Michelle Walsh

Michelle Walsh - Journal

Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

Reclaiming a Negative from Instant Film

Posted 5 months ago

Original taken on a Mamiya RB67 Pro S , soft focus lens, f4 1/15 sec on Fuji FP100B film. Sadly this film has been discontinued :(. The negative was soaked in ilford rapid fixer, washed, then I used bleach to take the backing away from the emulsion layer. 

Instructions from "Pacorocha":http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacorocha/3585290...

 

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Printing on Giftwrap

Posted over 2 years ago

Using Golden Digital Ground I’ve been experimenting with printing ink jet photographs on holographic gift wrap.

I haven’t been able to scan and capture the amazing light play from the reflecting paper. It is always too dark or too much. Tonight I recorded a video and it shows the amazing way the light works.

Two coats is best when using the digital ground, and I recommend taping all …

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Printing on Aluminium Foil

Posted over 2 years ago

The moment of terror while the printer grabbed the aluminum foil was well worth the results!

I’m waiting for the ink to dry before I attempt to scan it, this is a photograph of the end result

The Original Image

The Process:
I started using Golden Digital Ground in Matt and while excited by the possibilities was a little disappointed by the thick white texture. It really is best just for supp…

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Lunch Time Works

Posted almost 3 years ago

Frank O’Hara while working at the Musuem of Modern Art in NYC, wrote poems during his lunch time. This became the book Lunch Poems.

I have been taking my camera to work and taking photos at lunch time as an experiment. The limited time makes it challenging!

Lunch Time 1

Lunch Time 2

Lunch Time 3

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Spring

Posted about 3 years ago

This journal contains my Spring Series of images, flowers with a black background.

Editing is in Photoshop CS. Spring and Spring 3 were taken on a Sony Cybershot, Spring 2 and 4 on a Canon Xti Rebel.

Spring
Crocus in Mount Pleasant Vancouver, one of the first signs of spring in 2008.

Spring 2
Gerbra taken in 2009

Spring 3
Rose taken in Brisbane in February 2008

Spring 4
Lilly take in February 2008

Sp…

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