Monday, July 6, 2009

A Trip Down Memory Lane...

Brought to you by Katney

Last night I went through my portfolio from my high school photography classes. Even though I only graduated last year, I'd somehow forgotten all the great stuff I made. So this week enjoy a taste of my senior year.

One project of ours was to create some type of multi-media collage using an original photo as a background and a variety of other materials. I opted for a photo I shot in the work yard at Alcatraz last year. The odd figures are made up of photos of a couple neighbor girls, my cat, the panda at the zoo and random magazine clippings. Came together as quite an interesting piece, if I do say so myself.

One negative+a lighter=a burnt negative. That is just what this is. I lit one of my negatives on fire, giving it this effect, stuck it in the enlarger and printed it. With a little sepia toner, it all came together.

6 comments:

Amy said...

Get you - you can light stuff on fire in the name of artistry in photography? That's brand new information to me. Burning my "art" only means I have a mess.

Katney said...

I think we will see you again in Odd Shots. You have just the quirky sense of seeing things in a different way that will come back.

Aunt Julie said...

Love the kitty walking on the Alcatraz bridge. The collage is a keeper, I'd say. And who knew you could destroy a negative with fire and still get something artistic out of it?

Melissa B. said...

Definitely love the little girl dancing with a lemon (lime?) wedge tutu! Burning negatives? Who'd a thunk it?

The Bumbles said...

I enjoyed the burnt negative - they are so "archaic" in this digital world aren't they?! Very cool.

Mrs4444 said...

I'm so excited for you; that you have such a gift and are really exploring it. Bravo!