Ochre Mines and Ice Cream

We recently went to Rousillion to see the Ochre Mines, and also explore the town. The town proved to be a very fascinating place, seeing as how all of the stucco on the houses are a variation of warm earth tone shades. It was truly a beautiful place. Oddly enough for myself, I had decided to take black and white film to the Ochre Mines, a place known for it's natural color and beauty. So I was then faced with the predicament of making interesting photos in a place known for it's color, without using it's color. I decided to focus more on elements of line, and shape instead of color. I felt that the end result was a success. My images are a bit odd, due to the lack of a film scanner, however, I find myself really enjoying these images and the aesthetic that they received through scanning them. I plan to keep working with them this way.

I also used an antique camera of mine for our recent photo project. It's an old Kodak Vigilante and it's got an aesthetic all of it's own. Normally it uses 620 film, but since they don't make it anymore I have to re-spool 120 film to fit into the camera. It may  seem like a lot of extra work, but it's definitely worth it in the end. I scanned the images on a flat bed scanner and definitely fell in love with the aesthetic. I think it's also helping me to find a direction I want to move in for the future, not only for the projects in this class but for my work as a whole. I can't wait to really start working further with the camera, and seeing how I can push it more. I'd like to start working different methods on actual silver prints as opposed to relying on the scanner to create my aesthetic.