Recently, my partner and I took a crummy old plastic camera that we found at value village for $2.99. We cut the sticky part off of a postit note, covered half the frame inside the camera, and took some snapshots. We then rewound the film, covered the other half, and took some more. These are some of the better results.
When I was asked to go take some photos for a Hockney-esque collage, I jumped at it. Grabbing my camera and many rolls of film, I tore down to the bridge where the Humber River empties into Lake Ontario. It was early morning, sunrise, and being Toronto and all, I thought I would not have to worry about people interrupting the shot … boy was I wrong. The bridge was crammed with joggers, walkers, scooterers and cyclists. The only thing that saved me was being quick on the shutter and managing to snap a few shots on the rare occasions that the bridge was actually empty.
There's no Photoshop manipulation here. This is a straight-from-the-film-development-house , double-exposed photo of a heroic lad in his superhero suit.
There are some projects that you throw your heart into, fully believing in the product, even wearing as much swag as the company could cough up. I gave my heart to this one, worked late, did all the photography myself. Zyka loved the results, as did I. I wonder where they are now?
