One Hand Clapping: portraiture

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Recent Work (Wharton State Forest)

Recently I was able to have the opportunity to take one of my cameras and accompany my friend Ryan Shorosky for an adventure in Wharton State Forest located in Southern New Jersey near Hammonton and Lower Forge. These are some of the images I made during my time spent there.
Since these images are on the internet and therefore, I believe them to be loosely "in the public domain" I'm allowing full distributing rights to those who wish to use them (e.g. phone backgrounds, wallpapers, teaching instrument or instruments for critique, etc...). However, it would be greatly appreciated if you could either link to my site or give credit to me as the original artist.
You'll notice some slight to moderate vignetting on many of the images. This is due to the fact that I was operating an old Mamiya 645 medium format camera with a slightly wider than standard 70mm lens. As the aperture is decreased in order to broaden the depth of field (range of what will be percieved as in focus by the human eye) the edges of the frame are exposed to a dramatically lower amount of light resulting in the appearance of somewhat burned or darkened corners.
You'll also notice that I've neglected to remove any instances of dust that happened to be on either the scanner or the negative during the time of scanning. This is partly due to the fact that uploading these are a luxury I take during my more free times during the day. If anyone would like to inquire as to how to obtain a professional print and at what sizes they are available please feel free to email me at SRS2Photo@Gmail.com.

I hope you enjoy these recent images.

Peace

Taken by: Steve shilling II

Friday, October 28, 2011

Portrait of a Screenwriter

I purchased some Agfa Digibase CR 200 Pro 35mm film and loaded it into my rangefinder and tho I've never been one to attempt portraiture here's a snapshot I took of my friend and screenwriter Anthony.
If anyone looking at this site is in need of a screenwriter, or assistance in the field give him a holler: AnthonyL1991@Gmail.com.

Sincerely,

-S.
P.S. The reason the focus is fuzzy is either because the cardboard frame of the slide is holding the film too far away from the glass and thus preventing a sharp scan...OR...the more likely option is that my scanner is in need of some maintenance and a little more TLC from me.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Self Portrait

Now, I'm not a fan of self portraiture, at all. I find it narcissistic and those who abuse the genre of photography to be entirely self-absorbed. Having said that I know that no one knows me better than myself and so I listened to my teachers back when they told me that I should consider making a few self portraits. I figured that I had in the past been the subject facing the camera for others so why not revisit that brief stint of modeling. At least this time the person giving the artistic direction would be someone who knows how to match my identity with the feel of the image.
My current profile image is in fact a self portrait taken by myself, here is another.

Welcome

Greetings. Here you will find postings of whatever I happen to find interesting at the time. I hope you will also find some form of personal connection here as well. I'll be highlighting topics such as: Art, Architecture, Music, Design, Religion, etc. As well as posting some random tidbits about various locations throughout New York. I check my site and e-mail often so if you have a question or comment I'll be sure to respond to it quickly. I thank you for taking the time out of your day to share in some of my interests.

Sincerely,

-S.