I'd like to involve positive photographic slides as the main representation of recycled/un-wasted photography. The content featured within these slides will be examples of Photography taken in and around the local area of Medway during the timespan of Kodachrome (1950's-2010). The slides were taken by various members of my family during this time and have since been passed down to me because nobody wanted them. They are essentially photographic waste which I wish to recycle.
In order to photograph them effectively, the slides themselves will have to be lit appropriately without compromising the overall effect of an image. This will probably best be done in a studio environment so I am able to control the light as accurately as possible. To illuminate the slides I plan to experiment with various types of lighting, but I hope to be able to use backlighting as the "key ingredient" of the shoot, but this would be problematic in terms of flare etc. But then that is the point of testing and experimenting for the shoot beforehand.
These are various ways in which I can photograph the slides, including physically creating a "lamp shade". I particularly like the idea of creating some form of still life using a large illuminated surface and placing the slides on this and using the light from underneath. The soft, diffused nature of the light being used in this way will hopefully negate any flare and exposure problems, but the opaque surfaces of the slides may become silhouetted. I will therefore have to think about employing some form of fill light from above, but not enough as to ruin the images inside the slides.
I'm sure backlighting will be the best way to do this, so my next post will be about lighting experimentation. Laterz y'all!
