Photos as promised. I’ve had classes with these people for a good while now, and I thought it was about time I took pictures of them, me being a photographer and all.*

Our humble photo lab. That’s my stuff on the desk in the foreground. That passageway in the back leads to the darkroom. Someone left the light table on. . .

Hannan photographs Mary, who is looking at Hannan’s contact sheet.

Jason, meticulously matting his prints.

Travis, doing something with his phone. Maybe he’s texting his girlfriend. She’s in the class, too.

These bottles are from Travis’ edition from last semester. People have yet to take theirs home with them. I got mine. They were Polaroid transfers of his hand with some song lyrics. Very cool.

Finally, we have Sohil, the lab monitor. He’s an awesome photographer. He also likes to take pictures of himself. A lot. Now I have a photo of him. ^_^

*All images shot with a Canon Powershot A60 (digital), except for the last image, which is a negative scan. That image was shot with my Olympus OM-1 (35 mm).

I just got back from the photo lab. I guess i got there around 10:30. I got all my mattes cut. It was quite tedious. I haven’t had to use fractions in a long time. I felt pretty good afterwards that I was able to figure out the measurements without the use of a calculator. I wrote them all down on the back of the receipt for my matte board.

Geez, the last matte gave me heck. I ended up having to recut it twice because I measured wrong. Now all that’s left is spot-toning the prints and then mounting them in their mattes. I’ll probably put it off til tomorrow morning.

I also have some photos that I took at the lab last night while I was killing time. I’ll post those soon.

+ listening to: “happy ending” by Avril Lavigne

Yesterday, I was at the photo lab from around 3:30 in the afternoon til midnight. I wasn’t the last person to leave. It was cool though. I got my prints done. I took some photos of my classmates. I’m about to head out right now to get some matte board and then cut my mattes and mount my prints. That is not going to be fun.

But semester is almost done, and then I’ll get a much needed break. I even have idea for a photo series. I’ve been inspired by my photo shoot with Kevin. He’s such a great model. I’ll admit he’s been my artistic muse as of late. Such a great guy.

Anyway, I really need to go. But I’ll leave a treat. . .

+ listening to: “Lover I Don’t Have To Love” by Bright Eyes

I’m going to be at the photo lab all night working on my project. I just know it. I have to remember to buy matte board as well.

My only consolation is that I’m getting my hair done today. ^_^

+ listening to: “life of a salesman” by Yellowcard
+ reading: On Photography by Susan Santog

This morning I had a photo shoot for my final project in photography class. After that, I went to the lab and developed the film and made contact sheets. I’m so happy with how the shots came out; I’m actually starting to feel like a decent photographer. I can’t take all the credit, though. My friend is an awesome model. When, I tell him, he just thinks it’s flattery, but whatever. . .^_^

At first, I was going to shoot using a light meter. But I couldn’t figure out how to work the thing, so I just had to wing it. However, I did overdevelop two of the rolls, but the detail is still pretty good. I like using Ilford film because it’s very forgiving. Delta 400 is the best.

Well, enough gushing for now. I have to go scan the images in.