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lovely lady lumps
Saturday, September 30, 2006

hiatus for a little bit. just been way too tired and busy to maintain a blogging schedule. you'll find me in the darkroom.

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all we have is now
Sunday, September 24, 2006

Green Hills Flea Market

Flea markets in Central New York have the best finds. Never populated by hipsters and overpriced items like in the city, it is what flea markets are suppose to be. This was the first time I've gone to Green Hills, since you need a car to get there and I am immobile, and we were all skeptical to know what is going on inside this one-floor warehouse. There were only about 3 cars parked in the vast parking lot so we knew that pretty much nobody was there. Once we walked in, it was like stepping into a graveyard of memories, as cliche as that sounds. The people were really friendly since we were probably one of the few visitors that came in that day. Bargaining is now a breeze. Works better with the men than the women.. work that "Hmmm, do I really need this" and "I'm a tiny cute Asian girl" ordeal and usually prices drop. (note: one of the FEW pluses to living upstate)

I'll post some photos of the items I bought later.

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self helpless
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

excessive consumption

Critique for the first assignment went well. Ideas always come full circle after my moments of creating. I printed them digitally so the ouput of the photos were just slightly cyan. (argh, cyan!) It was definitely possible for me to print them all in the darkroom but during that time I was scanning, I really didn't know what I was going to do.

Professor said I shouldn't need to care about the layout of my selection.. basically saying I should've printed a vertical photo that was also interesting.. too late, I've always been a bit anal about layout and being at the gallery all summer, layout makes it or breaks it. Good thing, she could understand my logic behind not printing a vertical.

Labels: photo

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nothing better
Sunday, September 17, 2006

the room i slept in all summer

I've spent every single day at Light Work, either color-correcting (second guessing) or working. Today, I've spent about 10 hours here.. and still going 'cause I await my roomie. Going from the darkroom to the finishing area over and over again gets extremely tiring on the eyes. I just wanna close my eyes and fall asleep.

Tomorrow is Monday and I start bright and early at work, again.

Labels: photo

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holland
Friday, September 15, 2006

Bebe

Notice the more frequent entries with my photos? It's thanks to the fact that I needed to scan some old negs to hand in some bullshit for Junior Sem.. and my rabbit was in the roll.

oh, to be a new yorker.

Labels: photo

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goodnight goodnight
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

hallway to the kitchen

We don't have lights in the hallway. My kitchen is now usually overrun by my brother's boxes. I also love our kitschy wallpaper.

I didn't color correct this 'cause I was lazy.. and I sorta like the crazy colors. It's my lazy reasoning. take it. Note to self: stop using the 800 speed film indoors!

I'd rather not bullshit my first photo assignment for junior seminar but if I'm not in love with the topic or my images that I shot, there's no point for me to show them. There's also no point for two people to have pretty much the same images so I might as well back out and do something else. There's some massive photo manipulation that has to be done to my "Home" and "Hong Kong" images to convey over-consumption. I am by no means even in the ballpark of Mr. Gursky, so it's a challenge.. also because I need them printed quick!! Oh stress.

yes, if you hadnt noticed, the blog turned into the life of a photo student.

Labels: photo

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foiled stove
Monday, September 11, 2006

Because oil gets everywhere

This was taken some time during the summer, probably on one of those many days I didn't want to leave my house. (My mom always foils the stove area, for realz, homey.) As old and rickety as my house is, I've really grown to love the cracks. It gives the house character. It's very likely we will be fixing up the house within the next 5 years and all the character will be torn down and replaced with fresh new paint, tiles, etc. When that time comes, I'll only have my photos and possibly video of my rickety house.

Still home sick but maybe too busy to think about it.

Labels: photo

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everybody knows
Saturday, September 09, 2006

Photography by Kate Bingaman

It seems the broken ground-glass wasn't as big of a deal as we originally thought. It's better to admit the truth than hiding it.

My junior seminar class is frustrating me. Mmm, actually all my photo classes are. The current project involves me taking a contemporary theme that only people in this generation would understand. It's harder to execute than it seems. I know what I don't want to do. No facebook, myspace, cell phones, i-pods crap. No no no. It doesn't interest me. I want to be really into the idea to know that it will turn out successful. So the decision is to focus on consumption, crap that people really don't need, strip malls, etc. Taken inspiration from Kate Bingaman, of course. My problem is with getting to locations. So far, Cynthia and I pretty much have the same photos since we have the same topic and because we go everywhere together. I'll have to see how that'll turn out. Syracuse isn't the most safest place to walk all over. Can I say, once again, how much I hate fucking Syracuse?

Anyway, as much as I find BJ's and Costco revolting (in terms of families buying gallons of mayo), I frequent it. I participate in it. I do enjoy shopping. I am a girl, afterall.

Cynthia and I were talking about how we always pray the years will get better here, ever since we moved in freshmen year. Two years have passed and we're still bitter. It doesn't help that we can't connect with people here.

