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FASHION. BEAUTY. CHARM. Part 3. . Perhaps there is

FASHION. BEAUTY. CHARM. Part 3.
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Perhaps there is a level of identity because of the lack of identity, all that’s left is the ‘uniform’ - the ‘what’s left’ with our visual evaluation. When I’d take my photo students on field trips in town we’d crack up at the shop mannequins - basically the ones that were a body form without a head. Some of these images remind me of that visual - part clothes advertisement part shop mannequin. With this project, the only planned part was color matching. I did pay attention to which colors fit together more than I normally do, and in the studio all the photographs were taken with natural light.
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Well, big thanks again to @svanyc (Continuing Education) and @elinorcarucci (amazing photographer) definitely look up her work and books, sign up for a workshop someday.
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The leftovers are all on my Behance portfolio page - link in bio.
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#addidas #trackjackets

FASHION. BEAUTY. CHARM. Part 2. . I had been buyin

FASHION. BEAUTY. CHARM. Part 2.
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I had been buying several different types of face masks and neck gaiters - I needed a lot for work and bike riding, so I’d be washing them all time. Many of the gaiters were a bit cheap, and didn’t install any confidence they would be that effective. I took them to my studio and decided to take a series of self portraits, but with the intention of distance and obscurity.
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To me this felt like how things were going - I don’t know what you look like, and you don’t know what I look like.
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Since the material was stretchy I could put ping pong balls and Halloween masks from the dollar store under the stretchy fabric - I’d look all lumpy or skull face head - to further amplify (or complete) this new level of visual strangeness.

So, yellow is the complementary color of purple (a

So, yellow is the complementary color of purple (and vice versa) if we mix purple with yellow we get Brussels sprouts. This will be on the test.
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I did use purple and yellow smoke at the same time - the yellow took hold at the end (not pictured in video).
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Put a slow mover piano track on this one - attempt to alter the vibe.

Ever wonder what would happen if... . Yeah i did i

Ever wonder what would happen if...
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Yeah i did it again. Why not? Got a box of special effects smoke and a camera.
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I think next time i will work out some camera movement - add to the interest. For those that asked before, I did mix colors - came out funky - will post that next.

FASHION. BEAUTY. CHARM. . As the education of a ph

FASHION. BEAUTY. CHARM.
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As the education of a photographer continues - early in September 2020 I enrolled in an online continuing education class at the SVA. The course title: Photography in Pandemic Times, instructed by @elinorcarucci. It was great to be in a class with other photographers whose experience was at all different levels. The technical part really didn’t matter much, as it was about documenting what we were experiencing. Many in this class were physically displaced from what was more familiar - but had an advantage to move to a less densely populated location.
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For me, the locations were the same - but level of fear, anxiety and uncertainty very high - certainly, a shared concern. To connect with a class on a weekly basis helped anchor my wavering mental health and actively engage in the creative exploration of distance and isolation.
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Fashion, Beauty, Charm is one of the series I developed during this class.

More SPACE HUBS. . I decided to include Other Spa

More SPACE HUBS.
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I decided to include
Other Spaces - some of which could be a hub, and somewhat inaccessible.
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As I figure out the rules of space and hubs.
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I put the full edit so far in a portfolio. Link in bio - check it out - if you want to see the full image.

More digital infrared folded buildings. This one l

More digital infrared folded buildings. This one looked like a spaceship before I even started and took the pictures.
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Funny thing about digital infrared - bright sunny days are not so ideal for the colors I like. I do like this orange and purple combo, but want to get colors I got before.
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Gotta check the data.
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This is The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA - opened in 1955.

Many years ago I saw several photos in an exhibiti

Many years ago I saw several photos in an exhibition by Wendel White. His series titled Schools for the Colored had a real impact on me. The series documented the architecture of the segregated schools in the States. His photos show the architecture in its current state. There’s one in Trenton, NJ that I recognized. In his text the series is described as: The architecture and geography of America’s educational apartheid.
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I show his work to the students in my intro and advanced photo classes.
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With this in mind, I wanted to start a project along the lines of referencing his treatment to the images. The process that I find brilliant is isolating the building - but leaving in some power lines, some trees, metal things in the way (I call street furniture) - stuff that ordinarily might ruin the shot, but you have to accept that it is there - in the landscape of your subject matter.
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These are digital infrared images of the Church building in Harbourton Village, NJ - established in 1803.
The mirroring is to simply alter the reality of the architecture.
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I have a lot more on the way that look like spaceships.

