If you get the chance, please visit the American Center for Photographers in Wilson, NC. It is so, so good.
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Art In 60 Seconds: Recap of the “Stitching Our Stories” quilt exhibit at Cassilhaus Gallery.
#strictphotos #quilting #fiberart
Reviewing our emulsion lift artwork!
Anyway, I took this class at the Nasher Museum, and it was Free.99! Very fun #strictphotos
My Polaroid emulsion floating like a jellyfish
Watercolor paper, which I transferred my emulsion to
Basically, you are soaking a Polaroid and “lifting” the emulsion off of the film and transplanting it onto another surface. It was like handling jellyfish #strictphotos #emulsionlift #believeinfilm
Polaroid emulsion lift prints
I do photography as a way to help settle my brain in the midst of chaos. Last night I took an Polaroid emulsion lift class — and it beat my ass 😆 #strictphotos
Light leak on a church lady
Light leak on an old church
Light leak that looks like fire
Light leaks look mystic when you are photographing church stuff 😭 #believeinfilm #strictphotos #analog
Going to photographic exhibits the past few weeks has been really grounding for me. If you’re in Durham check out the new show at the @nashermuseum.bsky.social, “Coming Into Focus.”
So worth it, and they just finished re-doing the cafe so its perfect for a lunch date! #strictphotos #analog
It’s Photobook Friday, and this is a personal fave: The Sound I Saw by master photographer Roy De Carava. He was also director of the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of Black photographers during the 1960’s
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#analog #believeinfilm #strictphotos #roydecarava #kamoinge #kamoingeworkshop
Had a lunchtime visit at the National Portrait Gallery, it was such a creative shot in the arm
#photography #believeinfilm #analog #strictphotos
Black and white photo of a bike handlebar and mirror
A break from angsty politics reskeeting to share some #darkroom magic!
I developed this pic from a friend’s negative. I used it to practice my dodging & burning. I burned the mirror and was able to get the detail of the clouds, which was previously blown out #analog #strictphotos #photography
As #shittycamerachallenge comes to a close, I thought it’d be cool to show you the picture I printed in my darkroom class, from a negative I developed myself! Even if I wrapped the film on the spool poorly and messed up half my pictures, I love it 😅
📸: Pentax 17
🎞️: Kentmere 400
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Polaroid of a circular parking deck with a tree in the middle
Went back to the circular parking garage to get a Polaroid. Love how it looks in Black & White!
#photography #analog #shittycamerachallenge #strictphotos
A maple leaf in a crosswalk
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A leaf on the ground 🍁
📸: Pentax 17
🎞️: Ektar 100
On the left, you can kind of make out my silhouette. I was trying to be cute for my birthday but the flash didnt pop. On the right is some tree bark I thought looked cool, but couldnt get in focus #shittycamerachallenge #strictphotos
A pentax 17 camera loaded with Ektar 100 film 🎞️
This camera is not shitty but its the one I struggle with the most. Its loaded up with Ektar for Christmas pictures tomorrow, wish me luck!
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Lord help me I want a 4x5 camera 😩😩😩
Someone talk me out of it
#analog #photography #strictphotos
The Ugly
Tbh idk what even is happening here 🤣 I think I opened the back before I rewound the film.
#shittycamerachallenge #strictphotos #pentax17
I just got a roll back from my Pentax 17. I know technically its not a shitty camera but I have struggled with it more than my 70 year old TLR.
Here are some of the good, bad and ugly #shittycamerachallenge #strictphotos
THE GOOD - when I could figure it out, I had some really nice shots
He said ugly photos only 🤣
Fine here are the mid Polaroids from yesterday:
1st is supposed to be a through the window shot of bread at the sadwich shop, but but you can only make out the car.
2nd photo is the building of the hotdog stand but its too dark
#shittycamerachallenge #strictphotos
A Polaroid of a sign that says “You’re in Hot Dog Country! Try one of ours and U will Frank us for the Memory”
You’re in Hot Dog Country! Try one of ours and U will FRANK us for the Memory” 🌭🌭🌭
📸: Polaroid OneStep Flash
East Durham, NC
#shittycamerachallenge #strictphotos #analog #photography #polaroid
Got my hands on some of that B+W Polaroid w/the new chemistry. Love it.
📸: Polaroid OneStep Flash
🎞️: Black & White 600 Polaroid
A pair of discarded bamboo earrings, with “SEXY” inscribed on them
#shittycamerachallenge #strictphotos #analog #photography #believeinfilm
1 min before midnight, my #shittycamerchallenge submission #strictphotos
Some sticky buns that I made….terrible.
Did another test, this time with flash. Still multiple exposure, but with flash you can make out my broom leaning against the mirror. The two bright lights are where I am standing, which is kind of a great metaphor 💥
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Frida Kahlo’s convalescence after her bus accident is inspiring me on how to approach the #shittycamerachallenges for the next few months: www.history.com/news/frida-k... #strictphotos
This year’s #shittycamerachallenge overlaps w/my recovery from surgery. Finding subjects & compositions to photograph at home is forcing me to find interest in the mundane, basically I have to get creative!
Recovery is slow, frustrating and deliberate, like my camera & expired film #strictphotos
Picture of a bed on expired 669 Polacolor film
I’m sharing the above pictures to remind myself that I can do good work, because the last few I took during the #shittycamerachallenge kind of discouraged me.
However, rough images (like the one below, that I took of my bed yesterday) can be an important learning tool #strictphotos
Small black dog poses for the picture
This is a picture of my dog Jo on a walk…its around this time that I learned that this camera needs a ton of light to take even a halfway decent shot. #shittycamerachallenge #strictphotos #photography
In the summer of 2023, I bought a landcamera in the parking lot of Durham’s Whole Foods.
I was a fan of Steve Hawkins’ Polaroid photography using packfilm. The camera was $25, but little did I know film was an arm and a leg 😭 #strictphotos #shittycamerachallenge
