Moi in the mirror.

Craig Shillington, about 1 year ago

Damn Girl!!!! {zip} hehehe

Jessica Tremp, about 1 year ago

Hi JuileeP, this is fantastic…just loooove it

peter kelly, about 1 year ago

love the look!!

looks like an old print style from hundred thirty years ago.

peter

Leia, about 1 year ago

This has so much character, looks like the cover of a novel.
You look fantastic too.

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

Thanks everybody. I think maybe I should explain the look of the photo a bit more. Its taken with b/w film then solarized in the darkroom and then sepia toned and then allowed to seriously degrade. I’ve been know to line pictures up and drive the car over them not to mention using kitchen scourers etc. Then scanned and into photoshop for a bit more fiddling around and hey presto. In the portrait challenge no 2 the image is framed in a template which I made by painting out the negative with opaque red ink and then scanned so I was left with the film strip edges. Then I use it as a framing device on various images. Sometimes this one had that tempate and if you look through my portfolio there is a series called ‘After the flood’ which all have this same template applied to it. I have several different types of templates now which get put on different photos depending on the mood I’m in. I hope that helps a bit.

I’m a big user of alternative methods of image making using all types of analouge as well as digital imaging depending on the mood of the image I’m after. But all the images on my site have started life as negatives from film and then added to one way or the other. If I start to load digital picutures I’ll specify that that is what they are so its very clear. Not that I mind one way or the other but I have TONS of film work and as I’m sorting all that out thats what I’m uploading at the moment.

Thanks again for all the positive comments everybody, I just love to get some feedback especially as its been so much fun to participate in this portrait challenge :)

Dennis Klau, about 1 year ago

Wow, I didn’t know so much work went into them

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

Hey Dennis this is not really work. I love it beside artists don’t really have lives other than fiddling about with their pictures. Maybe I should get a hobby or a pet or maybe even a husband then I wouldn’t have to spend all my time being psyhco with my paintings and photo’s. :)

Paul Vanzella, about 1 year ago

Love the texture and feeling in this shot – Great work!

GCPhoto, about 1 year ago

Beautifully degraded hahahaa, nice work Juliee

Janine Tinley, about 1 year ago

oooh yeh. i love how you have made the image look like one of our old great grandparents photos….textured with history and time.

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

Thanks Janine, eventually time will catch up with me and all that will be left will be some funny old photo’s like this one. :)

Barssel, about 1 year ago

Man Ray himself would be impressed with this work…................well done JP

Anselmo Pelembe, about 1 year ago

nice shot

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

Why thank you heaps Barssel that is a huge compliment indeed. ManRay was a huge influence and a real genius. Thanks again and thanks to Anselmo as well.

Paul Vanzella, about 1 year ago

great tones and treatment – very cool result!

migueldelmonte, about 1 year ago

Very provocative self potrait.Love it

Rany Lutz, 12 months ago

Thanks for sharing all the info with us, Juilee. I love film but just don’t have the space to use it right now. In fact my film cameras and equipment are in a storage locker. Keep uploading and giving the wonderful insights as you can. cheers, Rany

Sorin Reck, 11 months ago

Beautiful work! Awesome!!!!!

Juilee Pryor, 11 months ago

Why thanks Sorin. :)

hanARGH, 11 months ago

LOVE IT!

Juilee Pryor, 11 months ago

Why thank you hanARGH :)

Miss Misery, 11 months ago

wow this is great well done and thanx for joining in

Juilee Pryor, 11 months ago

My pleasure Peter :) I love joining in and I really like it when others do to.

Charles McKean, 11 months ago

Fab

Deon de Waal, 11 months ago

WOW that is alot of activity to make a shot like this.
But the final reuslt is awesome.
It looks so old.

Juilee Pryor, 11 months ago

Hi again Deon, it only seems like a lot of work but really its not. And it happens over time as well. Vacuuming now thats work and you have to do it all the time. A good picture is yours forever. Thanks again everybody for enjoying this picture.:)

lui grande, 11 months ago

Magnificent piece of art!!! And so much more!!!

Juilee Pryor, 11 months ago

Gee thanks Jarko, I’m so glad you like it. An oldie but a goldie. :)

Naomi Frost, 11 months ago

OMG. I just read the treatment you gave this image…..now I appreciate it so much more. Fantastic work, Juilee.

Jared Poole, 10 months ago

Hoho, very nice… Love the solarization, I’m considering sepia toning my self-portrait now ;-)

Ange, 10 months ago

love the solarisesd effect.
makes me want to jump back in the darkroom…

Gregoryno6, 10 months ago

This reminds me of the photos taken by Bellocq in New Orleans with its ‘beat-up’ look.
Interesting to read about your ‘alternative’ methods too.

Crokus Label, 10 months ago

I like the “old effect” you gave your work… It evokes a feeling of souvenir.
Good job Juilee… :)

Juilee Pryor, 10 months ago

Thanks everybody. This is such an old image but I do love it and even with all the adobe filters in the world I don’t think I could get such a rich effect like this with out it going through the wet darkroom. Viva Analouge!

Henk Stolk, 9 months ago

Great stuff. Love the texture created by the mirror

Juilee Pryor, 9 months ago

Thanks Henk its an oldie but a goldie this image.

