Oct 30, 2020
image into words —
with each day that passes
i feel myself losing
more and more of myself,
to this
t
h
i
n
g
that was
never mine
to begin with
seen from Germany
seen from Türkiye
seen from Indonesia
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Martinique
seen from United States
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from Ireland
seen from United States
seen from Germany
image into words —
with each day that passes
i feel myself losing
more and more of myself,
to this
t
h
i
n
g
that was
never mine
to begin with
Contact Sheets - Assignment 3
Contact Sheets - Assignment 2
Contact Sheets- Assignment 1
Final Project Progress - Week 5
Week 5, Roll 1 Highlights
Technical Notes:
This was actually the second building inspection that I had gone to, as the first one I made the unfortunate mistake of improperly loading my film and capturing nothing. Insurance reasons prevented me from going up in the "basket" with the rest of the contractors. The second inspection was scheduled two hours earlier than the first one I'd gone to and due to that I missed some of the beautiful higher contrast sunset lighting I thought I had gotten the first time (the building is along the Hudson River).
Ultimately I may only use two photos from here for the final portfolio.
Shot using Kodak TMax400, developed normally with HC110(b).
Final Project Progress - Week 4
Week 4, Roll 1 & 2 Highlights
Technical Notes:
We took off Week 3, originally scheduled to climb the bridge, because it was freezing out and we were both unmotivated. The perfect night came a week later and it was unnaturally balmy for this time of year. It was one of those nights where you just feel it, that everything is going to go perfectly. So we took some whisky shots and made our way over to the bridge and found the entry door to the ascending stairs sprung wide open-- this is an unusual occurrence. Feeling confident that fate was on our side we went up confidently and slowly, taking pictures the entire way up and down.
One unfortunate thing that did occur was the Pentax camera freezing. It was too cold for it to operate and the shutter would freeze shut after one capture. If I warmed it against my body and sacrificed a frame it would work again but this proved to be tedious and time consuming so I resolved to ditch it along with the tripod, and shot exclusively on my Olympus Stylus Epic point and shoot camera. I held my breath and tried my best to stay as still as possible for the shots without flash. Overall I'm very happy with the results and the focus, given the circumstances.
All shot on Kodak TMax3200, pushed a stop to 1600iso, developed HC110(b) normally at 1600.
Final Project Progress - Week 2
Week 2, Roll 1 Highlights - Kodak TMax400, shot early morning
Week 2, Roll 2 - Kodak TMax 400, shot evening, separate day.
Technical Notes:
Remembered how much I love TMax400 with these shots. Struggled to find a more interesting POV for this section of photos. The most interesting shots have little to do with the subject matter and won't be used in the final presentation.
I do appreciate these photos from a photojournalistic standpoint but struggling to see if and where they fit in the final portfolio presentation being that it's limited to fewer prints than I feel comfortable with to fully convey a story.
All were shot using Kodak TMax400, developed normally with HC110(b).
Final Project Progress - Week 1
Roll 1 Highlights
Roll 2 Highlights
Roll 3 Highlights
Technical Notes:
Photos above are of "Action 1" having taken place in a subway tunnel in Upper Manhattan. The first roll was ruined during development due to poor decision making resulting in carelessness, but it created some effects on the negatives that were interesting. Not all of the negatives were developed equally, so some shots that had the potential to be very good didn't come to fruition, and the shots that.I did like, even if they were interesting, I felt hesitant to use them in the project because they felt more like "art" and less like "documentary".
The second roll was divided between "Action 1" and shots at home with "F" and his son. His wife declined to be in the photos. His son loved the camera and it ended up being a lot of fun, as well as being quite touching to have been entrusted with capturing such vulnerable and intimate moments between a father and son.
Roll 3 was shot in the home. All rolls were developed normally using HC110(b), all were shot using Kodak TMax 3200.