Rants about digital arts, photography and university.

So. I’m looking for things. Things things things. Actually, that’s a lie.
I look not for things, but for people.

People with things.

Interesting things.

Maybe an interesting mind?

Probably both.

If you live in Montreal, and have an interesting mind, or an interesting space, or both. Let me know! And mebbe we can do a shoot. For a project of mine. It’s technically for school. But… it’s for myself as well. To build up my portfolio, and to do something funky/fun.

So here’s the thing: I want people who think they’ve got an interesting personality, or a strange personality, or who enjoy their own quirks and specialness, to let me photograph them in their space. “Their space”, being whatever “space” (room, workplace, studio etc.) they feel is the most integral part of their life, personality, routine, whatever etc.

I would be super happy to give you a print, or two, and if I decide to use digital as well, then a couple corrected JPEGs as well! The project would be mainly using film, so the digital is not necessarily assured.

Interested? Let me know at: raphael {at} raphaeltm {dot} com
Use as the e-mail subject: Person-Space Project

So. I’ve enrolled in a photography course at Concordia, and I’m incredibly excited about it. I’ve been doing digital photography for about 5 years (with a dSLR).  About a year and a half ago, I decided I wanted to try out film photography.  I had recently read about the advantages with film’s dynamic range and the differences it displays in the highlights and shadows and I thought it would be a great thing to take advantage of.  Unfortunately, I never really looked into it, until recently.

I was looking through the undergraduate calendar at Concordia to see what classes I could take this semester, when I realized that, having no other constraints, I could finally take one of the photography classes I’d been wanting to enroll in.  So I did.  It turns out it’s colour film photography.

So I bought a Canon TX from my mom’s uncle, with a 50mm 1.8. Later, though, my cousin tells me he’s got a whole kit, he’s willing to sell me (for considerably less than it was worth!).  My cousin’s camera happened to be a Nikon (F65), which was perfect for me, because I knew it would work with the  collection of lenses I’ve already got. So I got that one as well.

The class seems great, as does the prof (Kate Hutchinson). If you’re at Concordia and you’re interested in photography, I recommend checking this class out.  Of course, I might change my mind as the year goes on, but I highly doubt I will.