Regret - Cam Parsons

Starting this tintype portrait series has opened my eyes to a lot of regrets I have about my work over the past few months. Staying up till 4 am for numerous nights in a row, mixing my own emulsions, coating my own film, and dumping almost every last penny I have into my art; this has proven to me that to have consistent quality work takes this much time and effort 24/7, not just when finals roll around. So, to sum up what could be a page long rant: Cam was lazy, and things are gonna change pronto.

Enough with the self-degredation and on to the fun stuff! Check out my evergrowing tintype portrait series here, and check back frequently!

Cam Parsons - Vision

As photographers, we are stripped from our normal three-dimensional world, and forced into a flat, and seemingly boring two-dimensional world. But in this 2-D state of vision, we make this one eye be our lens to the world. And when you personify that trait of a photographer, the cyclops is kinda the perfect self portrait for a photographer.

(Check out this RadioLab short to discover how even our complex eyes are still only seeing a sliver of how things really look.)

Funky: Devin Swift

          What is going on? Is that real? Why? What am I on? This is the reactions I like to get when something is really funky. I love to get the feeling of another demotion. That is how I can tell if it is truly funky. All the different colors, patterns, and textures normally would not work but for funky, its perfect.

Devin Swift

yourswiftphotography@gmail.com

Mirrors: George Ferris

"I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things." -Claude Chabrol

        My image was influenced by mirrors and band posters.  I looked at the theme as the name of a faux-band ('The Mirror').  The Mirror is a one-man post-punk band that was created by Christopher Montenegro in Salem, OR in 2009.  The Mirror is signed by HJK Records for a 3-record deal and starts its first national tour in May.  This image was purchased by HJK Records for distribution and circulation of the tour.


        Concert posters ('music posters') have been around for centuries with the first handbills being hand-drawn for local acts.  With the invention of lithography in the early 1800s, concert advertisement (posters) went from a local market and expanded into a regional and even national scene.  Poster advertisement began to fade as radio and movies took over the first part of the 20th century; the more popular streams of advertisement won out.  It wasn't until the rise of Rock and Roll and the counter-culture that came along that music and concert posters gained their comeback and strong influence that is still prevalent in today's society.

Here's a great article about the brief history of concert and event posters.  50 amazing and inspirational gig posters.
While you're at it, here's a band named Mirror Mirror I discovered while researching my faux-band.

©George Ferris
Photographer, cyclist, dog lover (in no particular order.) Let’s chat.
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Old School: Justin Stapp

"Old school" a term always changing and evolving just like our daily lives. What might be old school to me could mean something completely different to you, but the fact remains that whatever I think or you think of to be awesome and new now eventually will be "old school" for someone else.  It's hard to wrap my mind around things like an iPad being in the hands of a kindergartener, maybe it is because I think of my experiences as a child that age and that an iPad would probably never have interested me because I was too busy playing with legos or action figures, or maybe it is because I still think of an iPad as an incredibly advanced piece of technology...or maybe even more basic-the freakin' price tag? Whatever the reasons I can't help but start to feel old, and it makes me ask the question: as technology keeps advancing faster and faster how can someone keep up with it and how quickly do things become "old school" in today's society? In a place where society is changing at a rapid pace and it's only limitations are imagination as it would seem, where do we go next? How long before tomorrow's technology is "old school"?

Old School: George Ferris

For almost 20 years, from the early 1940s to late in the 1950s, Film Noir (or "black film") swept Hollywood.  Film Noir is associated with low-key black and white filming that creates an atmosphere of dark and mysterious which results in loads of cinematic drama.  Interestingly, Film Noir is not technically a genre, it's more a description of the look and mood of the film.  From FilmSite.org:

"..early noir film-makers didn't even use the film designation (as they would the labels 'western' or 'musical'), and were not conscious that their films would be labeled noirs."

My image is inspired by The Big Sleep (1946) where Humphrey Bogart plays a private detective who gets entangled in a rich family's complex crime.


George Ferris
Photographer, cyclist, dog lover (in no particular order.) Let’s chat.
info@gferrisphotography.com
www.gferrisphotography.com

Old School: Cynthia Repasy

For a class assignment, we had to shoot something that was considered "old skool".  I wasn't quite sure what this meant as old skool could mean many things.  The other day I was at the playground with my kids when my youngest son came up to me wearing this older style "grampa" hat.  My grandfather used to wear similar hats and I always liked trying them on.  The hat brought back childhood memories of spending summers at my grandfather's house and the many smells of his house...some were good smells and others were just downright disgusting.  Especially when he made pigs feet.  While my son is not a grampa yet, his way of wearing it reminded me of something that is old school.

This hat is called a "golf knicker."  If interested in purchasing this style, I recommend visiting Golf Knickers

Cynthia L. Repasy
crazyrepasy@gmail.com

Vintage - Devan Dennis

Last night I dreamed she came back again, a lovely ghost of an unknown friend. She was never known in this life of mine, a faded beauty, withered in time. She came with the wind, dancing in the low-light. I asked if she'd stay, hoping she might. She smiled and spoke of love for always keeping her visage with me -for all she ever wanted was to live in someone’s memory. To be a timeless beauty had always been her dream. She wanted to be known and share everything with me.

CLASSIC: Raydene Salinas

Family photos in the park. This is a pretty classic scene to see in the parks during the fall. Just this weekend, my friend Shawn called me to ask if I would take family pictures of her, her boyfriend and their two dogs. I jumped at the chance, because it's been a long time since I've taken family portraits and I liked the addition of the dogs in the shot.

Their dogs added a fun element that is often lacking in family pictures. Shawn enabled me to take something classic, like family portraits, and do a modern twist. We had a blast running all over the park with the dogs, tossing leaves, and creating beautiful photographs.

Classic

"Something of lasting worth"