BlogHide Resteemsmuratsariyar (35)in oilprint • 7 years agoFaulty - Oil print of a Fake Mate portraitHello everyone, In this journey of me learning the Oil Print Process Ive tried quite a lot of things. The gelatin mixture ingredient amounts, the negatives themselves and ammonium dichromate mix…muratsariyar (35)in portraitphotography • 7 years agoLearning the Oil Print ProcessHellow, I've been making paper negatives for some time now and I started learning the oil print process to turn them into positive images serving my taste. I would like to explain what the…muratsariyar (35)in artphotography • 7 years agoStages of making the photographHellow everyone, Making a photograph for me is like painting on a canvas. Not saying I’m a painter but Im sure Im a perfectionist. Choosing things to expose on that piece of paper is a big deal…muratsariyar (35)in sculpture • 7 years agoFat and Fake MateHere's another Fake Mate I've done to make a portrait of his. It was long ago and I was working with wet plate collodion technique in those days. It was one of those messy moments of mine and…muratsariyar (35)in cameraobscura • 7 years agoThe Camera - a 20x20 inch wooden bellows cameraWhat I make my photographs with. Actually papers exposed in this camera obscura later developed becomes paper negatives. Then I go again into the darkroom and make a contact print and get a positive…muratsariyar (35)in ambrotype • 7 years agoA VariableRelationships are like mathematical equations. Thats how I think it is. For everyone there are "Constants" like family and the ones you know for 20 years that devotes themselves. And of course…muratsariyar (35)in portrait • 7 years agoFinallyI was trying to get the outdoor studio area done and place the lights in a way that it would be a permanent setup. Its winter time and its dark in these days but I managed to project enough light…muratsariyar (35)in portait • 7 years agoThe Scene - Im the one in the Aquarium.Here's the scene where I make my latest works. I got a 30 squaremeter of a studio space indoors and this place is in the garden of the house. At the back of the studio there was an area which wasnt…muratsariyar (35)in selfportrait • 7 years agoSelf PortraitHello everyone, this is me Murat Sariyar. I was born in 1982 September 1, Besides making photographs my main business is to manage a walnut orchard of ours, so summers and springs are intense…muratsariyar (35)in ambrotype • 7 years agoDeep Dark Fake MateI cant and I dont know what people think or mean while interacting with me. Do they carry good thoughts or am I being disapproved? Life is fast and it is hard to catch all these details for me. I…muratsariyar (35)in portrait • 7 years agoPortrait of a ConstantBesides making Fake Mates, I make two more series called Constants and Variables. This is basically a relationship mapping. All relationships and interactivities are based on kinda mathematical…muratsariyar (35)in dslr • 7 years agoComposition and lighting testsI find using a dslr to work on the composition and lighting useful. The iso of the silver gelatin papers I use are like 1,5 or 3, the lowest I can go on a dslr is 100 or 50. Of course a bit math is…muratsariyar (35)in silvergelatin • 7 years ago12 min exposure and a patient MateI would of course love to talk about the philosophy thats underneath all these Fake Mate portraits but photographic techniques and the subjects conditions and acts are interrelated. Very related…muratsariyar (35)in art • 7 years agoPortrait of a Fake MateFake Mates have always been there for me, they let me take my time, from time to time waited even for a week or more for me to make the photograph. Stayed still while exposing for seconds and even…muratsariyar (35)in photography • 7 years agoFake Mates and DreamsAs I was always dreaming of being inside a community that I would feel belonging to I just couldnt succeed. I have been living outside the city centre more than 25 years and here its like quiet and…
