Monthly Archives: October 2024

Do androids dream of glitch?

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I’ve previous written about and discussed at conferences the difficulty of achieving glitch effect with AI image generators.  Back in February I began experimenting with using my glitch art as an image prompt combined with other of my photography and various descriptors.  What came out of these sessions became whole new worlds of the AI’s wildest imagination.
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The first set of combination photos I did used the above photos.  It took a few generations and using the terms “anagylph” along with the weird parameter to finally get to the other world.
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I ended up calling the series “Journey in Midnights.”  The surreal landscapes echoed the use of infrared photography with the dark skies and red hues on the vegetation.  This is just one example of the strange outputs I was able to get through this process.

Have you used a generative AI system with your own works as prompts to explore the latent space?

Lomochrome Purple Review

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With getting into film photography, I wanted to find ways to still explore reality different. I researched experimental films and found Lomography‘s many offerings. I decided to try their Lomochrome Purple first. The film creates other-worldly pink to dark purple hues. This was also the second film I tried after getting my dad’s old camera

I loaded the roll up and took the camera out with me on a hike, to a show, and walking around Charlotte Beach. It was really fun experimenting with it in different light conditions and pushed the film to make some amazing purples.

Other reviews have stated how changing the ISO affected the colors in the film. In my trials, the ISO setting to meter the film has little difference on the film. The difference can be adjusted with exposure and contrast controls to make the film almost identical.

I ran a test roll where I shot the same scene at 100, 200, and 400 ISO. There’s only minor difference in darkness of purples between ISO 100 and 400.

Lomochrome Purple film negatives have a green tint to it, compared to the typical orange tint that Kodak film has. I had to adjust my camera settings when scanning the film to a more cooler temperature as my normal color negative settings completely ruined the color.

This is one of the more unique films I have tried and it has quickly become one of my favorites. I have a few more rolls I plan on taking with me when I go on trips in the coming months.