Film Photography
RCARTS 260 - Photography
The following three sets of projects are from a film photography class I took my last semester of college. In this class we learned how to shoot on manual film cameras, develop rolls of b&w film, and print on proper film paper. This class really helped me understand how cameras work, as I really had to pay attention to shutter speed, aperture, and composition. This has helped me with my abilities with digital photography, which examples of can be seen after the three film photography projects.
April 2025
During stressful times in my life, I find myself confined to my thoughts and stuck inward, which I believe causes me to miss my surroundings. I gloss over the words people say to me, the actions that reveal who they are, and the small details that could be seen as beautiful, frightening, sad, or exciting. All because my mind is consumed by little things that won’t matter in a year. That’s what I tried to avoid during my four years at college. But, of course, life gets stressful–especially when trying to balance friendships, work, love, school, fun, and self-discipline. Because of this, I’ve found myself reaching back for certain moments from freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, and even last semester. Certain things I remember so vividly, but others are blurred, as if a hazy, greyish-purple cloud was floating around and covering people’s faces, muffling their words and our shared experiences…which scares me. I want to remember everything. I want to go back and relive my memories down to every detail, whether they’re sad, embarrassing, evil, painful, or joyful. I want to know that I fully experienced them, that I felt something, and was surrounded by people I love or once loved. These three photos, of three people very dear to me, helped me process my feelings towards memory. A photograph helps me remember, but in this process, I let go of that control. I took photos of people I never want to forget, then intentionally scratched over them to remind myself that it’s normal not to remember everything. Being anxious about forgetting can cause you to forget even more. And that the most important thing is to be present, to live fully in each moment.
Each image is purposefully scratched over. I scratched on both the emulsion and non-emulsion side with a small needle, this gave me both white and black marks left on the image.
February 2025
2 miles east I traveled to Island Park, a small but familiar place. This random, chance-based prompt allowed me to rewire my way of thinking, as instead of extensively planning what I wanted to photograph, I saw the environment with a fresh and unfiltered eye. I wasn’t drawn to the larger contexts of this location; I was intrigued by the beautiful details around, enhanced by rain and ice. This reciprocity inspired my project–how water in all forms amplifies the textures of the world around us. The rain deepened the texture of the wooden bridge and ground below my feet, while later in the week, the frozen water cemented it in time. This shifting of the natural environment shaped my perception of “the ordinary”, and through these pictures, I strived to capture transformation, exploring motion and stillness, ephemerality, and permanence. The unpredictability of the weather was directly mirrored in my process. Light, texture, and mood evolve beyond human control. These four images show a progression from slight dew to harder rain, slight ice, and a full sheet of ice. Hopefully, this invites those who look to stop, slow down, and examine the unnoticed and ever-changing.
March 2025
With this project, I explored the haziness of memory and the act of intervention in image-making. Inspired by the idea that photographs construct as much as they document, I use crochet to connect and obscure the images, physically altering their appearance. These four images capture moments that are personal and soon will fade into a distant memory, their clarity disrupted by both the yarn and the slight blur of my camera. I like to think that this interaction between photography and fiber reflects how we stitch together fragments of the past, sometimes vividly, other times obscured.
Misc. Digital Photography
Misc. Graphic Design
Here are some various graphic design examples I have done for different student organizations and classes. Most are made using a combination of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.