Kodak Tri X 400 on Nikon F5
What started off as merely experimenting and pushing myself out of my comfort zone has blossomed into a series capturing movement in still frames. Recently this series has played an important roll in coping with my mental health. It has been a wonderful outlet to release emotion; there is something empowering about creating movements in front of a camera. Instead of feeding into my depression, I have been aiming to use it to fuel creation.
Lomography 400 on Nikon F5 & digital images on Canon 80D
My cousin Rachel got married in springtime and I was entirely honored to photograph the occasion. This was my second (and likely my last) wedding photography experience. And what a fantastic experience it was; I got to spend the day taking pictures of family and friends, and the rain even held out until just after the ceremony. Rachel and Pat are two of the kindest people I know and it really was a joyous occasion. Although wedding and event photography in general is not a genre I feel I excel in, I was happy with quite a few of the photos I took that day. These are a few of my favorites.
February 2019 - Double Exposed Lomography 100 on Canon AT-1
Shortly after Valentine’s Day, I noticed an influx of folks throwing away their drooping bouquets in my apartment building, leftover from the holiday. Regardless of not entirely knowing what I would do with them, I sent out a request that instead of tossing their dying flower arrangements, I could come and take them off people’s hands. Immediately I got a few responses and met a wonderful florist who resides on the other end of the building. He passed along a stunning bouquet that decidedly I shot an entire roll of film of later that day. After a few attempts with double exposures, I had been wanting to try a different technique: shooting through a roll, rewinding, and shooting images on top of the prior exposures. In my past experiences with 35mm double exposures, I hadn’t been pleased with how the images overlapped as it was difficult to physically hold the film in place while advancing frames (not to mention the hand cramps). I was hoping this technique would perfectly line each exposure on top of one another. Despite it not working out as intended, this roll of film has still been one of my favorites in the realm of multiple exposures.