new plate
Started a new plate on September 6th. Not really sure which image to use just yet.
Lawrimore Project burned scultpure
Heard about the fire at Lawrimore Project early August. Apparently, a vagrant burned a portable mock living groom by Sutton Beres Culler behind his gallery. I had driven by on numerous occasions and thought it would be a good subject for the 8 x 10. During lunch time on Friday, I walked down to the gallery to find Scott sitting out on the curb waiting for a patron. He gave the OK for the picture so I set up in a parking lot that was slightly elevated from the burn site giving me a very nice view. Shot at f32 at 1/60th of a second and developed normally wtih d-76 1:1 for 11 minutes in a beseler drum. I took two shots and developed one in d-76 and the other with a failed batch of ABC pyro which I totally fucked up; the one developed in pyro didn’t survive.
No CommentsBye to Karen Light and Garde Rail Gallery in Seattle
Took this photo of Karen out in front of Garde Rail the day before it closed its Seattle doors. I am a little disappointed that I didn’t get my framing right but I didn’t want to keep her waiting around while I fumbled with the camera. Oh well, I think it came out just fine. Exposure was f16 at about 1/125th of a second. I pushed the film one stop with rodinal 1:25 for 12 minutes. It was a grey day and I figured the shot could use some contrast and extra development.
No CommentsPhantom Sons
I joined a band!! We are called the Phantom Sons and I play the Drums. Left right are Eric Macrae, Zach Day, Cable Griffith, Nate Gullickson, and (me)Daniel Carrillo.
Here are some songs:
No CommentsThe 8 X 10
After burning through a half empty box of Ilford Ortho Plus Sheet film in the 8 x 10, I have fine tuned the camera to a good working order. I determined that the back was slightly warped and leaked light, the lens board leaked light, the ilex shutter leaked some light, and that both the 8 x 10 holders that came with the camera and the bellows are light tight. The film I was using to test the camera was some ortho film that sat in my fridge for almost four years. Because ortho film is not sensitive to red light, I could develop the sheets under a red safe light. The first shot I took and developed under the safe light was a complete fucking disaster but I have fixed this problem.
I am glad I had that box of crap film- that would have sucked to burn through $90 dollars with only a handful of useable negatives. Here are some of the surviving shots:
Almost Done with “Dispenser”
Spent about 20hrs this weekend working on “dispenser”. Almost done, maybe another 10-15hrs left to completely finish. I still have to polish the margin and engrave the title under the image. This print will be in my solo Show at Joe Bar in October.
