Instacandid

This first photograph is what inspired me to create a daily photo project. For the first time in a while, I picked up my DSLR and photographed for fun. My girlfriend and I spent the day doing nothing, but at the end of it all, there were 150+ photos on my camera. Most, if not almost all, were just throwaway shots; blurry, out of focus, poorly exposed. However, the photos were natural, and the expressions in them were real, but I digress.

This photo includes two of my favorite things to do with candid photography: motion blur, and cropping off heads. In my opinion, the former adds a great deal of action to a photograph, and the latter leaves something left to be discovered for the viewer. This is not a photo of a specific person, it’s a photo of an action. Those two techniques help emphasize that action.

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March 7, 2013

Silver Gelatin Prints

Straight, No Chaser.

It’s a special occasion for me to set up my dark room and try and print 2 photos the best I can . My friend has the grand opening next Friday for the Darkroom at Division 9 Gallery in Riverside California and wanted one of my print on the gallery wall. I don’t think i ever spent so much time printing 2 photos before, roughly 2 and a half hours. So far I am 92% happy with the prints. FYI for me to say 100% is pretty much impossible. I never had any luck scanning prints, however the following are “acceptable”, obviously the real print will look a lot better. What do you think of them?

Miss Lisa’s #7. Apparently 7th is the charm. I like this photo a lot, it makes me happy.
This is the print that I will be sending out.