Labels: art, news, photo

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cosy in the rocket
Saturday, September 02, 2006

oh, what a disaster. With our luck, we managed to get to the State Fair and whilst setting up the 4x5 camera, the groundglass falls onto the ground breaking into a million pieces. A great "oooooohhhh" and "awwwwwww" was echoed as people who walked by saw the accident. Great, now we don't have a camera to use. "Luckily" we went with another group who had their's and things should be okay. We won't know for sure until we process the film (another scary task).

Now I'll have a great sad story to tell and it can be added to the many things I've "broken" this year.

Things happen but you'd never think it'll happen to you.

The bunnies, pigs, ducks, and cows cheered me up though..

Maybe it was more logical to have stayed on main campus rather than move to South campus apartments because now I'm stuck in party central. My window overlooks the back of other people's apartments and well.. they spill out into the garden/grass and their drunken hollers echo.

I'm getting very annoyed with the small circle and really need to expand. What bad karma I have this year.

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cold brains
Friday, September 01, 2006

Photography by Rineke Dijkstra

Good portraits are fascinating since they can reveal their personality through their eyes, their stance, their clothes, and sometimes their settings. I'm a big people watcher so therefore I love Rineke Dijkstra's style of shooting. Her choice of portraits of children and teenagers are exceptionally well done, showing that modesty and teenager attitude in their way of standing and connecting with the lens.

I'm as much excited and scared of shooting portraits of strangers with the huge 4x5 at the State Fair. Let's pray that we load the film correctly and pray we don't shoot blanks.

