It certainly has been a while, and I've been up to some mischief.


See here:






Everything has been stressful. But now I wait.

© all photos taken and edited by me.

Mini Series: The Butterfly Series

Camera for the weekend, and some simple black makeup testing.


Presenting: The Butterfly Series


as similar as these two are, I promise you, they are two different photographs.


The Butterfly;





Originally, I played with the dark makeup to try and see if I would look like Bill Kaulitz. I look decently similar, eyes-wise. However, I look pretty creepy.

I played with contrast and color levels.





© all photos taken and edited by me.

Darkroom Black and White Prints

As promised, here are some of my darkroom prints, also based on similar elements, depending on which photos.



Blur. In this photo: Tomi


Panning. In this photo: Tomi

Stop Motion. In this photo: Tom

Best print #1

Best print #2; passion passion.



Slither.
Transition Hotel.

Zoom Blur. In this photo: Toki


Rule of Thirds:
In this photo: family friend's son
Blue Steel. In this photo: Tomi
Superimpose. In this photo: Tomi


Shine a Light. In this photo: mother



© All photos taken and edited by me. (however, none of these were digitally edited, besides scanning them.)

I've become creative again, especially in photography.

I currently take a Photo 1 class at FVHS, and at first I did not like it, because it was new. The dark room used to frustrate me, but now, it has become my home. I love the dark room and being in control of the exposure of my film onto print paper. I am very in love with black and white photography as well, and have since then perfected my prints with each new assignment. I have learned to capture sharpness and contrast and concepts.

I will try and scan some of my print photography to post on here.

For now, here are new photos:



In these photos: Me


In this photo: family friend's son


Also, if anyone knows me well enough, Disneyland and of course, all things Disney lie in my heart and soul.

In this photo: Tomi


Self Portrait Photo:




On another note, I am planning to make a series, but with print photography instead of digital. Going with the black and white option, the theme and concept will most definitely be dark and twisty. I'm also inspired by a story called #815 by BrokenMirror, based on a forbidden love between a mental murderer and a police officer. I hope I can bring this out.





© all photos taken and edited by me.

The Underwater Celluloid Dream Series

Okay, so these photos are repetitive, in the way they are taken, and the style they are. But then again, these ARE a series.

Originally taken in Tungsten, and then edited emphasizing blue hues.



My favorite of the series. I'm dead, pale, and when you look at that picture above, you almost feel like you're holding your breath too.

under the sea. ~







© all photos taken and edited by me.

Mini Series: The Wanda Series.

This is a mini series called "The Wanda Series". It's mini because there aren't that many photos, and close to being randomly taken. These photos were taken for a French project to replicate Robert Doisneau's photograph called "Wanda". The photo consists of a woman as a star of her show performing for many men. The photo shows two sides; the inside of the club and the outside on the streets of a city. Two subjects include the woman inside the club and the dog close to the entrance of it. I'm not sure if there are any symbols concerning the woman or the dog, but if so, it's interesting, because I like symbolism and analyzing pieces of work.

However, my replication is not included in the series. These are just interesting photos taken in the attempts at replicating "Wanda". Overall, they're outtakes, but we (my brother and I) captured interesting photos in the dark, which are hard to attempt because we used a digital camera (RGBRGBRGB PIXELS.).

The ones that have a woman in them, are me. The others are my brother, Tomi.




I really liked this photo. The contrast of white and black, and the hint of the blue dress are prominent. The shadows shape the figure nicely, and make it more visible.

What I particularly liked about this photo was the shadow of the arm blending in with the arm itself. It almost seems like the shadow is connected to the body, kind of like a ghost. To me anyway.


Tomi says hello! :)

Again, shadows and slight contrast. Notice how I try to hide my head in almost all the photos in the series.

Eerie, huh?



© all photos are by me, taken by me, and edited by me.

The Game Has Changed Series

So I came back with the series.


This one is called The Game Has Changed Series. The name comes from the Tron Trailer, as said in my last post. The song is called "The Game Has Changed" written by Daft Punk. The series features Thomas Nguyen, my brother.

I have to say, it was a good series to shoot, but editing was a pain. I don't like that some of the RGB pixels showed up, due to my digital camera. a;sfjf;ajsf. I need a better one, but in this economy, you make due, right?


My most favorite one, because the two faces of him and the circulation of the light.



My second favorite. Again, two bodies with one power.




He loves to rave. Get him rave lights! this kid needs some.


© all photos taken by me and edited by me.