Producer Post 3

I’ve finally got the hang of solarization so the results this week were more satisfying:

I’ve started editing them a bit in photoshop- so I think once I do that I’ll print them out again digitally and pair them with the digital prints that I’ve started editing like this:

What are your thoughts? Should I continue editing the digital ones like that and just refine the darkroom prints? I like the darkroom prints as is- I experimented with combining digital elements with the darkroom images and I’m not sure how I feel about the results:

Producer Post 2

So I’ve started printing on the 11×14 paper and experimenting with Solarization techniques. It is an extremely difficult technique to get to remain consistent, so I’ve had a ton of mess ups and wasted a lot of paper, which is discouraging because it’s so expensive! Here are some examples:

The original print ^

Solarized ^

So as you can see the results are very inconsistent, but I’m getting a little bit better of a feel for it.

I’m developing the negatives from my second shoot today.

I’ve also decided that I might want to try experimenting with the digital images a little bit- sort of make them into photo montages or something. I did these on my own last semester using the all the textures we had to take photographs of at the beginning of the year

Again this is just a vague idea- I may not have time to do manipulate all my digital images and work in the darkroom. I’ll probably be able to at least do a couple, and I feel they would compliment the darkroom prints nicely

Producer Post 1

I feel the same way about my digital images, Tom. I feel that they all turned out way too editorial/magazine/fashiony… Like they are too ‘pretty’. I definitely wanted them to feel grittier and more raw. I think part of the problem might have the been the model (though gorgeous) just didn’t really have the spark I needed to make really raw/natural images. Not that it’s really an excuse, but I feel that’s part of the problem.

I’m planning on shooting another model this Thursday, and I feel she might be better for the look I’m going for.

My main goal is to shoot images in film and work on my darkroom techniques. I want the images to reference Sally Mann, characterized by themes of nature with intense subjects. I wanted the environment to be more of the focus, and how the model is interacting with an element of that environment. I bought 11×14 wet process paper so I can start printing tomorrow morning and experiment with toning/solarization effects.

Here are the contact sheets and two of the images I’ve printed so far on 8×10 paper. I feel the film shots are more successful than the digital ones, but not quite what I’m going for yet.

Preview/Judgement

Here are some images I took today on my digital camera. I shot two rolls of black and white film which I’m hoping to develop tomorrow.

My three questions would be:

1) How could I add to the series to improve my idea?

2)Would experimenting with developing techniques strength or weaken my images?

3)What do you think is ‘missing’ from the series? Would you like to see more or less of the model?

Tentative schedule-

week 1- re-shoot if necessary, second shoot with model, in digital.

week 2- start experimenting with 8×10 prints, figure out technique that works best.

week 3- PRINT

week 4- PRINT

week 5- PRINT and mount