16 mm

cross process

35mm cross processed color film, 2008.

more old photographs

holga toy camera, 120 slide film, south beach, 2008.

digital photographs, summer 2010/fall 2009

florida

weeki wachee mermaids, 35 mm black and white film, 2007.

Alyssa

800 35mm color film, december 2007.

i didn't know what this last picture was until i opened it to post on the blog. i guess i photographed myself in the mirror - that orb of light is my head...pretty much how i felt at the time.

viejas

i photographed abandoned houses in 2008

light leaks

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screen print

new year's resolution: learn design (at least in the context of photographic spreads for print/digital sources.) i am an avid reader of blogs...this image was inspired by Genetic Boi, a designer named Quan Mai. i love his color cast/vintage/desaturated/ projects, so i decided to take a knack at it. i experimented and concluded that he may do one or more of the following:

1. adjustment layer > hue/saturation > decrease master saturation
2. adjustment layer > hue/saturation > increase cyan/blue
3. adjustment layer > brightness/contrast > decrease contrast
4. copy layer > set blending mode to "screen" (20% opacity)

i also did some retouching like smudging the edges, etc...but an artist can't give away all her tricks, no?

christmas eve

i came home to an eerily quiet house - everyone had gone to bed after un cafesito. i found one of my parents' wedding photos. that's my mom and dad with my tia Norma who just passed.

(i want mine to look just like these.)

this makes me want long hair again

deciembre

feliz ano nuevo! when i came home for the holidays, my mom's friend had given her a TON of clothes for me to pick through. i rummaged, thrifted, and bought some new shiii with my xmas/birthday money. here are some pieces i picked up while on vaca.

dress: american apparel
shorts: target
sweater: thrifted (thanks, meagan.)

dress: american apparel
vest: meagan's closet, again

i still haven't gotten a chance to wear my mother's fur collar she gave to me. she's had it since she was a teenager. it's gorgeous, but i can't seem to find an outfit for it. suggestions?

LOVE these girls.