i hate technology.

sooo im blogging from my phone right now because my internet decided to not work.

once again i hade to change my idea because my polaroid camera decided to die with 30 dollar film in it. insert me crying her. so after meltdown number 56 this week i have decided to make some pinhole cameras. its a one shot deal. its new and fun and exciting still while i figure out my polaroid issues. anyone have an old polaroid 600 camera i could borrow.

im going to go cry now.

see ya.

i will post photos this week of my new pinhole camera im making that will have no wires no batteries

UPDATE

Just a short update,
been shooting more film. Charlotte gave me another 600 camera, which is unfortunately broken, but Dan and Duncan said they could fix it (they must be magical). unfortunately it's a camera that has only expensive film. i've been keeping a close eye on camera/film deals on ebay but so far, some are 600$! i will scan in my new Polaroid images tomorrow. I just wanted to update you all on where i am at. but so far, right now, for the cameras that i have, film is going to be 30$ and very hard to come by.

money money money money MONEY

EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT.

So i changed my idea from the QR Codes.
I changed my idea because i just didn't feel passionate about it.
i am a senior now as of this semester and i really just wanted to do something that made me excited about making art and photographs.
so i decided to go back to taking Polaroids with this film i bought for my polaroid 600 camera. the film is very rare and very expensive, so i have to choose each shot very carefully. i want to do transfers and emulsion lifts with these photographs and at the end i will have a series on different hand made papers.
i am so excited about this project because it makes me feel excited to be making art again. i really needed this spark of inspiration to really make me excited to do what i love to do.


so of course I should have known that money would be a set back in this project, but I am determined to continue on with my new idea of using Polaroids.

the idea i have is to take photos and then do Polaroid transfers with them on home made papers.

the transfers are really beautiful and are a lot more than just taking a photograph.
the transfers would look something like this



as for the film/camera issue, I've been looking on ebay for a new camera that would be easier to buy film for.
if not, i'll be continuing to buy the 28$ for 8 exposure impossible project film.

update update update!

I have been reading up on qr codes and different ways to use them. these small codes are almost like the new UPC codes. UPC of the future!

these are some links i found on QR codes and what they are most useful for.

http://www.foxypropaganda.com/qr-codes-top-reasons-to-use-qrcodes/
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=46402543055&topic=7185
http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/01/how-small-businesses-use-qr-codes.php
http://www.fastcompany.com/1720193/13-creative-ways-to-use-qr-codes-for-marketing
http://notixtech.com/blog/27-ways-use-qr-codes


reading up on QR codes has really taught me a lot. it makes me more excited for this project.

here are some more creative ways in photos to use these codes.






I will also rewrite my artist statement as I continue my project. The beginning of this project started off pretty fast paced and now I'm at a stand still just waiting to do more shoots in the studio which will happen this weekend. I will also be doing a shoot for my hair salon and i will probably use some more shots from that for this project.

Artist Statement

Smart phones do not make Smart People.

People ages ten to one hundred and ten, are connected. A buzz comes from a back pocket or bag 2000000 times a minute anywhere in the world. We are connected to people in the next room, across the country, and out of the country. These images show just how connected we are with our mobile devices. By taking an image of someone and replacing a part of it with this QR code,the viewer curious to see the rest of the photograph. When scanning the code with their "smart" device, the viewer will be brought to the image, without the missing piece. This series of photos will show that without our mobile devices, we feel like we have a piece missing. How can we be in the know 24/7 if we do not have phone, messaging, email, and internet at our fingertips? There was a time when we were not so dependent on the phone or internet. What would happen if we left our phones at home for a day? Go ahead and try it. You wont be able to see the finished product of these images instantly. Feel uncomfortable? Me too.

Zack Attack inspiration.

So this is where it all began
Flashback to the early 90's. Sitting in my living room eating Trix Cereal and watching "Saved by the Bell." Mid class, Zack Morris pulls out this BOX from his back pocket and answers it.

