new developments

This afternoon I met with Roddy and he showed me some new and fun things in the dark room. I learned some new skills that  will help with my experimentation. I spent most of my time doing photo grams and playing with the different aspects portraiture. By using this technique I am better able to abstract the idea or qualities of a portrait. Portraits are a genre of photography that has been placed in a tightly fit box. I would like to play with the idea that is represented in a portrait. Having things or items that in turn become shadows through the use of a photogram to represent people. Instead of having the actual portraits be there. This idea plays along with the research I have been doing with abstract photography and its many different illusion that it seeks to provide the viewer. I love the ideas behind manipulation in photography because it sets out to go against what photography was originally set out to do.  
I have started slowly trying to college in the dark room instead of on the computer. This processes is strangely similar. The results however are so different at this point than what I have done digitally. I like this and have found it to be a fresh new way to look at things. I need more time to develop my ideas through the different techniques that I have been playing with in the dark room but I feel like I am headed in the right direction. 

here are few of my photos from my dark room session today