Art & Adventure with PJ Ortiz Luis
The online portfolio of Pacifico "PJ" Ortiz Luis, a storyteller utilizing different mediums of art including film photography, dance, and performance poetry.
I just developed two rolls of Ilford HP5+ 400, and I have alot of good shots from it. I will be posting them gradually in categories. I'm still new to black and white photography, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. This is my collection of street photos from these two rolls.
This is a composition entitled "Long Distance Relationship". It's about me and my girlfriend, living in two different parts of California. I don't think I need to go deeper into our story, because the picture speaks for itself.
i picked up a Minolta Instant Pro for my upcoming trip to northern california. its the exact same camera as the Polaroid Spectra System, except this one is licensed by Minolta. i went ahead with this camera mainly because its harder to find this compared to its Polaroid counterpart. I also picked up a roll of original Polaroid Spectra film [expired 10/2007] to use this weekend. the film still works!
i don't know if i want to keep this for my collection, or re-home it to somebody that loves instant film more than i do.
last night i entered an all-style dance battle with my friend. it was a "bonnie & clyde" meaning one male and one female are required for each team. this is our prelim battle. we made it to top 8.
also....it was a valentines themed event, which explains why i'm dressed as cupid:
it was a cloudy day at SDSU. i recently scored a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye [1949-1955] and loaded it with Ilford HP5+ 400 medium format film. they don't make film for this camera anymore, but there are resources out there to teach you how to use modern film in it. [i'm coming out with a video tutorial very shortly]
i feel like i might've either kept these photos in the "developing" stage for a little too long...or i'm just not used to cloudy weather in san diego...but these came out very dreamy.