Zack Morris is my first recollection of a cell phone. Zack and his "mobile" phone, even though it was the size of a 6 foot 7 army man's combat boot, generated a frenzy.
Flash forward.
it's 2011. I can guarantee everyone in this class room has a cellphone that is within reach. I find myself checking it for a text message even while writing this post. Constantly checking it. My cell phone is actually an extension of my hand, if you didn't know. Email, Social networking,GOOGLE. Anything I want at the touch of a button. We are SO reliant on cell phones,ipods, ipads, iANYTHING. A day without a cellphone for a 20something college student is like living without food. Or so we think.
Flashback again to the days where you had I mom call my best friend's mom on the house phone to ask if she could come out to play because I was too scared of the phone.
Flash forward.
I spend hours a day texting/calling my best friends.
I call my mom once a week.

We are so dependent on this piece of plastic to keep in contact with people.
but now, phones not only call and text, they are capable of scanning, taking photos, GPS, etc.



If you have a smart phone, or any phone that is able to download "apps", this little block of black shapes can take you almost anywhere on the World Wide Web. It could bring you to an artists website, someone's contact information, a video, a product's information, ANYTHING. With just one scan, your phone can now take you above and beyond anything you ever imagined.

This generator, and our obsession with cell phones, is my inspiration for our semester project. For about a month i have been dabbling with the idea of how I could incorporate this image in my work.

I am most passionate when i work in the studio. If i can not control my light, i feel uneasy. for this semester I would like to do a series of portraits that will have this QR generator over a part of each photo, making it unreadable unless you scan the code with a smart phone. For every photo i will generate a new code.
this project is to show how a part of us (not ALL of us, but mostly all of us) are so very attached to being connected constantly and our phones are a part of us.
Think of these codes and the missing pieces of these portraits as this is what people see. People see us with our devices, our smart phones, iphones, i pads, lap top computers, etc. We are technology. When people look at each other we judge constantly, we look at hair, clothes, shoes, cell phone, lap top brand (what? you go to art school and you don't use a mac? shun shun shun.. yes i did hear that in the days that i was rollin' with a gateway computer)

So basically, in a nutshell, this project that I plan on doing is to show the connection between us and our wireless devices. Without them, we feel like there is a missing piece. I will show that with these photos. The QR code, the missing piece, can only be viewed with a cell phone.
(the completed photos will also be up on my blog for those who do not have the access to a smart phone.)

Project ron saks final

The tradition of the Mirror Lake Jump.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of ohio states students, strip down their clothes and jump into mirror lake the Thursday before the last game of the year, which is always against Michigan. The rivalry has been going on for years, but not one person knows the actual root of the tradition. Years before the actual jump started, upperclassmen would always throw the freshman in to mirror lake as a tradition. So, it has always been a tradition of initiation. When asking senior, Phil Rocci, about the tradition he said, " First thing that comes to mind is mind-numbingly COLD, but besides that, i'd say overall it's great to see a campus unite over a common love, BUCKEYE FOOTBALL! While my memory may have been hazy due to excessive alcohol intake, I vividly remember a grand sense of camaraderie and enthusiasm. "
Every student who I have spoken to who has done the jump has all said the same thing, they feel really proud to be a part of something that everyone else is so proud of.

The reason I did my project on Mirror Lake, is because this year I moved from CCAD campus down near OSU campus, and I have noticed a HUGE difference of pride between our students and theirs. We are very proud to be CCAD students, yes. But we don't have anything to prove it. No traditions, no banners, no blankets, no paraphernalia, and to be frank, when you tell people who ask you where you go to school that you go to CCAD, most people will say, where? When I moved here, I felt like there was a sense of belonging. Even though I do not go to Ohio State, the mind set here, is if you are a buckeye fan, than you are a friend. You could walk down the street with a jersey on and five people will yell out O-H to which you will respond I-O! without even thinking about it. Why do we at CCAD not have a chant to each other? When we walk down the street and notice someone is our student, we should be high-fiving and chanting and being PROUD of where we are. Everyone should know where we are from and what we do!
The poster I made is a poster that you would see on campus on a telephone pole or in a bar, or on the side of the road in car windshield wipers to get students ready for the next years "Michigan Week." I chose those photographs because the students were making the legendary O-H-I-O's with their bodies. mostly everyone had at least one letter up in the air at one time, all over the place.So I made sort of an advertisement out of the 277 photographs i took that night, these four were my favorite, they were all so genuinely excited to be there.

so that's what I have.
this is my proposal to CCAD.
lets show our pride for our school! out loud! and like we mean it! Yes, we're all tired all the time, but there is no reason to not shout it out loud to the world that we go to the greatest art school ever in one of the best cities in the country.