I’ve been working on this idea for a while now, for lack of a better name at this point I’m calling it “The Vintage Image”. They are photographs taken on film using vintage mechanical cameras and the “manipulation” is done physically to the negative, not in photoshop. Some of the techniques include sandwiching tissue paper with the negative, etching with sandpaper and applying shoe polish to name a few. I use expired film and cross process it to give a very saturated and warm feel to the images. Oh, and I use “light painting” in the studio using a flashlight and long exposures.
I want to stick to having a “handmade” organic feel to my photography by using film and the mechanical techniques. I’ll still continue the pinhole photography too, but this is going to be a nice addition to keep things fresh.
Here are a few of the first finished photographs that I will have this weekend at Art Off The Square. Watch for more in the future…
