lately i've been really into self portraits. most of the inspiration for doing this is from "holgajen". obviously she puts a lot more thought into how she does it, but hey, you gotta start somewhere, right? anyway, here's a couple recent self portraits i shot with a homemade round pinhole camera i like to call "the bomb", well because it looks like a bomb. black electrical tape can sometimes be a bad thing i guess.

"with geese"


"with fish"

i've been doing so many projects lately that i haven't been finishing any of them before i start a new one. most of the projects seem to do with death and creepiness and putting myself in stressful situations. so i decided to take it easy with a project i'm calling "vs the water". the images are just shots of bodies of water that have man made objects "fighting" the water. below are a few of my first ones, all shot on the willamette river in and around portland, or. the camera is a homemade curved back 4x10 camera. i really hope i actually continue with this project, it's been really fun and a nice change of pace.






speaking of "change of pace", for all of you in a artistic freeze this article may help. some times it's nice to do something you would normally never do. chase jarvis - 9 things to do when you're feeling stale.

one more

this last weekend i decided to have a pinhole self portrait day. my last post was from that day and here is the last shot. this was done with the filing box camera i made. i never spray painted the inside so the negs are super dark, but my epson found some information on the film and photoshop did the rest for me. anyway, i need to fix the problem with my camera really bad.

exposure was 3 minutes.

couple self portraits

i should in bed. but instead, here are a couple self portraits i did. i have one more i need to scan, but it's 4-4x5 negs and i don't want to scan them right now. both images are made with cameras i built 5, maybe 6 years ago. i'm glad i used them because i refell in love with them and will start using them a lot more.

this one was shot with a converted kodak t-max100 4x5 50 count box. exposure time was 1.5 minutes.



this second one was shot with a round camera made out of something that escapes me now. it looks a little like a bomb, so i just call it my round bomb. exposure time was 1.5 minutes.

first shot from filing box camera.

here it is! the first shot from the filing box that i turned into a pinhole camera. they turned out super dark, i think the plastic isn't as opaque as i originally thought. that problem is easily fixed with a bit of flat black spray paint. so this image is pretty photoshop, which i don't mind but i feel better about my shooting skills when i don't need to photoshop so much. all-in-all i really like the final image. hopefully i can shoot with it more during the weekend. so more to come!