomplishing what I came here for, to find a process that is expressive enough for me to feel like I hold a connection with my images. Pictures will come later.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Photosynthesis Experiment #2
Man is it hot! Set up some more images with leaves for print outside. One weed and one lilac leaf. Two black and white negatives. Coated some paper with four different types; beets, kale/tatsoy/lemon/lime, strawberries, celery/peas combinations. They should be ready to print on tomorrow if not in a couple hours. Then I'm printing in the darkroom for the rest of the evening.....I hope! 
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Through my research I believe Binh Danh wrapped a small bag with water to the stem of his leaves and then exposed. Through my recent experiment, I did not and the leaf still exposed properly. The color negative was a test, to see how much detail I could achieve by using it and a fair amount was present, which means I will have better luck with a black and white negative when used.
I have newspapers from a time in my life that was horrid. I was written about in a newspaper being questionably accused of "killing my father". I am looking at a way of using these newspapers to find release in what I have been through. They have words that are hurtful, etc. that I think I will use to collage with and create another photosynthesis process. I am really into the thought of using my hands and earth to create, this is my drive currently.
Binh Danh used old images he had collected from newspapers and magazines and so I think this process may work and I can print these words onto the leaves with a portrait as well. I recently was at my Aunts house, my dads sister, and she was giving me old pictures of my father. I am thinking of scanning them and making black and white negatives with them to then print from as well during this process.
Unfortunately I have wedding like crazy and my time is limited to be able to do a lot of processing so right now I have been doing a lot of brainstorming and small amounts of reading and lots of research! Until next week when i can hopefully crack down on lot of ideas and try them out.
Goals for next week:
email two artists
collage on leaf
3 rolls black and white film developed
print black and whites
paint on prints
write paper for 22nd
make anthotypes using materials in fridge, veggies and fruits...tests about four types of foods.
and blog......
I have newspapers from a time in my life that was horrid. I was written about in a newspaper being questionably accused of "killing my father". I am looking at a way of using these newspapers to find release in what I have been through. They have words that are hurtful, etc. that I think I will use to collage with and create another photosynthesis process. I am really into the thought of using my hands and earth to create, this is my drive currently.
Binh Danh used old images he had collected from newspapers and magazines and so I think this process may work and I can print these words onto the leaves with a portrait as well. I recently was at my Aunts house, my dads sister, and she was giving me old pictures of my father. I am thinking of scanning them and making black and white negatives with them to then print from as well during this process.
Unfortunately I have wedding like crazy and my time is limited to be able to do a lot of processing so right now I have been doing a lot of brainstorming and small amounts of reading and lots of research! Until next week when i can hopefully crack down on lot of ideas and try them out.
Goals for next week:
email two artists
collage on leaf
3 rolls black and white film developed
print black and whites
paint on prints
write paper for 22nd
make anthotypes using materials in fridge, veggies and fruits...tests about four types of foods.
and blog......
Results
This is my result of four days of exposing a leaf with a color negative. Would get better details with a more contrasty negative and should be developing some in the next couple days. I will then play with cutting and placing on leaves to create a collaged composition.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
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