Luminant Point Arrays

Photograph of the moment a television is turned off by Stephan Tillmans.

The Luminant Point Arrays show tube televisions in the moment they are switched off. The television picture breaks down and creates a structure of light. The pictures refuse external reference and broach the issue of the difference between abstraction and concretion in photography. The breakdown of the television picture describes the breakdown of the reference. The product is self-referential photography.

cross processing notes

By: Jim Causey

film notes (unrelated to photo)

Fuji Sensia 100 – Red
Fuji Sensia 200 – Green
Fuji Sensia 400 – Green

Fuji Provia 100 – Green
Fuji Provia 400 – Green

Fuji Velvia 50 – Green/Blue
Fuji Velvia 100 – Red

Agfa CT Precisa 100 – Green/Blue

Kodak Ektachrome 100 – No colour shift, increased contrast & saturation
Kodak Ektachrome EPT 160T – No colour shift, increased contrast & saturation

via, crossprocessing.

Pushing & Pulling Film:
you can read the full thread, or keep reading for my condensed version.

Pushing film involves deliberately underexposing your image, then asking your lab to push (over-develop) the film 1 or 2 stops to compensate. This results in higher contrast than you would get shooting and developing a film at its rated speed.

Pulling film involves deliberately overexposing your image, then asking your lab to pull (under-develop) the film 1 or 2 stops to compensate. This results in lower contrast than you would get shooting and developing a film at its rated speed.

Bear in mind that cross processing already increases contrast, so you may have to consider pulling the film to compensate. Here are a couple of real world examples:

• Its sunny outside, and what you are shooting is very high contrast. You shoot 200 ISO film as if it were 100 ISO. You then drop your film off and ask the lab to cross process it, and to pull 1 stop. This results in your pictures having more normal contrast while still leaving room for colour casts.
• You are shooting something indoors, and there is low contrast in your scene. You shoot your 400 ISO film as if it were 800 ISO. You subsequently drop your film off at the lab and ask them to cross process it, and to push 1 stop. This results in your pictures have higher contrast than they would have done normally.

Types of cross processing

• E6-C41: taking slide (colour reversal) film, and processing it in colour negative chemicals. This is the most common type of cross processing. It usually results in increased contrast with strong colour casts.
• C41-E6: taking colour negative film and developing in slide chemicals. This usually results in muted pastel colours with very little contrast. As a result you may want to ask your lab to push 2 or 3 stops to increase the contrast.
• E6/C41-B&W: taking colour reversal or negative film and processing as black and white. This results in a black and white negative. As colour film is usually more expensive than B&W, you may want to only use this technique if you are out shooting colour and decide you'd rather have B&W.

via, holgacrossprocessingtechniques


some cross processed images:
- The film used was Fujifilm Sensia 400/cross processed.

*First of all, cross processing may overexpose your image by about one stop. Therefore, you need to account for this when shooting. If you’re shooting 100 ISO film, just set your camera setting to 200 ISO. This will allow less light in, taking care of the overexposure. It’s best if you run a roll normally, with no adjustments, to determine if you even need to worry about this.

The first roll I did was processed pretty much on target, without any ISO adjustments.

via, photogformula.


some more enjoyable links:

Ten Reasons to Love Cross Processed Film

Color Palette Generator

some marbling history and information

on collecting and art.

Documenting Accumulation and Its Discontents

Let 10,000 Young Artists Bloom

The Poetry
and Politics of the Body,
between Shock and Abject Art

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the most amazing shit ever.

THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER EVER EVER.

ah! adorable!

check more out here.

rainyday thursdays

Marie Claire Italy April 2009 : Tracce Naturali

"I gather, collate, re-use, layer, peel, burn, reveal, locate, question, duplicate, play and photograph."

- Kate MccGwire



Envelopes with secret messages that are revealed when held up to light. Cool.

Architect-Artist-Designer Gaetano Pesce's residence in Bahia, Brazil is full of color. It's made of an inexpensive, weather proof resin tile

The Green Space Travel Case

"The Graduate" Inspires Kitsuné's Boy-Meets-Girl Fall Collection

A surprise party? No, a surprise dance!

Simon Evans

Anonymous photo project.

We Left Two Cameras on New York City Benches. What Happened Next?

Simon Evans

Have You Ever Given a Face Massage? (Guys Flip)

Mystery Solved: Venida Evans is The Ikea Lady

things.......

Mini Valentine's presents...on matchboxes!


Things-I-love-about-you boxes.


Off-beat engagement rings.
also, camille hempel rings.

A Valentines ensemble.

ah! these Polish posters. are amazing!



cheese-of-the-month club.

ruffled underwear.

Le Mans tie
The design of this tie reflects the track of the Le Mans race in France. $45

Valentines Gifts: Guys

I am utterly obsessed with tandems!


bike tags?

bow bracelet.

Live Wire Farm hooks

A nice Happy 2009 card from Intaglio

for your best mate.

Are you sick of mustaches? Me too. I like to think the original mustache aficionado is my great friend M., who had several mustaches in rotation (to wear to parties, for watching movies, any occasion that might benefit from a mustache) while we were in college.

However I do quite like these pencils.

via, allstripes.

thanksgiving and

thanksgiving, family and friends are so close i can feel it. i can't wait to go home but while we are waiting here are some wonderful things.

LOVE, DAD

what would you do if your dad wrote you a letter every single day when you were a child?

Wonderful childhood birthday ideas.To celebrate her son's third birthday, a mom throws a nautical–themed party for her little sailor and his crew. Here are ideas, tips, and recipes to help you launch your own seaworthy celebration. By Rebecca Miller Ffrench

PORTRAIT OF A SMALL TOWN:

Great article from Abigail Lorick, the fashion designer who's line has been featured on gossipgirl.

not saying it's a bad article. but it could be a lot better.

HOW TO SURVIVE ART SCHOOL

50 things to do before summer is over

inspiration

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bfigwpP9vxU

a film, and then some.

check out this experimental film on vimeo.

another interesting film.
shot some of my own footage tonight.