A lot of what’s been going into my inspiration folder has been very Noir inspired. And last night, I got more sleep than I bargained for. So with the mixture of inspiration and much needed sleep, I did some Noir inspired self portraits.

Here are a few of ‘em.  

Using the negatives from this photo and this photo, I tried my hand at experimenting with double exposure printing in the darkroom.

My mom + me.

Digital test shot for some photos I’m taking for my adv. b&w film class. 

Sadly, I didn’t get to shoot them tonight as the self timer was being a little pain in the ass and not cooperating. So tomorrow, I get to shoot, develop, AND print. So much for catching up on sleep!

This is a self portrait, if you couldn’t tell. I’m going to focus on the disdain I have for my body. I’ll just focusing on the parts I hate just because of the pain they cause me: my neck and my back. (I don’t think I can take photos that document the rest of me that I don’t like because I am like every human, and am simply not happy with my body and am very self conscience. )

Now to write a take home essay and try and get some sleep. I’ve got a long day tomorrow that starts early with TOAST (The Outstanding Achievement and Student Triumph) Breakfast. Super cheesy name, but at least I get free breakfast as a token of appreciation from the university to student leaders!

A shot from the roll I just developed. For an assignment for my adv. b&w class, which was to take poetic imagery. So, I decided to shoot some for the series I’m doing on my home. Though, I think I’ll still want those in color. Not sure.

But yay! I didn’t mess anything up.

Next is printing on fiber paper. Which makes me scared. Cause it’s ‘spensive and I go through paper quickly…

Developing for the first time in a longg time. Missed dat smell.

birds0fafeather:

It’s Sarah Kobos 

i shot this photo of her in my advance b&w class. check her out. she’s pretty swell.

Oh hi. This is me. I kinda look like I have two faces!

Anna is pretty swell, herself!

OH HEY it’s Claire! She cute.

We shot 4x5s in my adv. b&w class last week. I’ve only shot with one a couple times, but I really enjoy it, but it also scares me. 

On one of my last days in NYC, a photog took some portraits of me at Fast Ashleys Studios!

YOU GUYS. I’M GEEKING OUT SO HARD RIGHT NOW!! Just turned a digital image into a digital negative and printed this in the dark room. How freaking cool! This alternative processes class rules.