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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




testing portraiture 11

$inhaled the equivalent of 5 cigs

1. This is semi-candid because he couldn’t really be caught posing but he let me take his photo anyway, and he generally seemed mildly pressed. All that to say I giggle every time I look at this.

2. I like the way greenery seems to be leaking out of his back waist pouch.

3. The angle of his head goes down toward the ladder.

4. The John Hancock sticks out of his spine as if to note where his posture should be.

Thanks to [REDACTED].


NO: DIVING
NO: PEEING
NO: LIFEGUARD OFF DUTY
//

[REDACTED]

testing portraiture 9

$”sorry to bother you”

Notes:
1. 90mm (24mm equiv) is solid for environmental; positioning is key

2. Positioning for Cole (2) was solid, but I wish I cleaned up stuff to his right a little so I didn’t have to crop the background too much

3. Positioning for Brianna (3) gets the truck, but her face gets squished in the tiny window, and the shadows blend with her hair. In the future, I’ll just stick with th front of food trucks, or have the person pose outside

4. I was nervous and only managed to nail focus on the tiny table; but incidentally, I obscured strangers’ faces to an extent?

5. Similarly, I wish I took a little more time with Nick and move his chair up a little bit to let his face catch rim light.

Thanks to Cole, Brianna, and Nick.


WELL: ONE INITIATED
WELL: TWO WERE WORKING
WELL: OF THE TWO, ONE GOT NADA
//

06.18.2023










testing portraiture 6

$witchcraft

Notes:
1. diligence on the film holder closure

2. be wary of what can be reflected in the eyes (the umbrella in this case)

3. Props tho, the 210mm close up in Ilford Delta 100 Pro is *chef’s kiss*

Thanks to Mahera.


LONG: LIVE, IA
REIGNING: 12+ YEARS, AH
FREN: FR FR, MA
//

05.28.2023



testing portraiture 5

$witchcraft

Notes:
1. If it weren’t so hot, maybe I would’ve relocated us further back along the fence to play with the scattered lighting.

2. Watch the pockets.

3. I can afford to rate Portra 160 at box speed

4. remember that leaves can move

5. fix stray hairs

Thanks to Nikki.


CUZ: COUSIN
CUSS: CUSTARD
CURIO: CURIAE
//

05.29.2023



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.