Labels: art, news, photo

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lovely lady lumps Saturday, September 30, 2006 hiatus for a little bit. just been way too tired and busy to maintain a blogging schedule. you'll find me in the darkroom. posted by Jane Tam at 10:40 PM 0 comments ......................................................................................................... all we have is now Sunday, September 24, 2006 Green Hills Flea Market Flea markets in Central New York have the best finds. Never populated by hipsters and overpriced items like in the city, it is what flea markets are suppose to be. This was the first time I've gone to Green Hills, since you need a car to get there and I am immobile, and we were all skeptical to know what is going on inside this one-floor warehouse. There were only about 3 cars parked in the vast parking lot so we knew that pretty much nobody was there. Once we walked in, it was like stepping into a graveyard of memories, as cliche as that sounds. The people were really friendly since we were probably one of the few visitors that came in that day. Bargaining is now a breeze. Works better with the men than the women.. work that "Hmmm, do I really need this" and "I'm a tiny cute Asian girl" ordeal and usually prices drop. (note: one of the FEW pluses to living upstate) I'll post some photos of the items I bought later. Labels: photo posted by Jane Tam at 11:56 AM 1 comments ......................................................................................................... self helpless Tuesday, September 19, 2006 excessive consumption Critique for the first assignment went well. Ideas always come full circle after my moments of creating. I printed them digitally so the ouput of the photos were just slightly cyan. (argh, cyan!) It was definitely possible for me to print them all in the darkroom but during that time I was scanning, I really didn't know what I was going to do. Professor said I shouldn't need to care about the layout of my selection.. basically saying I should've printed a vertical photo that was also interesting.. too late, I've always been a bit anal about layout and being at the gallery all summer, layout makes it or breaks it. Good thing, she could understand my logic behind not printing a vertical. Labels: photo posted by Jane Tam at 10:12 PM 0 comments ......................................................................................................... nothing better Sunday, September 17, 2006 the room i slept in all summer I've spent every single day at Light Work, either color-correcting (second guessing) or working. Today, I've spent about 10 hours here.. and still going 'cause I await my roomie. Going from the darkroom to the finishing area over and over again gets extremely tiring on the eyes. I just wanna close my eyes and fall asleep. Tomorrow is Monday and I start bright and early at work, again. Labels: photo posted by Jane Tam at 8:39 PM 2 comments ......................................................................................................... holland Friday, September 15, 2006 Bebe Notice the more frequent entries with my photos? It's thanks to the fact that I needed to scan some old negs to hand in some bullshit for Junior Sem.. and my rabbit was in the roll. oh, to be a new yorker. Labels: photo posted by Jane Tam at 9:44 PM 0 comments ......................................................................................................... goodnight goodnight Wednesday, September 13, 2006 hallway to the kitchen We don't have lights in the hallway. My kitchen is now usually overrun by my brother's boxes. I also love our kitschy wallpaper. I didn't color correct this 'cause I was lazy.. and I sorta like the crazy colors. It's my lazy reasoning. take it. Note to self: stop using the 800 speed film indoors! I'd rather not bullshit my first photo assignment for junior seminar but if I'm not in love with the topic or my images that I shot, there's no point for me to show them. There's also no point for two people to have pretty much the same images so I might as well back out and do something else. There's some massive photo manipulation that has to be done to my "Home" and "Hong Kong" images to convey over-consumption. I am by no means even in the ballpark of Mr. Gursky, so it's a challenge.. also because I need them printed quick!! Oh stress. yes, if you hadnt noticed, the blog turned into the life of a photo student. Labels: photo posted by Jane Tam at 6:01 PM 0 comments ......................................................................................................... foiled stove Monday, September 11, 2006 Because oil gets everywhere This was taken some time during the summer, probably on one of those many days I didn't want to leave my house. (My mom always foils the stove area, for realz, homey.) As old and rickety as my house is, I've really grown to love the cracks. It gives the house character. It's very likely we will be fixing up the house within the next 5 years and all the character will be torn down and replaced with fresh new paint, tiles, etc. When that time comes, I'll only have my photos and possibly video of my rickety house. Still home sick but maybe too busy to think about it. Labels: photo posted by Jane Tam at 9:14 PM 2 comments ......................................................................................................... everybody knows Saturday, September 09, 2006 Photography by Kate Bingaman It seems the broken ground-glass wasn't as big of a deal as we originally thought. It's better to admit the truth than hiding it. My junior seminar class is frustrating me. Mmm, actually all my photo classes are. The current project involves me taking a contemporary theme that only people in this generation would understand. It's harder to execute than it seems. I know what I don't want to do. No facebook, myspace, cell phones, i-pods crap. No no no. It doesn't interest me. I want to be really into the idea to know that it will turn out successful. So the decision is to focus on consumption, crap that people really don't need, strip malls, etc. Taken inspiration from Kate Bingaman, of course. My problem is with getting to locations. So far, Cynthia and I pretty much have the same photos since we have the same topic and because we go everywhere together. I'll have to see how that'll turn out. Syracuse isn't the most safest place to walk all over. Can I say, once again, how much I hate fucking Syracuse? Anyway, as much as I find BJ's and Costco revolting (in terms of families buying gallons of mayo), I frequent it. I participate in it. I do enjoy shopping. I am a girl, afterall. Cynthia and I were talking about how we always pray the years will get better here, ever since we moved in freshmen year. Two years have passed and we're still bitter. It doesn't help that we can't connect with people here. Labels: art, news, photo posted by Jane Tam at 6:02 PM 0 comments ......................................................................................................... cosy in the rocket Saturday, September 02, 2006 oh, what a disaster. With our luck, we managed to get to the State Fair and whilst setting up the 4x5 camera, the groundglass falls onto the ground breaking into a million pieces. A great "oooooohhhh" and "awwwwwww" was echoed as people who walked by saw the accident. Great, now we don't have a camera to use. "Luckily" we went with another group who had their's and things should be okay. We won't know for sure until we process the film (another scary task). Now I'll have a great sad story to tell and it can be added to the many things I've "broken" this year. Things happen but you'd never think it'll happen to you. The bunnies, pigs, ducks, and cows cheered me up though.. Maybe it was more logical to have stayed on main campus rather than move to South campus apartments because now I'm stuck in party central. My window overlooks the back of other people's apartments and well.. they spill out into the garden/grass and their drunken hollers echo. I'm getting very annoyed with the small circle and really need to expand. What bad karma I have this year. posted by Jane Tam at 6:38 PM 0 comments ......................................................................................................... cold brains Friday, September 01, 2006 Photography by Rineke Dijkstra Good portraits are fascinating since they can reveal their personality through their eyes, their stance, their clothes, and sometimes their settings. I'm a big people watcher so therefore I love Rineke Dijkstra's style of shooting. Her choice of portraits of children and teenagers are exceptionally well done, showing that modesty and teenager attitude in their way of standing and connecting with the lens. I'm as much excited and scared of shooting portraits of strangers with the huge 4x5 at the State Fair. Let's pray that we load the film correctly and pray we don't shoot blanks. Labels: art, news, photo posted by Jane Tam at 12:23 AM 0 comments .........................................................................................................					About Jane Tam has moved to a different domain. Please forward your links to http://janetam.com. Jane is a 21 year old Photography student placed in Syracuse University but originally from New York City. She enjoys all sorts of music but you can classify her as the stereotypical indie kid. Slightly offensive and bitter sometimes, this blog is a place to vent frustrations but also a blog to display current photo/art projects as well as encourage new talent from music to art to films; basically whatever tickles Jane's fancy. Archives 12/2004 01/2005 02/2005 03/2005 04/2005 05/2005 06/2005 07/2005 08/2005 09/2005 10/2005 11/2005 12/2005 01/2006 02/2006 03/2006 04/2006 05/2006 06/2006 07/2006 08/2006 09/2006 10/2006 11/2006 12/2006 01/2007 02/2007 03/2007 04/2007 05/2007 06/2007 08/2007 09/2007 10/2007 11/2007 www.flickr.com This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from thejane. Make your own badge here.