Thursday, January 31, 2008

Day 381

contacts

1/31/2008

made : 1/31/2008

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Contact sheets today.

...so boring.


I really like the darkroom. I remembered how much fun developing is...but jesus I am reminded again what a waste of water it is...
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LOST was okay. They usually have pretty sweet intros to the season premieres...but that was a bit of a let down...other than being a huge cock tease it was not so bad. They were some interesting bits of information that were dropped...but I am hoping for a lot...

shit...I have become one of those people who loves TV.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Day 380



1/30/2008

taken : 1/26/2008

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Another negative. Not taken from today.

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As I walked home from work today I encountered a young man. He was wearing a jacket that did not seem appropriate enough for the weather. He was listening to music. He had an ear to ear smile on his face...and he nodded to me as I passed him. I nodded back.

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yes and yes.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Day 379



1/29/2008

taken : 1/25/2008

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This picture wasn't from today. I took it last Friday when Megan came to visit. I just developed my first medium format rolls today. The two medium format cameras I use are: HOLGA 120n, Rolleicord V Twin Lens Reflex (1955). Pictured is Megan. So far I am pretty pleased with the exposures that came out. Most of the HOLGA's are underexposed. The Rolleicord's aren't perfect, but pretty damn good for a first try I would say. Sorry...my scanner is a piece of shitso...dust...low res. But more scanned negatives will be making their way into the blog.

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Day 378




1/28/2008

taken : 1/28/2008

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Went to see There Will Be Blood.

I liked it.

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Developing some rolls tomorrow. Lets pray my medium format camera actually works.

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School seems okay thus far.

Our first actual lecture for my education class is tomorrow...weird...

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Day 377



1/27/2008

taken : 1/27/2008

...nothing really.

This might be the first picture I have ever taken at ISO 1600.

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Hopefully I can get set developing my medium format rolls I shot last week. I think technically I could just walk right in and develop them without our class being shown first since I have experience with film. I think I will simply wait because I am unsure if this medium format film needs more time in the developer etc etc etc. Besides...I chose to use ilford HP5 film...which is a little less forgiving...so...really, there are a ton of ways for me to fuck this up.

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Oh well.

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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Day 376

Redstone

1/26/2008

taken : 1/26/2008

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With some free time a few of us went to the Redstone Meadery. It was a fantastic time.

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I shot some 35mm and 120mm film while I was there. I hope a few of them come out.

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Friday, January 25, 2008

Day 375



1/25/2008

taken : 1/25/2008

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Megan Smith came and visited me today.

Megan doesn't like this picture. She feels like she looks mean in this picture. I like it.

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I DID NOT HOMEWORK TODAY.

PERIOD.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Day 374

Too Much




1/24/2008

taken : 1/24/2008

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And suddenly life is crowded and fast again.

I was at the UMC today and was overwhelmed by all the bodies walking around and bumping into each other. I started to wonder as a collective whole what is common with all of these people? What similar thoughts were they thinking? What similar issues were giving them anxiety? What were they eating.

How many things go on throughout the day that connect you to the people around you and you have no idea it happened?

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Day 373



1/23/2008

taken : 1/23/2008

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Today I got my Rolleicord medium format camera in the mail. It is old. I am excited to use it.

...but it's gonna be tough.

...especially because I loaded ISO 400 film in it and the highest film speed setting it has is 160.

oops.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Day 372



1/22/2008

taken : 1/22/2008

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Dinner with Bonesaw, LC, and Kelli.

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Not much else to say right now.

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I have a wicked headache.

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I need to do some studying.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Day 371



Met up with Anna today. She let me take her picture.

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I should have done so much more work this weekend...but I didn't...

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Oh boy. I am already sick of school.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Day 370

Engagement 2

Today I had a gig taking some engagement photos.

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Happy Birthday Gordon.

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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Day 369

LC 2

1/19/2008

taken : 1/19/2008

Had a little photo shoot with LC and Andee tonight.

Pictured is LC
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I am certainly going to enjoy not having classes on Friday. This is the first semester of my life that I actually got a day off. I set my goals high to get a bunch of shit done on this past Friday...but I only got a handful of things done. Good enough.

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Friday, January 18, 2008

Day 368



1/18/2008

taken : 1/18/2008

Tom Bond.

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We had a gathering a Scott's.
At one point during the night Tom Bond raised an interesting question. How many little kids would it take to take you down. After everyone put in there thoughts it was determined that no more than 10...

...I think...I don't remember the exact figure actually.

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Technically this picture was taken yesterday....oh well

...you get two pictures today.
Annabelle.
Liz and Scott in the background.

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On the subject of this blog.

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I find it interesting that so far I think 1 person has visited this after the daily picture project ended on facebook. I am not really that surprised though. I had always suspected that people actually liked the picture project mostly because of facebook. What I mean by that is people like the convenience that facebook afforded. Most people I know have facebook, and most people I know log on at least once every few days or so...so it's right there really. They see I updated, do a few clicks...look at the picture...done deal.

I was pretty certain my constant readers would drop out 1 by 1 after I moved this to blogspot....only because they have to do some more navigating.

But that is perfectly fine.

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On the other project:

The Faces and Conversations project is online only if the person I talked to wants to hear the final product. I think it is cool if other people want to listen to other peoples conversations, but I did not hope for that. I mean really...I imagine it is probably quite boring to listen to those audio recordings (not for me though because I love my friends)

Conversations last almost an hour, but only a few minutes make it into the final mix-down. My aim is to pick out the areas of the conversation that really epitomizes that person in my head. So I have a pretty accurate record of how I remember that person...or as accurate as it can be.

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Day 367

disgusting

1/17/2008

taken : 1/17/2008

Gross.

When I find out who is responsible for this there will be hell to pay...

...and because there are are only two people living here I have a pretty good guess about who's responsible for this.

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Day 366



1/16/2008

taken : 1/16/2008

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The office that I work in is being remodeled right now. Someone requested that we get new carpet put in along with new walls and whatever else it is they are doing to the office....but I liked how the cement looked. Reminded me of animated oceans or clouds.
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As of right now I am one day into my photo 1 class. While I am excited to be using film again it looks as if this semester might be a little boring. It mostly seems like things I learned in high school such as:

What does the aperture do?
What does the shutter do?
...so on so on...

Either way...
like I said, it will be fun to use film again.

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OR a complete pain in the ass.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The Beginning of the End


Day 365

1/15/2008

taken : 1/15/2008

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For those of you who might not know....you may be asking yourselves, "Where are the other 364 pictures?" The answer is on facebook.com. For the past year I have taken a picture everyday as a daily project (aimed for 1 year) for myself and my friends on facebook. With the ending of the year long project I retire the project from facebook and move it here.

People asked me if I will keep going once the first year was done.

Of course.

I couldn't imagine not taking pictures. I can't just flip a switch off and not think in terms of framed images around me. You start to look at the world differently when you take pictures every single day.

Besides... daily pictures are apparently the only way my family knows I am alive.

So...

...thats good.