Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Darkroom: Splicing Genetic Similarities

It is common knowledge that members of a family all have similar characteristics.  Brothers and sisters favor each other, children look like their parents.  But the funny thing is we don't see it for ourselves.  Others have to point it out for us, and even then we don't believe them.  After looking at Ulric Collette's work "Genetic Portraits", where he combined the faces of several family members, I decided that I wanted to explore this same concept in my own way.  I did my combinations by making silver gelatin prints in the darkroom.  I don't know if this had ever been done before, but I had the opportunity and I wanted to challenge myself too. The result came out better than I thought possible, but the challenge was bigger than I thought it would be.  After spending 4 days in the darkroom I said I would not do this again.  The first image took 6 hours to print, the second image took about 3 or 4 hours to figure out how to print.  After I finding the best method to do the prints, the rest of the images took only about 2 hours each to print.

Grandson/Grandfather: J Jesus and Papa Rafa


 Mother/Daughter: Rosa and Perla-Ruby


Son/Father: J Guadalupe and Rafael

Sister/Brother: Perla-Ruby and J Jesus

Nephew/Aunt: J Jesus and Lucia De Jesus (me)

Daughter/Mother: Esmeralda Virginia and Pablina

Brother/Sister: J Guadalupe and Esmeralda Virginia

Mother/Daughter: Pablina and Lucia De Jesus (me)


Studio Lighting: Optical Illusions

Something  I have always enjoyed is looking at things that are not as they appear.  For my Studio Lighting class Final I decided to explore this concept.  Taking objects that are similar in size, I made one look as if it was larger than the other.  Then I took to similar objects, one normal size the other a mini version, and i made them look as if they were both the same size.  I also added humor to the illusions by adding a third element so that the viewer can see the difference in size, and also by creating scenes that would not normally exist.


Studio Lighting: Diorama

Make it personal.  What is something that is part of my past present and future?
The Nativity is something that will always be part of my life.  The three different scene I created represent the 3 most important changes our Nativity undergoes during the Christmas season.
December 16

Studio Lighting: Making my own Background

Showing thedifferent activities of a star child.
The Actress

Studio Lighting: Exploring Basic Portrait Lighting

Broad Lighting