Film
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I read it somewhere…
Look it up – circa 1998. How times have changed… I wonder if the grease is still the same? Continue reading
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Getting All Jazzy
Making portraits with a vintage process is a deliberate and slow choice. Image creation that is measured in minutes per image, not images per second. See the link in the bio to see more of our blog post. Continue reading
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Film Daze
One from the film days. Back when it was somewhat ok to photograph at the airport. I don’t think I’d dare this today. Continue reading
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36 years and counting
The image below was from my first photography class, the first roll of film I shot, and was the first print I brought out of the darkroom. George Strimbu, my dearly loved professor, looked at the image still wet in the tray and asked, “Have you ever thought of a career in photography?” Thus began… Continue reading
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Summer is Coming!!!
It’s supposed to get up to 40℉ today and in the 60s next week. This was taken using my Debonair, a Holga-like camera that shoots medium format film. The Debonair, incidentally, is still available for $19… black photo tape not included. Continue reading
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Selfie with The Dorff
My shut-in selfie… Say that ten times fast. I’ve had no excuses to do a self-portrait. And I know that I had to do it before I shaved off my beard, heaven knows when my next beard will appear. Balancing the Deardorff on the selfie stick was a bit of a trick. Doing a… Continue reading
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ULF Fun
Ultra Large Format. This image is part of a new collection of work using a paper negative process to make intimate portraits. Continue reading
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Slide or Sculpture?
It depends on how old you think you are. This image was taken in downtown Chicago at the Daley Plaza. The sculpture by Pablo Picasso is one of the city’s best know landmarks. My two and a couple of others sure had a fun time sliding on the sculpture’s angled base. The graphic shadows… Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955