To my own surprise and joy, I finished all my prints earlier last week. And to me, they look amazing. I love the paper they're printed on (Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Peal) even if it is a somewhat difficult paper to handle. The blacks are lush and the colours... the colours are beautiful. All in all it's been a somewhat costly affair on a tight budget, but I would never have let anyone else print them. Creating the print is just as important to me as creating the image. After all, they are not complete before they are printed and become objects.
I would still like to do 4 more images to get to a total of 10 after I finish this week. I still shoot, even if it's sometimes just to keep refining the technique or.. well, because it's what I love to do. There just haven't been time to get to 10 before this bulk is finished.
I shot this image in Taradale a couple of weekends back. I was just playing around to satisfy a creative itch I was having a late night after a birthday party. I love this shot, but it has potential of becoming an even better one. The feet are mine, and are just there to add another element to the composition. I'll be going back in a couple of weeks to do a re-shoot and do a different set up where I don't have to use myself. It's all one exposure with very little post.
It belongs in a different story than this one. I would like to use a young girl and a somewhat different perspective. I think. We'll see when the time comes.
Still to finalize before thursday are the sequencing of the images as they sit together now, some sort of background to hang them on, some writing and a whole lot of thinking. I expect the nerves to keep building as it all comes to a close. 3 amazing years, a degree in Fine Art Photography and a few bodies of work. Nice.
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