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 finished developing my film from this past weekend. i think i might've either left some chemicals sitting for too long, didn't wash the film completely, or you people have just been out in the sun without any proper protection...because some of the images came out with a hint of red. i'm going to clean my scanner and film positives of dust and re-scan them later...alot of dust collected on the film while drying.
By the way, Happy Birthday to my girlfriend <3
The pinhole camera I designed works! It resulted in a few panoramic images. I didn't take into account the "exposure" time, so for some of the shots I either over exposed or underexposed the film. whoops. I developed these myself, which I'm also proud of. Unfortunately, my film scanner wasn't detecting my film positives with the sprocket holes....so instead I made a contact sheet with my iPad as a light table. It looks like to get shots correctly I need a strong light source [the sun or electric lighting] and about 20 seconds to expose the film.
its been a while since i last designed something to be worn. i think i will do it more often. this design made for the SDSU bboy squad was based on the Dead Break Society sugar skull...we got alot of compliments on it the day that we rocked them. its nice seeing my design on other people....
April 28 will be International Pinhole Camera day...i decided to build myself a pinhole camera. there were alot of possible "bodies" i was contemplating using, like a dinosaur, a retro robot toy, broken cameras from the 50s...but while doing some cleaning, i found a box for a digital video camera i won from a dance contest. subsequently, that camera only last a couple of months...but the box was PERFECT for storing other things inside it....like film.
below are some photos that show how it works. i got the film advance wheel from a disposable camera. its being kept in place with plastic cut from a polaroid film cartridge. the rest of the parts are directly cut from the original camera packaging, and held together with electrical tape.
this is my first of self developed film in e-6 chemistry. i shot this on a Kodak Tourist that is built for 620 film [which is no longer produced], so i rolled modern film onto old reels to fit inside the camera. the light leaks are the result of my inarticulate fingers. the frames that this camera shoots are HUGE, hence why i only get 8 shots per roll. [very cost ineffective as well haha]
after i finish these chemicals, i think i'll lay off self-developing color film for a while...or at least i can figure out a good system to maintain temperatures. it's a real labor to do all this by hand. :X
