That Time Again

We’re coming up on the end of another semester. That means it’s portfolio time. This time I don’t need an unifying theme, but I do need 15 to 20 of my best prints. I’m going through them at this point and have decided on some to go in, but I’m going to need a few more. The cool thing is this semester we had a digital project, and I have plenty of digital photos to choose from this semester.

The cool thing is I’m seeing growth in my photography. The not so cool thing is that I’m having trouble charting my growth… i.e. I’m having trouble seeing what it is about my pictures that shows growth. Hopefully soon I can figure this out.

Here is a sampling of what I’m submitting for the final. First are the digital shots:

The first photo was printed with a chromira process. This process takes the digital image and exposes it to normal photo paper. The print is then processed normally as you would a film print. The others were printed on either Moab Somerset Enhanced Velvet paper or Moab Lasal Premium Luster paper on an Epson 2200 photo printer.

And now for the film prints:

These were both taken on Fuji 160C with a Pentax 645. I was able to complete the first print successfully in the enlarger. The second print, however, had a few dust problems when I put it through. It looked as if there was some dust in the emulsion. I’m thinking with this one I may go ahead and print it on the Epson. I have a feeling that it will really pop out if I print it on the Moab Somerset Enhanced Velvet paper, which gives the photograph the feel of a watercolor painting.

As you can see I have 7 selections so far, so I’m just under halfway there. Then I need to decide on the portfolio format, mat the prints, assemble the portfolio, drink lots of caffeine, etc. Oh yeah, I have 2 other finals I need to study for as well.

Comments are welcome and encouraged.