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purchased failure – film, serendipity and a new age
ProCam in Aurora is my camera store now and they just got a film refrigerator. I haven’t seen one in fifteen years, maybe more. When I walked past it recently, I…
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A Lost Roll of Film: What Old Photographs Can Teach Us About Time
While developing film in my darkroom, I discovered faces I hadn’t seen in over twenty years—my wife, our firstborn, and family gathered in Florida. That forgotten roll became a time…
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Why I love working with the old tech
It’s a unique experience using an 8×10 camera for portrait photography, despite its size and the time it takes to use it. This deliberate method fosters intimacy and attention, allowing…
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Serendipity – What I miss from the days of film.
Sometimes, I miss the hidden advantages of film in these days of digital perfection. Digital has brought many advantages to photography. Today’s cameras can work faster, are more accurate with…
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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…
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Rob Wehmeier is a photographer based in Orland Park, Illinois. His commercial career began in 1986; he has worked full-time in Chicago since 1991. This site is where the work outside the two businesses lives — the analog practice, the writing, the made things.
Our Portrait Site – Wehmeier Portraits Our Commercial Site – Wehmeier Photography, Ltd.