Self

Assignment: Self Portrait
Medium: silver gelatin
Model: Emma Koide
Comments: As a photographer, I am always the one behind the lens. I like taking pictures of other people. That's why i do what i do. Anyways, that's why this assignment was daunting. Our professor challenged us to go beyond the "senior portrait" style that would be a piece of cake for all of us, but to express something about ourselves that isn't necessarily obvious to the common viewer. Anyways, here are my self portraits.




i like this one because it's ironically one of my favorite ones from this roll. it's ironic because i took it the morning after i took my "real" self portraits. the hair, the lights, the tripod, etc. i really didn't like any of that besides making my hair massive. i took this picture right when i woke up. hey. this is me.


double double toil and trouble

assignment: first 2: double negative, 3rd: in-camera double exposure
medium: silver gelatin
model: Anna Dollins
comments: these turned out surprisingly well for how much stress they caused me! the in camera double exposure took me two tries. i shot the first roll using my friend Alex, but the exposures didn't line up at ALL. so that night i set up a macro studio on my desk and shot until 2:00 am.
The double negatives were a miracle. I shot 1.5 rolls of film of Anna. My vision was to make a double negative fashion image that you might see in a magazine or something. When i went to develop the film, I totally spaced and completely ruined the film. Stupid stupid stupid emma. So, I shot another roll in about half an hour, and luckily, I got some awesome images!





on this one her face miraculously was exactly the same on both negatives so it lined up almost seamlessly!

california dreamin

These are from my weekend getaway to santa barbara.
assignment: contemporary issue
medium: silver gelatin
model: allie jenkins, kristy scott, lisa scott
comments: i did this roll of film in about 2o minutes. not super happy with it, but that's what i get for not planning ahead!