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Self Portrait project

What is everyone else working on for their self portrait projects? I would like to see some images.

Alright, come clean...

Who tried to burn down the VCB? This seriously makes it difficult to make my color profile... *snort*

The CIA is in my medicine cabinet

One Idea I'm tossing around for the self portraiture project. Spy camera kind of stuff, which will be photoshopped and what not... I'm not sure if I'm going to use this idea for my final prints, but I kind of like how they look.

Did You See That!!!!

Mapateng Stephina Mogafe

This is my first piece in my latest series of work which are portraits of farm and domestic workers in South Africa. The artwork is a 42"x34" collage of digital prints on an uncoated Japanese paper.

Solarplate

Here's my image for the solarplate collaboration.

Perugia, Italy

Hudson River Valley

Taken atop a hill used as a bombing target near West Point, NY. (Holga w/ Foma 400)

Rephoto

This was taken by my grandfather in the 30's, compare this to Mark's photo.

Solarplate

This is one of the images I'm using in the solarplate collaboration. I'm going to montage her into a scene, and do a lot more work to this image, but here's what I'm working with.

Watch your step.

Velvia 50 4x5

Experimenting with Velvia 50's sensitivity to reciprocity failure.
20 minute exposure.

 

Ennis February 3, 2007

velvia 50 4x5.

problem with lens caused major underexposure.  interesting reaction with the film. 

struttin da stuff

Malmo, Sweden

overpowering

Boston, MA
On a nice sunny
day.

multiphrenia

Non-fiction self project

just swinging

Cory, Caroll, and Duncan

A shot for The Element Tattoo's advertising.

Dolphins I-Santa Barbara, CA

This image was captured using a Nikon D70. These are dolphins which were part of a giant superpod of hundreds of dolphins surrounding our boat as we cruised near Santa Barbara, CA. I printed this for my mom so I made the water a little greener.

Canyon Ferry Shore

Door Lift

Ghosts

Pompeii

Seattle's "HOT-DOGGER"

Storm Ahead

Catharsis #23

Seagull, Small Point Beach, ME.

Yellowstone Years After Burn

Evening TelePow

Underground Garage

Scott

This photograph is currently in the process of being turned into a Polaroid emulsion lift

Main Street

These images are pieces of a 66 inch panorama of main street. I took the pictures with a Holga at night, and pasted them together in photoshop.

Sky View

Walking the alley

Crazy Red

"cemetery stairs"

Solar Mist

Crow

Found in an abandoned power station west of Martinsdale, MT.

Rock Peaks

Check out Rachel's image on Newwest today.

Brazilian Pantanal, May 2005

I wonder how best to highlight travel photography from different places. Rather than grouping by place, maybe it would be useful to group by subject matter (city, wildlife, landscapes, trees, sunsets) etc. This is one image I would like to eventually include in a travel book of sorts.

Remember to submit work for the Illumination show at the Baxter. Entries due on February 24th between 12 and 6.

Our print profiling software has been updated. Hopefully things will run more smoothly. Let me know.

Bozeman old and new

Another image from my Bozeman re-photographic project. The old barn and the new construction. I am sure it will not be long before the barn is gone. This image was made on October 7th 2006. I hope to return to the same spot in the next few weeks to make the first re-photograph.

Photographed with an old Sinar P with a 240mm lens. It sure is fun hauling that hunk of metal around town.

Liberty Saw

An idea for a digital project.

Hwy 212, MT

Bozeman's Cold Nights

Hyalite Jan 21, 2007

Burned Branch

Monte Alban

East Rosebud Trio