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daily affirmations from tvC v2.0

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For those of you out there who have followed this blog or my photography with some regularity will know that I am a member of thevisualCollective. Our group travels to various locations and produces a bunch of great content. Everyone from photographers and videographers to models, musicians and anyone with the desire for a creative adventure is welcome. We just wrapped our Zion National Park trip, which was amazing and there will be a ton of great stuff to come soon from myself and the other 12 travelers. For me one of my favorite things to do on these trips is to take daily portraits of everyone at camp in the evening. you can see the ones from Death Valley National Park here… Beyond being fun, I hope to document our locations, change in looks i.e. getting dirtier, and just show the group out in the world. They are shot quickly and no one does any real prep for the shoots.

This time around we had a lot more people and a few more days/locations. I will dedicate the rest of this post to photos with a little description. Click the link to see more and be entertained…tvC members feel free to download and use these photos on your facebook, if you have any questions/concerns text me…

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Some Scanned Snaps

I spent the day in the photo lab at school digitizing some negatives. Most are from summer 2010, a few are from this spring, all are, in my opinion, fun. Although they may be grainy, have some spots and scratches, focus issues etc. Perhaps that is part of what gives film it’s life and unique feeling. Hit the link below the photo to see what I did this afternoon…

Industrial Composition. Flagstaff 2010. Canon AE-1.

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photo of the day

Scanned a piece of a Polaroid I found at school, put it over an existing photo. Kind of like the results, just something for fun…

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photo shoot 4`4`2011

A few days ago, I once again had the pleasure of shooting with the one and only Melissa Misfortune. For those of you who follow my work with any regularity you will remember her from my ‘heart in your hand‘ concept a few month back. This time, she provided a fabulously funky fruit filled fashion, I provided the crates and camera. Hit the link below the photo to read more and see the behind the scenes stuff, don’t forget to click the photos to see them full screen if you are having trouble viewing them (on a lap top for example)…

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Guest Post


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I did a guest post for thevisualCollective‘s blog tonight, check it out here…http://thevisualcollective.com/post/4459488027/guest-post-taylor-mahoney

digital negatives

I spent the better part of this morning scanning some negatives and processing the images. Below are a few examples, all were taken within the last month either in the studio or on an adventure with thevisualCollective.

emilyIllford HP5 Plus, Canon AE-1, 50mm. One Speedotron Black Line flash head in a  medium soft box.

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Photo shoot 3`27`2011

After a brief hiatus to get my mid term portfolio in order, i am back with my weekly photo shoots for my capstone project, which i guess is thematic/alternative portraiture.

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hit the link to keep reading and see more images from this weeks shoot, which is Lomography inspired portraits with ring-flash…

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photo of the day

There was a bag of those little genetically modified oranges at my house the other day; you know the ones, they have loose skin for easy peeling, no seeds, and are perfectly segmented. Anyway, i love them and love to try to remove the peel in one piece. This one was quite successful so i tried to Frankenstein it back together with staples. Then i let it sit on my window sill for a day and photographed what happened next, below is the result…

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I thought this was a fun experiment and may do more photo series on decay in the future, as always check back here for updates.

camera collection update

On Sunday I was at the local GoodWill when I found another cool old camera to add to my collection, it was less than $2 and I couldn’t resist.

vivitar

This is the Vivitar 35CA. It is a small 35mm rangefinder from the late 1970’s. There is an Automatic mode and a Bulb setting. The attached 38mm F/2.7 lens had a skylight filter attached. This camera features a hot shoe and PC sync port, is manual focus and although an automatic camera has a light meter in the viewfinder. During the late 1970’s Japan was producing a ton of these cheap rangefinders and selling them under different names. Essentially all the same, save a few cosmetic differences, this same camera can be found sold as at least four other brands/makes. Another funky addition to my collection. See the rest here and here.

Photo Shoot 3`4`2011

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Friday was another awesome day for photography and general creativity. Matt Beaty, Andrew Paffrath, Katie McKinnon and I headed out to Grand Falls, Ariz. for an afternoon’s adventure and to make some photos and video. Follow the jump to see more images from my shoot, or to see the behind the scenes follow this linkContinue reading