I'm a photographer and artist, experimenting with various media, and always learning new methods. I've taken a lot of inspiration from Japanese media such as anime and manga, as well as the no-nonsense attitude of certain Americans, such as "focusing on the look" that people like Steve Yedlin promote - I want to be objective without letting that ruin the subjectivity inherent to art.
I've been a camera photographer for less than a year, a smartphone photographer for a few years, and an artist my entire life.
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Portfolio, continued.
Saticon Tube Camera photography
An experimental method of photography using an old (circa 1983) analog tube camera - a vacuum tube that collects light, and forms it into an image. As opposed to using SILVER halide on photographic film, or photosites on a digital image sensors, this type of camera relies upon selenium-tin alloys coated on a vacuum tube.
Each of these photos is actually made out of a combination of 25-40 individual frames from said camera, which are then aligned and stacked together into one, lowering noise tremendously and increasing resolution nearly two-fold.
It has a certain unique look, and as far as I am aware I am the first to do it. A good combination of digital and analog technologies.
Next steps are to replace the native, soft zoom lens with a modern sharp prime one. Will require 3D modeling and printing, which I have become relatively skilled at, specifically with regards to cameras and optics thanks to my experiments with adapting a projector lens to my camera.
A combination of digital art and photography
This is a method I have been experimenting with for awhile, and have finally found the solution to - making a photographic look painterly, yet retaining details.
The issue with digitally painting over a photograph is that the brushstrokes seem fake, and overlaid; they interfere with the inherent grain pattern of the image, and look like they're "stuck on", not actually a part of it.
I think I have found the solution though - denoising software. Using a denoising program at full strength (Adobe Lightroom, in this case), 100% of digital grain, aka noise, can be removed. This can then lead to a plastic-ky looking image. The next step is to then paint over it, using the pre-existing colors of the photo, as well as adding my own for interesting effects, yet trying to integrate them as best I can.
I think this is the penultimate method for combining the look of a digital painting with real life, and I would love to explore this further - I am excited to.
If you zoom in, you can see the details I added to her eyes, the blue highlights on her hair, and the brushstrokes on her nose.