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awwstin

$ 122,197.47*

Just trying to be conscientious and not complacent. I am suspicious of people who tell me I’m doing a good job of those things.


TELL ME: SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS
FOLLOW: NOTHING, NADA, NIL


// ASTERISK // I’m not for sale, but if you wanna buy me coffee, as in enough coffee to wipe my remaining student loan debt, go here. // ASTERISK^2 // music from Zelda: Breath of the Wild //

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austin v. gana tolentino

$is learning

Hope you’re having a solid minute or two.


COMMITTED: PHOTOGRAPHICALLY
TO: NOSTALGIC DISSIDENCE
THE BIT: x




// Some time before




Waltzer

$maybe maybe maybe flying to NY

1. I’m glad I’m trusting my eye for focusing at longer distances, but I guess the margin for error is somehow slimmer at closer distance

2. These are my favorite photos of 2023 so far, and I thought that before I found out one made it up in Times freakin Square

3. With all the black, I need to be more careful with how much I squeegee and let dry the sheet.

Thanks to Sophie.


ACT: COOL
LIKE: REAL COOL 
ME: ‘DRONE DADDY’
//

07.20.2023

DG Writers Workshop 1

$the ambiguity of my age is living rent-free atm

1. Even though this round was more of a test round, I should’ve switched up the pose more instead of letting happen two instances of propping up the chin

2. Glad Sam brought up the concern/question about how he should look when smiling, and glad I was decisive about just not smiling

3. Lighting in this part of the library worked at ~1pm. It’s on the eastern side, however, but with overhead ambient lighting from south-facing windows. I’ll probably bring a light for the next four writers’ shots.

4. My fingers are no subsitute for a hairbrush, but also I still dig it.

5. Looks like the developer shows signs of exhaustion at listed capacity (looking at front facing photo, specifically at the bottom of the chair).

Thanks to Sam.


INNER: SANCTUM
RGB: LIGHT(ING) 
VAMPIRE: MAFIA
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08.06.2023

testing portraiture 14

$isn’t this how Kong Skull Island started?

1. Captain 🍑

2. Alex was backlit, but his face blends with the sky (I think). So I wonder if I had underexposed/silhouetted him instead.

3. Grandpa’s Floater really drifted to the left faster than I expected

4. The mostly profile shot of Katie makes me feel like I took a photo for a magazine ad about perfume

5. In hindsight, maybe my risk tolerance was a lil much that morning

Thanks to Katie, Alex, and Harrison.


LINCOLN: LAWYER 
CAYMAN: JACK 
GRANDPA’S: FLOATER 
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08.05.2023

testing portraiture 13

$cupcakes cause this goober cramps

1. If his wife showed up for volleyball, we could’ve put her on the right. Just saying, Harrison.

2. The contrast is kinda harsh, but I think I nailed it running along the half of his nose bridge, neck, and shirt.

Thanks to Harrison, for being born.


OH: NO
I: AM 
VERY: BLOATED
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07.17.2023

testing portraiture 12

$navigating a not too fragile moment

1. Ektar 100 > Portra 160 imo

2. The approach and initial conversation really made the collaboration that made this photo. I did not think to drag in the kayak.

Thanks to Chi.


THE: SHIFT
ONLY: LASTS 
ONE: DAY AT A TIME 
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07.15.2023

awwstin

$127,711.77*
Just trying to be conscientious and not complacent. I am suspicious of people who tell me I’m good on the latter.
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TELL ME: I’M NOT COMPLACENT
READ: SHORTER LETTERS
FOLLOW: NOTHING, NADA, NIL


// ASTERISK // I’m not for sale, but if you wanna buy me coffee, as in enough coffee to wipe my remaining student loan debt, go here. Run, don’t walk.