So a lot has happen.....or should I say is about to. I met with Caleb Charland on Tuesday and we had a wonderful discussion. I was told to scan in negative, which I never thought of, and here are some examples.
These were all scanned as a negative. All my previous work with the leaves were scanned as a document.
This is a "back" scan with RGB color and adjusted and inverted
I wanted to show these because I really liked the color and x-ray of the leaf
This is from the "back" of the leaf..... in RGB color and adjusted.
This is the "back" in grayscale.
invert and grayscale
Here is a scan positive film and I was going to get the same kind of reaction to the scan so I selected an area inside the leaf....
Im getting a much better scan and I am very excited to utilize this equipment I have. In my discussion with Caleb too we talked about all these being a process and really going into documenting my process of "photographing" or image making as you will. We talked about making a video, taking pictures of my garden and flowers, snapping myself as I go out to get some rain or sunlight on paper and come back inside and that becoming more a part of the process as a whole.
My goals for this week:
-make more images of veggies on their leaves and scan them
-make my own emulsion cocktail.
-try the purple potatoes, purple cauliflower, and bringing flowers into my mixture to get more warm colors
-scan leaves currently have as negative
-read articles that Caleb gave me
-research my three artists and email them after my discussion with Caleb and Alison my list has become longer and may change the people I was first interested in.
-start my paper for next Monday due date
- get books from library that Alison and I discussed.
-take advantage of the sun as much as possible.
-test an anthotype with the leaves on it.
- coat a TON of paper to be ready to make prints anytime.
