Portfolio: Trike

It felt like phoning it in, but I had a good print from my first critique which I ended up turning in as part of my final portfolio with no further corrections. I got lucky and more or less nailed the color correction the first time around. Came from this roll.

Fuji GSW690III (65mm 6x9) - Fuji 160S

Portfolio: Blue Pipe

My teacher found the blue pipe (which I overlooked while composing the image) fascinating, so I printed this image. It really shows off the vignetting you get at with the 80mm f/1.9 wide open in dim lighting, and the shallow depth of field. Nothing is really in focus. Color was dicey; if I recall correctly, I was using Ektar...

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Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 (at f/1.9) - Kodak Ektar 100(?) - Chelsea, New York City, within a couple of blocks of B&H Photo Video - January 2010

At some point, it looked more like this:

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Portfolio: Baggage

I've decided to upload the portfolio images at a slightly higher resolution from now on; most are from 6x9 negatives, and some are 6x4.5, small digital versions just don't show enough.

My own mother looked at this image and said she "didn't care." I disagreed and so, I think, did most of the class. This image was included in our class book: "Instants/Instance," a highly exclusive, limited run. I bought two, and gave one to my mom. The old version of this image (blurrier scan, less color correction, more heavyhanded editing) was posted here. So yes, if you have the spare several thousand to drop on a Hasselblad Flextight scanner (the studio art department has one for advanced photo students; not brand new, but exceptional), I recommend it. I've since been advised (if you recall the accompanying post) that the crease/fold in a long (220 for instance) roll that has been hung at the middle to dry is to hit it with a heat gun or older hairdryer to get it to lay flat. The man who told me this consistently delivers perfectly flat negatives (and at an unbelievably fast turnaround, since he's a local in-house lab), so I'd say he knows what he's talking about.

And if you were curious, yes; the subjects of this photo are part of an ongoing project...

Fuji GSW690III (65mm, 6x9) - Expired Kodak 400VC - Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, January 2010

Portfolio, one image at a time

I'll begin posting a roll a day again soon. Until then, here is my portfolio for this semester, in digital form, one image per day.

This is perhaps the print I'm least proud of; both images had to be cropped to match (one vertical 6x4.5 and one horizontal 6x4.5) and attempted to match colors between them. It's a rare example of me doing street photography. Also, this is effectively a repost of images from this post, specifically: these shots and this detail enlargement (for the full humorous effect of the second photo).