Matt Benson

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I'm Matt Benson, a Florida-based graphic designer and photographer who enjoys going outside and writing about it. This is where I document those adventures.

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Making A Photography Zine
Making A Photography Zine

I made my first photography zine using the film I shot in California.

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Photography, DesignMatt Bensonzine, print, design, graphic design, photography, photo, fanzine, production, how to, in design, layout, editorial, medium format, 6x7, mamiya, mamiya 7ii, analog, film, 120, kodak, portra400, ektar100, negative, c41, richard photo lab, DIY, matt benson, landscape, california, golden gate bridge, trinidad, san francisco, portrait, story, storytelling, visual, graphic, inspirational, color, process, editing, photography editing, adventure
The Blue Square
The Blue Square

I have a love-hate relationship with light painting. It never goes as planned, and although my ideas are tactful, the execution is consistently inadequate. This past weekend I took to the woods to explore the role the physical process plays in art and how that affects our perception of it.

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Florida Adventures, PhotographyMatt Bensonphotoshop, light painting, photography, blue, square, adobe, graphic design, night, ocala, ocala national forest, juniper prairie wilderness, florida, nikon, art, landscape, portrait, digital, d610, long exposure, 24mm, f/1.4, gif, animated, matt benson, photo, geometry, shapes, blue square
The Things We Carried
The Things We Carried

They warn you about the bears. They warn you about the alligators. They warn you about the rattlesnakes and the water moccasins. But they never warn you about the two guys hauling an oversized bathroom mirror miles through the brush and the thicket into the wilderness. Probably best to stay clear of those two.

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Florida Adventures, PhotographyMatt Bensonmamiya 7ii, 80mm, red filter, kodak, 400TX, Tri-X 400, 120, film, analog, medium format, ocala, ocala national forest, florida, the real florida, woods, juniper prairie wilderness, portrait, black and white, rangefinder, matt benson, photography, landscape, mirror, mamiya, pushed, 1600, grain, 6x7