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Nikki Nuke'm – 2015

I really had a lot of fun shooting this set of images with Nikki Nuke'm. If you follow the 52 rolls blog you may remember seeing a few photos of her during the DragonCon entries. She is a burlesque performer here in Atlanta, and it was by sheer luck that we happened across each other.

While I was building the flash diffusion panel (see the extra blog) I was also looking for new people to shoot in new ways. Luckily I was able to peel Nikki away from playing Fallout 4 for a spell and shoot something interesting and fun.

I had a REALLY hard time selecting images to show you all. And there is a pretty good chance I will be revisiting these photos in the near future. There were a couple that I had to re-construct in Lightroom/Photoshop because the backdrop was a little small. Also this was my first attempt at medium-heavy retouching. As my skills improve, hopefully my final delivered images will too.

DJ System Fail – 2015

After seeing what Stan and I were able to do last week. Another friend of mine from the old Shelter days (RIP) Cody aka DJ System Fail said he wanted to get some photos done as well.

This shoot was special for a few reasons (and I have a feeling I know what you are going to say "Oh hey, look, another black background shoot" well yes. But more important than that this was my first time working with a full frame mirrorless camera).

My first shoot shot on a truly "professional" piece of equipment. Granted I am borrowing it from my day job, but that's a whole other story. (Also long story short, I'm pretty happy with the results...except that somehow in the middle of shooting it switched from RAW to JPEG and I lost some ability to edit in post.)

The most exciting thing from this shoot is after capturing digital photos. We decided it was time to shoot the final "official" roll of my 52 rolls project. After I develop this roll I will probably need to re-name the blog something to the effect of "The GREATER THAN 52 Rolls Project". Those photos will be developed today, and will probably be hitting the blog the first week in November. So be on the lookout then. 
 

Week 11b – Rochester NY – Kodak Portra 400

Right before the wedding proper (but after I realized I loaded the wrong kind of film for the job) my travel partners and I stopped in at the Rochester museum and science center where the ceremony was to be performed. I had a frantic hour of shooting just about everything I possibly could so that I didn't waste anything.

It was another great little pit stop on our journey, and my only regret is not having longer to really spend a good bit of time there.

Developing Notes:
Unicolor C41 Kit
Standard Development
Color Correction in Photoshop

Not just a one trick pony

Hey UNEX friends and followers,

I'll admit I haven't been doing a lot of shooting these last few weeks. With the holidays approaching I find that a lot of my time has been taken up with getting things ready.

I have also been applying for a new day job, something a little closer to utilizing my skills as a creative/photographer.

I appreciate all of you still taking the time to check up on and like my works. I promise more will be coming very soon.

In the mean time I would like to let you all know that I have become part of a really cool organization. Black Bird Magazine. I was approached via Tumblr to possibly become a part of their team and contribute some photos and written articles. I jumped at the chance and am so glad I did. 

Currently I have three articles submitted and pending publication, once they are published I will for sure link you all to them (and be linking the articles directly to the UNEX network of blogs).

For the curious I have taken my Caffenol project from the extra blog and refined it into a much clearer article. Also I have two articles that were just submitted today on the merits of keeping a notebook, as well as the pros and cons to attending an art school. 

I'm really proud of the work I have been doing (and really happy to be writing ANYTHING for the first time since college), and I hope you all will be too. 

Thanks for hanging in there, and keep an eye on the extra blog for my favorite images of 2013. Just like last year I'll be doing the same once again. 

-B

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