sMacshot-on semi hiatus
On the Road
This was first in a project I've started born out of the fact that I shoot with a multitude of lo-fi equipment. So many of the rolls of film shot with them are way below par due to the type of camera (plastic, leaky, homemade, or just old) and the type of film (expired, half usable, or useless). If I took portions of my negatives which I've scanned and composited them with others, maybe I could come up with a fun scene, I thought, thus, the project was born.
Working on this reminded me of my start with compositing (ugh, I was horrible, it was more like a sloppy collage). I'd taken a photoshop class in 2002 not long after getting my first computer (I was late to the game; I didn't even have a camera back then and had no real interest in photography.) Those class images I would make was with stock photos, using an 'everything but the kitchen sink' philosophy to my image making.
So, perhaps I'm reliving the past. Sue me. I'm nostalgic.
NOTE: everything in this photo is taken on film with analog cameras. In case no one reads tags. (which is fine!)
All the photos were taken by me, all the negatives were scanned by me, and prints made from that. Of these, I then used some whole photos and portions of others to create the image you see here. It reminded me of when I took that PS class and did a similar thing using stock photos (only for practice, not to show anyone but the class). Hope that explains.
:)
On the Road
This was first in a project I've started born out of the fact that I shoot with a multitude of lo-fi equipment. So many of the rolls of film shot with them are way below par due to the type of camera (plastic, leaky, homemade, or just old) and the type of film (expired, half usable, or useless). If I took portions of my negatives which I've scanned and composited them with others, maybe I could come up with a fun scene, I thought, thus, the project was born.
Working on this reminded me of my start with compositing (ugh, I was horrible, it was more like a sloppy collage). I'd taken a photoshop class in 2002 not long after getting my first computer (I was late to the game; I didn't even have a camera back then and had no real interest in photography.) Those class images I would make was with stock photos, using an 'everything but the kitchen sink' philosophy to my image making.
So, perhaps I'm reliving the past. Sue me. I'm nostalgic.
NOTE: everything in this photo is taken on film with analog cameras. In case no one reads tags. (which is fine!)
All the photos were taken by me, all the negatives were scanned by me, and prints made from that. Of these, I then used some whole photos and portions of others to create the image you see here. It reminded me of when I took that PS class and did a similar thing using stock photos (only for practice, not to show anyone but the class). Hope that explains.
:)