Last one. . It said white smoke on the canister. S

Last one.
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It said white smoke on the canister. So if you buy white - it might be yellow.
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Happy Halloween.
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Stay safe.

This is the purple one. I overcooked it in the vid

This is the purple one.
I overcooked it in the video program a bit.

Ever wonder what would happen if you chuck a smoke

Ever wonder what would happen if you chuck a smoke canister into a pumpkin?
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I got you.
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Been wanting to test this out for ages - ever since I saw another photographer post a tutorial.

Like Folklore, Myths and Legends? Miss the sound o

Like Folklore, Myths and Legends? Miss the sound of my voice, and my sister’s voice? Check out our podcasts - AND - look at @creativeasfolk for folklore related images.
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Special thanks to Frank at New Pod City, Trenton, NJ.
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#podcast
#folkloremythslegends
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Link in bio.

Check out this hoard I dug out of a semi-toxic ind

Check out this hoard I dug out of a semi-toxic industrial dump a few weeks back.
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If anyone knows what the metal thing is, or anything about the pyramid etched on that ceramic cone - LMK.
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Also attached a diagram for you orderly treasure hunters - AND - a picture of me with the C-Scope IB100 my Dad bought in the ‘70s.
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Still works.
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#pioneerdads
#cscope
#metaldetecting
#mudlarking

BETTER HOMES, 2020. . I'll be the first to admit t

BETTER HOMES, 2020.
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I'll be the first to admit that I've become rather unraveled from being stuck at home for this long. Attempting to process scenarios of the future. The uncertainty. So I made some art.
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This series of photographs was created to mirror a project I asked my students to work on titled 'The Library of Ordinary Objects'. So far, they have produced remarkable work with only being able to work in two spaces - inside their house, and outside their house. .
I put a little box together of 'bits' - similar in scale and that had some meaning. I would figure out how to photograph these 'bits' to be my library. Looking for a background, I found this magazine 'Better Homes' from 1971 in my basement. 201 Time-tested recipes with a free bottle of Prell shampoo. The photography of the food is great, but the copy writing had to have been written by a legend.
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So, I did this project with little thought (not surprised) other than the bits and magazine. I'd open up the magazine at a random page take some of bits, lay them out and then take the picture. If I started to think into what I was doing the combo didn't feel right or work in a way that other ones did. I just placed bits on the page and then nudged them about - but that was it.
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Here's the list of titles:
01. Prell Ad, spoon, ice pick
02. Cobb Salad with Chewbacca, fanta lid, praying hands
03. Vegetable Classics with Queen Elizabeth II, foot, paintbrush
04. Man-Sized Sandwiches with pencil, post, pepsi, key, pickle fork
05. Red Devil with C-3PO, boing, squirt
06. Plump Crusty with McDonald's ash try, buttons, vampire teeth
07. Shimmering Super Salad with guitar pick, 4, oyster shell, coke
08. Raspberry Bomb with battery, button, soldier, vampire teeth
09. Velvet Smooth Lemon with Atari air freshener, spoon, lid
10. Great Looking Hair with E.T, earring and C-3PO
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I noticed a lot more food pictures I really like so I'll probably have another go at it.
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DM me if you'd like buy one. Look great in the kitchen.
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Special thx to @fuckadvertisements for inspiration and @jerrysaltz for his book How To Be An Artist. Keeping me going.

Digital infrared Christmas Trees! What next? . Tuc

Digital infrared Christmas Trees! What next?
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Tuckamony Farm is one of the oldest family-run Christmas tree farms in the country.
Even if you have your tree sorted out there’s a pop-up shop (open weekends 'til Dec 22nd 10-5) with some awesome gifts by:
@laurenjohnsonart
@mayfield_at_1000autumns
@bodiechewning
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What I have learned.
Underexpose the digital infrared by a stop or two.
Use a split tone filter on the lens.
Don’t bother to process, or over-process the image.
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The blue images at the end are the intermediate step from digital capture to final channel swapped image.
Weird. So that’s what happens on the way.

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