m o n o c h r o m e j u n k i e †photographer. artist. author. singer. songwriter. musician. teacher. student. humanitarian. visionary. addiction counselor. therapist.
Isn’t that what the kids are calling it these days? Brian’s Lunch: He said it’s easily one of the best sandwiches of his life: I would agree. Bacon, Avocado, (freshly-sliced) Lemon-Drenched, Vine-Ripened Tomato slices, topped with Crushed Parmesan, on a slathering of Home-Made Sriracha Aioli on Gourmet Bread- pan-seared in (EV) Olive Oil- finished with Pink Himalayan Salt & Freshly-Crushed Pink, Green, and Black Peppercorns.
My beloved film grain returns: Onions on a paper plate. Shot this morning: 28 MM: Canon Rebel t3i (I may have cheated a little with the bokeh bubbles though…) 2.26.22.
So I’ve been sitting here doing homework for the past (30 hours with a sleep break) few hours, and have decided to do the self-challenge that I’ve wanted to do for years: I’m going to leave my camera in monochrome for a whole year. After my next birthday, I’ll take my first coloured photograph. The majority of everything looks better to me in black and white anyway, and when I compose a shot in monochrome- as opposed to colour- it always tells a story.
I can twist the lighting any way I want and distort and change my image: pancakes become mountains- the syrrup the sea- and the edge of the syrup-filled pancake looks like a gashed-open knee. I love the way the light fades off into the syrrupy-darkness.
Clearly, I’ve done too much schoolwork and am creating little worlds now in my plate of food.
m o n o c h r o m e j u n k i e † 