w e i r d h o n e y: March 2013

for spring break this year, I flew into orlando and accompanied my sisters to megacon. I didn't get 80% of the references but it was an "interesting" experience..... I spent the rest of my break at home (where the sun exists). most of my friends had a different break, but I still got to see them for a few days. this was what was left of my black & white roll. more photos in color to come sooooon of ultra and such.

megacon

"the comic cellar"

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why the face?

enthusiasm

selling llamas

brianna

blerp

tia

30s themed

you have something on your lip

adorable

au naturale

poorly lit italian restaurant

tia with the verticals

enjoying some accordion

da queens*~~**

big sun coming strong through the motel blinds

la maison

driving to miami

miami

how does this make you feel

sorry I haven't been uploading much these past few months! I started taking a photography class this semester with thomas roma, who is incredibly inspiring/frightening. I've been learning how to develop black & white negatives (so pls excuse the scratches or chemical smudges) and even prints with ilford enlargers. it's really time consuming and takes a lot of trial and error but feels so fucking great to get right.

we're told to take pictures of our everyday lives, and not really go out of our way to photograph things that are "exotic" or "interesting." we also have some odd rules to follow, i.e. no babies (someone broke this rule the first critique/was the example of why not to take pictures of babies ever), no old people, no fire hydrants with snow, etc etc. most of these photos are just around columbia/barnard campus, the snow fight on low steps, valentine's day, morningside heights, downtown, my suite, my room.

I've come to really love b&w for many reasons. its cinematic. and unlike color, it allows a sort of room for imagination because it's bare/simplistic in that it's just portraying the light and form of something. so yeah, I've been taking at least a role a week of b&w for this class, and am pretty busy in the photo lab, but have finally gotten around to getting these negatives scanned onto discs.