Grandma Meik

For my Van Dyck Brown print I chose to do a photo I took of my Grandma's living room.

This assignment turned into a pretty emotional experience. Working with this photo made me remember her house, full of art and beautiful things. This room is where my extended family would all gather to have the white elephant gift exchange every Christmas. This room is where the Easter Bunny left my basket to wake up to. This is the room I was told many times not to run in. I don't think the furniture in this room was ever rearranged in my lifetime. Grandma's house was such a comfort in my life. Things were always where they needed to be. Important bills under her placemat, Big Red gum in her purse and walls covered with art.

I love the power photographs have. 

It's refreshing and exhausting when a photograph provokes so much emotion.

To some this photo may seem ordinary, but it means a lot to me.

I miss my Grandma and I think about her often.

I'm so grateful for the home she made for her family to enjoy.

Historical Photographic Processes

This semester I am taking a historical photographic processes class. 

IT. IS. SO. COOL.

These are the scans of my first assignment. The first is a toned cyanotype, the second is a normal cyanotype, and the third is another toned cyanotype. To make these prints we coat a paper with some chemicals, place our negative on top and expose it to light, then we put the paper into a series of more chemicals and wallah! You have a cool print! 

This class has been opening my mind to unique ways of creating prints, and I am loving it. Going through all the steps really makes me appreciate the final outcome much more.