I visited Tasmania in February, and today I got a roll of film developed which is mostly shots I took over there.
I especially love the photo of the cemetery. It's hard to infuse that kind of gothic subject with playfulness, but the picturesque background of rolling hills and fluffy clouds kind of plays off the darkness nicely. Also, I love reading the epitaphs in cemeteries.
View from MONA
Hobart
Hobart
Kingston Beach
Kingston Beach
Cemetery, Richmond
Second hand bookshop, Mornington Victoria
Monday, April 22, 2013
Fading summer
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Alternative processes and journalling
Well finally I get around to posting some of those things I've scanned! I've been experimenting with some 'alternate processes' which, really, is all chemical processing these days if you ask me because who still prints in the darkroom? Very few people, that's who.
Anyway, the first ones are cyanotypes, and the others are instant film image transfers. In between them are some random journal pages. My image transfer technique needs some improvements (or a lot of improvements) but word on the internet seems to be that fuji instant film just doesn't compare with polaroid when it comes to images transfers. SIGH. They didn't scan too well either, which is probably because I fail at scanning. It's funny how scanning makes some things look better than in real life (snapshot film prints, collages) and some things look worse (see example below).
Wigwam motel, San Bernardino
The Heidelberg Project, Detroit
Phillip Island
(quote from My So-Called Life)
Accompanying this quote by Ira Glass is the first ever cyanotype I made, about 4 years ago from a crappy kit I bought online.
These are quotes transcribed from an article I really like written by Martin McKenzie-Murray called 'We can communicate clearly, but who listens anyway?'
Mentone Beach
Santa Monica pier
Anyway, the first ones are cyanotypes, and the others are instant film image transfers. In between them are some random journal pages. My image transfer technique needs some improvements (or a lot of improvements) but word on the internet seems to be that fuji instant film just doesn't compare with polaroid when it comes to images transfers. SIGH. They didn't scan too well either, which is probably because I fail at scanning. It's funny how scanning makes some things look better than in real life (snapshot film prints, collages) and some things look worse (see example below).
Wigwam motel, San Bernardino
The Heidelberg Project, Detroit
Phillip Island
(quote from My So-Called Life)
Accompanying this quote by Ira Glass is the first ever cyanotype I made, about 4 years ago from a crappy kit I bought online.
These are quotes transcribed from an article I really like written by Martin McKenzie-Murray called 'We can communicate clearly, but who listens anyway?'
Mentone Beach
Santa Monica pier
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beach,
collage,
Cyanotype,
journal,
Phillip Island,
photography,
quotes,
USA
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