Selfie 2 (01-29-2014)

Me holding a Sillica (characters name) Key chain charm i had bought.

Selfie 1 (01-28-2014)

Me freezing my butt off.

Designated For Human Consumption (part 1)

Hi Everyone, this is a new set of images i came up with a few days ago. It's current working title is " Designated for Human Consumption".

Enjoy~

Thanks For Looking!

A short Bio about my self

My posts might be a little out of order, but this is a short Bio about myself. I felt the need to write this, so that my fellow classmate would get to know me better.

I'm 20 years old as of writing this post. I bought my first camera close to 9 years ago. (Around mid to late April will be nine years) It was an old Film SLR; The Fujica ST-605 with the Fujion 55mm F1.9 lens. Since then I've been madly enthralled in the photographic process. The work I idolize, and appreciate the most is Street Photography, War Photography, Documentary Photography. All three of the types of work have similar tones to them; They are documenting what actually happened, not abstracting it into an almost unrecognizable form.

This class is going to be my Sixth photography class. I'm actually a Computer Science Major, who is specializing in Software Engineering and Development (fancy title for Programming degree).

I really don't have any preferences on cameras, it doesn't matter if they are film or digital to me. But what makes the difference is the lenses. I prefer Olympus glass to all others. Especially the older OM Zuiko line of lenses. They render thing in their own unique way. For example, my most prized lens, the Olympus OMZ 35mm F2.0 has slightly swirly Bokeh from not having properly corrected Coma. This is one of the reason I treasure this lens. It has a beautiful rendering of the Bokeh, and the 3D pop it gives wide open is amazing.

 While photography is my main passion and focus (pun intended), I'm also a fan of Japanese Animation, Light Novels, Manga (comic books), and lastly Console based J-RPG's (Japanese Role Playing Games). This anime season, I really exited because the second season Chuunibyo is airing! They're released every Wednesday onto the online stream site; Crunchy Roll. But that's enough about this topic. This more or less sums up me. Thanks for Reading.  

A good primer on how to take Photographs, not Snapshots.

This is a good primer (sort of) on how to take Photographs, not Snapshots. This is video is by Digital Rev TV, so a lot of this is tongue in cheek, but there are real tips that matter in this video

First thoughts on Book material and binding methods

For my final book project, I've spent a lot of time considering various methods and designs for the book. I’m not a fan of the ultra light glossy paper used by Blurb. I prefer true photo paper used for actual prints. My first idea for this project was to print the photos on my standard Ilford GALERIE Silk Mono paper, but this paper is a single sided paper. So after further research, i found the ilford manufactured a double sided photo paper; Ilford GALERIE Prestige Smooth Luster Duo. So i decided to go with this paper, and now i’m currently considering the binding Methods, but as of now, i believe that spiral binding would be the  best choice for this project. I made this hesitant choice based on the weight of the paper. It’s a 270gsm paper. It very thick and heavy. Therefor, it would be hard to read a traditionally bound book made from said paper. Spiral binding would solve this problem completely. I have  several other Ideas that still need to be fleshed out for serious considerations.

Paper in Question:

http://www.amazon.com/Ilford-GALERIE-Prestige-Smooth-2001784/dp/B007YFNDSU/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1390495046&sr=1-3&keywords=Ilford+Galerie+Double+Sided