SPR Photography

A photographic journal for myself as a photographer, as I learn and discover more about this artistic medium and explore myself through it.

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Welcome to my page,

On here I will be publishing photography projects I’m working on, either within my college photography courses, artistic projects I’m working on, or any of the client based work I’m currently doing.

Currently I’ve been focusing my time in photography on alternative processes within the medium. Specifically Gum Bichromate printing, and Vandyke brown printing.

If you are interested in learning more about the process I’m working on, or anything within photography, I am more than willing to help.

I hope you enjoy the content throughout my page!!

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Update to the salted paper collage, put it into more of a grid pattern

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Update to the collage,

Shaped it to look more like a silhouette to speak more on the feeling of loneliness in a college while surrounded by so many people.

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I really love how this salted paper print came out, really captures the essence of the bench.

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Personally I’m not a fan of this process, but after a few attempts I got a large scale lumen print that I liked.

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Progress on the large scale collage.

Things are coming together quite well, just need to finalize a few parts of it.

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More frames 😛😛

Quite happy with how my transitioning photo looks in the gold frame

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When the,

When the ginormous negative for the big print.

Big salted paper print coming soon, stay tuned.

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Progress report on the salted paper prints.

The images themselves came out super well, only issue is that I didn’t fully coat the left one, leading to a lot of detail being missing.

Gonna move from the half page size of these to a full page soon, just need to finish getting the images I need for the project.

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More supplies. 25 more pieces of the Rives BFK paper, and a salted paper printing kit.

Big things will be coming, stay tuned.

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Remembrance;

There’s two different ways of looking at this piece.

First we have the cyanotype paper that’s been left in the dark room for over a month, somewhat already ruined, but with work, they were still able to capture the image. This reflection calls us to take a step back, and remember that some people may feel forgotten, and need help to step back up.

Secondly, it’s a piece of all of my fond memories as a pilot. From my first flight, to my internship, then my time at JFA, and lastly to the direct over I did over O’Hare airport. In the middle of it all is a faint exposure of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, which was one of my favorite aircraft during the time I spent as a pilot.

It’s great to just take a step back and remember what was, and to see hope for what is. I hope this helps inspire someone to do the same.

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I really love how alternative processes pieces look in frames. Genuinely some of the best looking art works that you can have in a frame.

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As I’m getting more comfortable with my body, and exploring my more feminine side, I find it hard to have a place to share my experiences with others. This triple selective coat Gum Bichromate piece is a representation of that. As it shows an image of myself in the first skirt I ever bought, with a nice top and sweater on. While the image being faint represents the lack of confidence I feel through my transitioning journey, and my lack of safety in being able to share more about myself to the people I trust or see as good friends.

This three year journey has been a rough one, but I’m finally finding my place as a woman in this world, and I appreciate the close friends that I have whom have supported me in this journey of self discovery.

I’m really proud of this piece as it is such a great self portrait, and represents so much of myself through an artistic medium.

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I’m really excited to announce that my selective coating Gum Bichromate piece is now being displayed in the Carthage College art show. While my piece wasn’t mentioned for any awards or special placement, it’s still a big step for someone who isn’t even doing an art based major.

I’m excited to see where the rest of my art work can take me, especially as I’m starting to work on getting more pieces into galleries or other art shows.

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Used a large scaled negative on a full sheet of Rives VFK to make this print. But I sadly put the transfer down improperly leading to the print being mirrored to what the actual image was.

Overall it’s a good reminder of mistakes that can happen, and why it’s important to take each step slowly.

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Re-printed this photo set, over all it turned out much better. Mainly since I used two negatives to bring out more details, and the negatives were slightly different in size, allowing for a better depth of field to be present.

Let me know what y’all think about this reprint compared to the first version I posted.

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An interesting piece I’m working on. It’s another Gum Bichromate print, so far using purple, baby blue, and a deep green as the color layers. I plan to add an orange on top to expand the color variety of the piece.

I think it’s working out pretty well with the colors so far. I’ll update it once I add and expose the orange layer.