These are my shots about hands... enjoy!

These are pictures I took While I was in India on B&W film. I hadn't finished the roll until last week, and I started shooting that same roll back in May. It was like a little time capsule when I opened it up and developed it. I had pictures from last weeks project, pictures of India, and pictures of my ex-girlfriend all on the same roll. That was one of the more interesting dark room experiences. I have a few other shots from India that I would like to post, but they are not printed yet. I will get to those the next time I am in the darkroom. I didn't really want to go back to India after my trip, but now I really want to go back. These pictures remind me of why I want to go back. I took these pictures in a village in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Enjoy.

So this week we worked on film projects, and I wanted to do B&W because I like the darkroom. My subject was "eyes," and I just wanted to capture eyes. I think that eyes are powerful. If you know the person well, you can read every emotion from just the eyes. The eyes are the windows to soul, and from my experience that is true. I feel like these need some more contrast, but I have a tendency to contrast things too much, so I held back. I didn't work with these in lightroom at all, so what you see is what you get. Enjoy soul spotting.

This is a picture I took last year. I printed it once, and I had it in a show, but then it was lost. I like the original print a lot more, so I guess I should have printed a few while I had it right. I re-printed it, and I don't like this one as much. The tones are what bother me, but I like the way it looks in general. So the second picture is what it looked like the first time I printed it, but I worked this one in lightroom. I didn't want to have to adjust things in lightroom, but as you can see from the before and after, it needed it. I over contrasted it because I thought that it looked better considering the subject. Maybe I can get what I want in the darkroom some other time. This is not for class. I just wanted to put this up for fun.
Blessings

This is my project on broken things. I found this as I was walking one day. This is a jar that my roommate made, and he didn't like it so he put it outside. it was there for months, and filled up with rain water. Then when it got cold last week, the water froze and broke the jar. The ice was still there, and I liked that the form of the jar was still there because of the ice, but the jar was broken away. I will have more pictures of this jar later. There is more to this story.

So I had to pick one of my proposed projects to post this week, and I had trouble thinking of what to do. One of the projects I wanted to do at some point this semester was "Crying." This is a hard subject to capture because not only is it hard to get pictures of people crying, but those individuals might not want photos of them crying published for all to see. So two things came to me. First, I thought that I could take pictures of myself crying and then I wouldn't have to worry about getting others to participate. Second, I was sad enough to cry last Tuesday. It is hard to be truly sad, and take pictures yourself. The main reason I wanted to do this project was that I haven't sen a lot of pictures of people crying. I think that it is one of the most raw and intimate ways to capture someone. In a way I have done more of a self portrait, and it is hard to tell what these picture are about. In fact, I don't think that these pictures are that great at all, but it is hard to get set up with good lighting, and concentrate on composition when you are crying. I hope you see what I see.
Blessings,
Abe

Gallery Viewing First

The Studio 3 exhibit is really nice. I really like knowing the artist. I have had that privilege a few time in my life, and it definitely makes the viewing experience more pleasurable. Breanne did a great job of using space to make the paintings. They are not too busy, but that still have all of the detail and beauty that was needed to make them vivid. I really like the piece that has the clothes line in it. There is something so amazing about it.

Doug Campbell's work is hard to digest at first. When I walk into the Lindgren Gallery I think that I am in a late sixties gallery. After I let the pieces soak in my mind for awhile, then they start to grow on me to the point that I would like to have one in my home. He does a great job of capturing things that most would think two mundane. Most artists would never think of doing a piece of her/his family at home eating dinner. The candid is underrated. I would love to see the pictures he started out with. I am sure that the transformation is a neat process. I like how simple the colors that he used are. Just a few main colors and he makes a whole scene. This is a great lesson in tones.

Last but not least, I went to the Minthorne Gallery. I have been doing pottery for about a year and a half. I know some of the potters that were in the show, and some of the potters in the show I wish I knew. These potters are known around the world for their work, and so it is great that we can have their work here at Fox. I really liked the Tom Colman pieces (of course), and the Ron Linn pieces too. This is one of my favorite shows I have been to.