Black & White
-
Fading Memory – Hopeful Future
I can hear the water breaking and feel the sand in my toes. At least the sun is out today. Continue reading
-
The Orient, or something close.
It doesn’t matter whether the restaurant is old or new, small or large… usually, there is some part that is really unique. The old ones, that we would frequent as kids, had the time to test Americanize interpretation of “China”. This style probably goes all the way back to the 20s…. you know…. octagonal windows, bamboo everything,… Continue reading
-
Sisters…
The farther apart they are the more they seem to communicate. It has been interesting noticing how the conversation has changed between the kids with our oldest of to school. The family of 3 months ago is gone, passed into the ages like crawling turns to walking. Not bad, mind you, just change which has… Continue reading
-
End of the Peninsula.
From Old Mission Lighthouse on Mission Peninsula in Northern Michigan. Continue reading
-
The Rents Waiting.
Bobby’s Ps stayin cooool, like the hip cats they are, waiting for the knot to be tied. Grand Travers Resort, Michigan. Continue reading
-
Train trip to the big city.
I’m a bit of a train nut. This time, however, it was Ry’s idea. So we drove over to Homewood to catch the IC. Great memories for me, my mom and I would take the same line downtown to shop at Field’s. That was when the cars were deep green, noisy, one level, hot, and… Continue reading
Alternative Process Atlanta Beach Beverly Shores Black & White Boston Canon Cat Chicago Collodion Commercial Culver Darkroom Deardorff Dunes Fall Family Film Fuji X-Pro Hipstamatic Instagram iPhone IQ350 Large Format Leica M6 M240 Medium Format Michigan New York P65+ Paper Negative Pebbles Phase One Portait Projects R8 Railroad Scrapping South Carolina Stellwagan Farm Studio Summitar Sweden Wet Plate
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