Long Overdue Film

I haven’t been doing such a great job of keeping this place updated lately. Graduate school has kept me busy that is for sure. But I am in a blogging mood tonight and decided to share some images with you all (some long overdue ones). I also have plans for a few more posts that I will hopefully be able to get to in the coming days to update you all on how my graduate work is coming.

This post, however, is all about film. I recently got some rolls developed, some of which I had forgotten about since shooting them years ago. The first set, was from a trip to North Carolina that I shot with some very expired film. If I remember correctly the expiration date was the year I was born (1989), so that is why the grain is so intense on these images. They were shot on a 35mm Holga camera.

This second group is from about a year ago. I went exploring an abandoned farm with a fellow photographer and shot these on my Pentax K100 I believe.

These next images were shot this past spring on 120mm film with a standard Holga camera. Each image is from a different trip/mini adventure. The first and last are from two separate trips to Colorado, and the middle ones are from two different adventures outside of Manhattan, KS.

Last spring I also took a cartridge of polaroids that I never shared for some reason. Some are from Manhattan, some from Scott’s parents’ farm, and some from a climbing trip to Colorado.

And lastly, one from Scott’s parents’ farm that I shot with 120mm film in a large format camera.

 

Happy weekend everyone!

Abandoned

Almost a month ago now I went exploring to find this abandoned house that a student of mine had told me about. I wasn’t able to get inside unfortunately, though I may try again at some point.

366/366 – The End

*Saturday, February 2
Saturday I went with the Potters Guild and their visiting artist to Dwight, Kansas. They were doing a cup drop (which you can read about here) and I tagged along to document things. It was such a cool experience, and I fell in love with some of the buildings in Dwight.

And with that, I am done with my 366. I maybe should have a more epic, exciting image to end my 366 with, but it just kind of happened. I am extremely relieved to be done with this project. Now I can focus entirely on my grad work and other misc. series I have wanted to start up. I will still be posting here, though probably not nearly as often.

338/366 – Barn

I went out on a short walk with my brother this afternoon to scout out self-portrait locations. Hopefully I can brave the cold and get a few shot before I head back to school.

265/366 – Playhouse

Today on the drive back we stopped at a random exit for gas and there were three houses in a row that looked like this, each with a different theme. It was so bizarre.

186/366

*Tuesday, July 10
This car is parked next to my sister’s house, and I have wanted to shoot a polaroid of it for a while. Unfortunately I couldn’t get back far enough to get the whole car until later that evening, when it was too dark, so I may have to try again another day.

20/366 – The Shack

I went for a walk with my brother today in search of something for my 366, and stumbled on this shack pretty quick. This is a stitch of 10 (I think) images, which is partly why I am so late in uploading it. My laptop is certainly not the most powerful of machines, so stitches take a bit of time.

On top of finding this cool little place, I found quite a few other locations for some self-portraits, and thought of a few more ideas for some as well. Now if we could just get some bearable temperatures.

108/365 – Train Station

In hopes of finding some sort of grand inspiration for my project for the semester I went out driving this morning. I ended up in Paris, Kentucky for a little bit, and found this abandoned train station. At least that is what I assumed it was.

I didn’t really figure out anything in terms of a concept for my project, but I got some good, non-conceptual pictures which is better than nothing I suppose.

146/365 – Railroad

I have really been failing at keeping up with my 365 lately. Yesterday was not such a good day at all, and taking a photo just completely slipped my mind. So I took two today to make up for it. I was driving my friend Whitney home from work and drove past this abandoned…something. It looked like something to do with the railroad next to it but I really have no clue.