RoughDiamond, 9 months ago

oh you did that too! kind of … I like it :)

Juilee Pryor, 9 months ago

thanks …I think RoughDiamond

Clare McClelland, 9 months ago

I really enjoy your work – you are very artistically skilled and wonderfully interpretative . You have so many techniques for exploring subject matter.
so I am very appreciative of your comments on my straight shots!
I hope you have a great trip to Antarctica – when do you go?
I wanted to send this by bubblemail, but couldn’t figure how to start a message!

BySilent, 9 months ago

Lovely work

Juilee Pryor, 9 months ago

thanks bysilent its a very old photo now but hey it still works so thanks for looking and liking it. :)

JacquelineGwynne, 7 months ago

Great portrait and photo.

LozKat, 7 months ago

one awesome shot love.

marieancolie, 7 months ago

browsing portfolios…. I love this one, and the tones are awesome. A winner.

Calum Alexander, 4 months ago

Very cool photo, what effect is it? solarization?

Juilee Pryor in reply to Calum Alexander’s comment, 4 months ago

hi Calum…. yes its solarized and sepia toned and also very old…...:)

butchart, 4 months ago

a bit of a monkey in all of us i see…..............:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to butchart’s comment, 3 months ago

:)....at least I’ve got some clothes on…. not many but still…..... :) and a bit of monkey and bit of goat….. borderline case

evilfroot, 3 months ago

Home Page oooh ahhhh

Randy Monteith, 3 months ago

I see your great photo made it to the Home Page !!! congrats!!!

Juilee Pryor in reply to evilfroot’s comment, 3 months ago

hey just got in and was preparing to spend the day backing up files to a new external hard drive and have a really boring house keeping sort of day….. put the puter on and …whacko the chook….. homepage…...OMG…... fab oh…....:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Randy Monteith’s comment, 3 months ago

Hey thanks Randy….you can just never ever tell when homepage is going to hit you…... I”m stoked….. and thanks for looking….... :)

Danny Minisrty..., 3 months ago

Home Page oooh ahhhh

Juilee Pryor in reply to Danny Minisrty of bad spelling’s comment, 3 months ago

geeezzzz I’m having deja vu….... is it you? or someone else…....:)

Danny Minisrty..., 3 months ago

I was in the wrong profile
I wanted to congratulate you myself :)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Danny Minisrty of bad spelling’s comment, 3 months ago

thanks darlin….. preciate it…...:)

Boadicea, 3 months ago

Congrats Julie, Liked the vintage feel on this the first time I saw it!

Juilee Pryor in reply to Boadicea’s comment, 3 months ago

thanks heaps Boadicea….. and vintage is the correct term for it…....:)

doug61853, 3 months ago

I really like this!! Very creative!

Gerijuliaj, 3 months ago

Very imaginative – love the look of an old tarnished photo – very clever

Robert Knapman, 3 months ago

Ho ho home page. Its so so sweet!

Juilee Pryor in reply to doug61853’s comment, 3 months ago

hey thanks doug…... so glad you like this old photo…..:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Gerijuliaj’s comment, 3 months ago

thanks heaps Gerijuliaj….... yes I love to fiddle about with old processes…..:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Robert Knapman’s comment, 3 months ago

Hey thanks Robert…..and yes indeed how sweet it is….love it…..as we all do …...:)

Jake Kelly, 3 months ago

ooh, very cool. I tried messing around with solarization and couldn’t make it work well. Any tips?

kisstheweak666, 3 months ago

just grabbed my attention this one. very interesting

Juilee Pryor in reply to Jake Kelly’s comment, 3 months ago

Hi Jake….. solarization can be tricky at times and is not an exact science and it also depends if your trying to do it in the analouge darkroom or using a photoshop filter…. this one is out of the darkroom…....

Jake Kelly, 3 months ago

Ah ha. Mine would be in the dark room. Anyway, this gives me hope for what my solarized pictures could look like! Thanks for the inspiration!

Nicole Ryan, 3 months ago

so beautiful !!

so interesting !!

Juilee Pryor in reply to Nicole Ryan’s comment, 3 months ago

thanks Nicole…. along with that should go …. so old! glad you like it though….:)

dinghysailor1, 3 months ago

wow this is a fantastic and original self portrait ! brilliant ! and congratulations on the well deserved recognition!! :))))

Juilee Pryor in reply to dinghysailor1’s comment, 3 months ago

thanks dinghy….. this picture is sooooooooooooooo old I’m cringing with embarassment to be honest…... still have the swimsuit but I don’t think I’d have the couage to wear it anymore….... :) so glad you like it though…...

Anna Margittai, 3 months ago

amazing! glad you explained above how you did it, i would have asked if you hadn’t

Juilee Pryor in reply to Anna Margittai’s comment, 3 months ago

thanks Anna…. its not actually all that complicated to be honest…. you just need a good divison of blacks and whites on the original image and away you go…....:)

Sandra Fisher, 3 months ago

Love your tecnique Juilee. Top stuff.

BRINGITON, 2 months ago

LOL

MuscularTeeth, about 1 month ago

i dont know why your talent isnt bottled.

ozlat, about 8 hours ago

cool treatment