Money money money

Ok so i have just realised how woefully under-thought-about i have been in terms of dimensions and frames and all that jazz. I just picked this proportional size for the images and thought "oh yea that'll be sweet"...fail...epic fail.
So i have a frame that is 22x28 inches, its cheap (only cost $22USD) but there are several problems. One, using this frame means i am going to have to crop my images down to fit this size, it is smaller proportions than as it is in camera. I like the format of the standard in camera frame, the images were shot and frame to this so it makes sense to keep the standard (i want to say 35mm) dimensions.

The other option would be to crop the images down to the panoramic, 16:9 kind of style of image (reminiscent or Aaron Hobson etc) I think this is the only way i would like to crop them...but then this means making custom frames OR getting them professionally framed...hence the money money money.


Pano style

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Totally uncropped - as shot.
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Cropped to fit 22x28 inch frame

[S]pace dimensions

So i am going to make the images on the larger wall i have in the P/DF gallery slightly bigger than the rest in order to make better use of the space and the whole exhibition more visually appealing.
So these two images (and iv decided that this wall will be the image on the left and one cloud one) would measure 50x33.271 inches and the rest of the prints going on the smaller walls would all measure 40x26.617 inches. So now i need to print the dam things! and then obtain a quote for framing (note: be seated when reading quote)

Super Sunday Rain Mission///

Over twelve hours of driving through some epic thunderstorms and crazy-ass Missouri country-side. We battled keeping the insane amount of gear we had with us dry, it was a crazy crazy intense day and we plan to do it again very soon...project as yet unfinished...

Julia Fullerton_Batten

Staircase - 2008


Mirror - 2008


Cupboards - 2009


Broken Glass -2009

I have seen her work before but had not seen all of this series. Thanks to Katy for picking it up for me!
This blog has become quite the point of collection for these sorts of bizzare images that deal with he floating figure in contemporary photography. Its fair to say i think that i have become obsessed with this technique/style/idea. But after my discussion with Patrick late last week i need to think more critically about why i have become obsessed with these images, and more importantly how my images relate to this obviously well used technique.
Why is this floating/suspended figure important to me> what is it/he trying to say/do/communicate to the viewer?
Important questions...

Sexy paper mock ups

So these are two bits o paper that i am thinking will be the size of my final prints. I am open to suggestions tho haha.
I think they fit well as a diptych on this wall (which there are two of this size in the gallery) and one image this size will fit nicely with plenty of room on the center-floating walls. My only concern is images this size on the larger wall. Should i print the images for the larger wall bigger? or is that an exhibition no no. Hmmm if i do print them bigger then i have to make a very concrete and irreversible decision on which two will be going on that wall.

trust the yellow and black....

Nikon baby all the way. this shot: D700 + D2x - shot with D3



"shit, is this even on....?"




This is Missouri.

Eight by Ten ///

Dusty Colyer

Because i never posted this before

American Professional photographer Joey L(awrence). Beautifully shot and incredibly graphic...you know i like that haha

Mock up changes

Another mock up. It takes away the shot were i am falling/suspended/whatever in front of the building. I like this image because it is one of the best and most painful to create (my ribs still hurt) but it does not fit so well with the rest of the series. This is mainly due to the lack of sky in the image (apart from the reflection in the buildings windows..) It just does not have the same feeling of overwhelming sky and openness that most of the other images do...

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Haha going back and looking at that image again i really do like the clouds in the window....it adds another depth to the image and still ties thematically to the other images. Wow indecisive again.

Images series being considered for SITE...

Here they are in proper form, not all silly and distorted. Let me know what you think. I also have a massive library of shots like the cloud shots in the mock ups. I am still thinking hard about the inclusion of these and have not really decided ether way yet.
The taking of the photos such as these i so process driven and so physical, i like the clouds for two reasons. One, there the opposite of physical, they are light and spacey and not blunt and physical which the images allude to in their technical seduction. Two, the taking of them is bound up in the process of making these images, and the way in which they react to the images of me is interesting...maybe...