Matt Beach

Some days I just want to rip the skin off my face.

Anyone still in high school seeing this who is deciding whether to do two years of community college before going to art school, just go to art school. Quite possibly the worst decision of my life.

Posted 9 hours ago

I whole-heartedly do not understand how individuals can publish photographs with noticeably blown out highlights. HOW DOES THAT NOT BOTHER YOU, ITISSODISTRACTING? /rant

My level 9 Witch Doctor in Diablo III; I’m not normally a video game person but my girlfriend got it so I thought I’d try it out as well. It’s crazy addicting.. I just finished the Skeleton King with the help of girlfriend, I kept dying and then finally watched a YouTube video of someone else killing it only to find out my computer is extremely laggy… Thus hurrah for party kills!

Oil Print Transfer

While this image could use some work technically I’m happy to show it because it’s my first totally successful oil transfer print. Following David Lewis’ book I used a small amount of caustic soda in the water bath for the matrix prior to transferring and all of the ink transferred flawlessly! Now to perfect it.

I included a photo of the piece as well because the scanner just doesn’t do it justice..

Yes.

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Posted 2 weeks ago

moonquartz:

mattbeach:

Another 10”x12” paper negative from my homemade camera developed in Caffenol C. This time on Kentmere VC Select.

Loving the feel of this lens the bokeh is so pretty.

That quality…that bokeh…unnff. Do you perchance own Primitive Photography? It’s a book about hand building calotype cameras you might be interested in.

Nope but its Amazon page is now bookmarked lol. Looking at the few page photos on there it looks really interesting; I’ll have to order it with my next paycheck!

Posted 2 weeks ago

Another 10”x12” paper negative from my homemade camera developed in Caffenol C. This time on Kentmere VC Select.

Loving the feel of this lens the bokeh is so pretty.

Coating watercolor board with gelatin for oil transfer prints. No idea if the board will work but it’s worth a try.

First 10”x12” paper negative from my homemade 10x12 view camera. Scanned and inverted to give it that purple color; paper was originally 11x14 Arista Edu-Ultra FB VC Semi-Matte developed in Caffenol C.

Can’t wait to start making ambrotypes with this!

10 inches by 12 inches

large format

paper negative

Seems like IKEA are really shaking things up this year. In addition to the previously announced TV set, they’re also going to release a digital camera made of cardboard called Knäppa (“Snap”). It’ll hold 40 photographs at a time and plugs directly into your USB port. While it’s not the prettiest camera the world has ever seen, I do love the idea of a screen-less digital camera that brings people back to the wait-and-see days of film.

This is so cool!

Wish it didn’t use AAA batteries but still.

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Posted 1 month ago