Today I shot two rolls of film trying to get the photographs I want for my second assemblage. I’ve never done long exposures though, and it was a lot of work to try to get the lighting right. I took many shots with the shutter open, trying to capture movement, as well as some single shots that I want to overlap onto one another in the darkroom. I still have no idea whether or not any of the photographs from the first roll will come out, but I really wanted to try anyway. I guess we’ll see what happens when I go to process the film tomorrow, I hope I have enough useable shots to make my vision for the box come to life.

In other news, I had to order bottles online so that they would all be the same size and fit into the box I am using and they came in the mail today! Yay! It felt like I was opening a science kit or something.

I started to fill them with things like my baby teeth (because I’m weird like that) and my dad’s grey hair.

I was also able to find some cool objects to use at the flea market including an old pair of nail scissors and an antique curling iron. (see photo at top)

Today I shot two rolls of film trying to get the photographs I want for my second assemblage. I’ve never done long exposures though, and it was a lot of work to try to get the lighting right. I took many shots with the shutter open, trying to capture movement, as well as some single shots that I want to overlap onto one another in the darkroom. I still have no idea whether or not any of the photographs from the first roll will come out, but I really wanted to try anyway. I guess we’ll see what happens when I go to process the film tomorrow, I hope I have enough useable shots to make my vision for the box come to life.

In other news, I had to order bottles online so that they would all be the same size and fit into the box I am using and they came in the mail today! Yay! It felt like I was opening a science kit or something.

I started to fill them with things like my baby teeth (because I’m weird like that) and my dad’s grey hair.

I was also able to find some cool objects to use at the flea market including an old pair of nail scissors and an antique curling iron. (see photo at top)

Today I shot two rolls of film trying to get the photographs I want for my second assemblage. I’ve never done long exposures though, and it was a lot of work to try to get the lighting right. I took many shots with the shutter open, trying to capture movement, as well as some single shots that I want to overlap onto one another in the darkroom. I still have no idea whether or not any of the photographs from the first roll will come out, but I really wanted to try anyway. I guess we’ll see what happens when I go to process the film tomorrow, I hope I have enough useable shots to make my vision for the box come to life.

In other news, I had to order bottles online so that they would all be the same size and fit into the box I am using and they came in the mail today! Yay! It felt like I was opening a science kit or something.

I started to fill them with things like my baby teeth (because I’m weird like that) and my dad’s grey hair.

I was also able to find some cool objects to use at the flea market including an old pair of nail scissors and an antique curling iron. (see photo at top)

Today I shot two rolls of film trying to get the photographs I want for my second assemblage. I’ve never done long exposures though, and it was a lot of work to try to get the lighting right. I took many shots with the shutter open, trying to capture movement, as well as some single shots that I want to overlap onto one another in the darkroom. I still have no idea whether or not any of the photographs from the first roll will come out, but I really wanted to try anyway. I guess we’ll see what happens when I go to process the film tomorrow, I hope I have enough useable shots to make my vision for the box come to life.

In other news, I had to order bottles online so that they would all be the same size and fit into the box I am using and they came in the mail today! Yay! It felt like I was opening a science kit or something.

I started to fill them with things like my baby teeth (because I’m weird like that) and my dad’s grey hair.

I was also able to find some cool objects to use at the flea market including an old pair of nail scissors and an antique curling iron. (see photo at top)

Today I shot two rolls of film trying to get the photographs I want for my second assemblage. I’ve never done long exposures though, and it was a lot of work to try to get the lighting right. I took many shots with the shutter open, trying to capture movement, as well as some single shots that I want to overlap onto one another in the darkroom. I still have no idea whether or not any of the photographs from the first roll will come out, but I really wanted to try anyway. I guess we’ll see what happens when I go to process the film tomorrow, I hope I have enough useable shots to make my vision for the box come to life.

In other news, I had to order bottles online so that they would all be the same size and fit into the box I am using and they came in the mail today! Yay! It felt like I was opening a science kit or something.

I started to fill them with things like my baby teeth (because I’m weird like that) and my dad’s grey hair.

I was also able to find some cool objects to use at the flea market including an old pair of nail scissors and an antique curling iron. (see photo at top)

Today I shot two rolls of film trying to get the photographs I want for my second assemblage. I’ve never done long exposures though, and it was a lot of work to try to get the lighting right. I took many shots with the shutter open, trying to capture movement, as well as some single shots that I want to overlap onto one another in the darkroom. I still have no idea whether or not any of the photographs from the first roll will come out, but I really wanted to try anyway. I guess we’ll see what happens when I go to process the film tomorrow, I hope I have enough useable shots to make my vision for the box come to life.

In other news, I had to order bottles online so that they would all be the same size and fit into the box I am using and they came in the mail today! Yay! It felt like I was opening a science kit or something.

I started to fill them with things like my baby teeth (because I’m weird like that) and my dad’s grey hair.

I was also able to find some cool objects to use at the flea market including an old pair of nail scissors and an antique curling iron. (see photo at top)

http://www.alternet.org/story/86998/too_much_stuff!_america’s_new_love_affair_with_self-storage

http://www.oprah.com/world/The-Too-Much-Stuff-Recession-David-Houle/1

The culture of accumulation has reached an all time high, some would say the U.S. needs to reflect on their possessions and learn to let go. We have created a material culture. This has been emphasized by the absence of ritual to release the connection to these objects. Therefore, the legacy we leave behind… may just be worthless in time.

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/do-americans-accumulate-too-much-stuff

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