Film
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Brooke and the Lama
I’m diving into my film archives. Watch out, Brooke. There’s a Lama with a tasty treat behind you!!! By the way, do lamas have lips? film #filmphotography #leicam6 #filmisnotdead #archives #wehmeierphotography #picoftheday Continue reading
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Baking the Cake
Friday’s trip to Central Camera made for fun weekend work in the darkroom. It’s nice to have chemistry. Now for some scanning. darkroom #blackandwhitephotography #largeformatphotography #largeformat #largeformatportrait #film #filmisnotdead Continue reading
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Visiting An Old Friend – Getting Needed Supplies
Success!!! Developer in hand. It’s hard to find chemistry locally these days. darkroom #analogphotography #film #filmisnotdead #largeformatphoto Continue reading
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A Train Ride For The Darkroom
I am on my way to Central Camera to get some developing supplies. Just waiting for the train to get here. centralcamera #metra #johnhumphrys #analogphotography #darkroom #traintravel #railroad Continue reading
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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 metering and focus, and can show me the image being recorded as I’m photographing. I can eliminate mistakes and avoid errors before I’ve pressed the… Continue reading
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Surprises
And I thought I had it all figured out. I think I’m going to go back to shooting film. I have always kept my toe in it; I still have my darkroom, processing tanks, and enlarger. I think I might make more of an effort to shoot two or three rolls a month and see… Continue reading
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A Journey’s End
This is a new image from my large-format portrait project. I used an 8×10 Deardorff view camera and sensitized paper to make this image of Stephanie. We popped over to Lake Katherin to make this image. It’s such a great outdoor space. Here’s the beast. It’s a heavy one to carry, and the tripod alone… Continue reading
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Film Time!!!
Still rockin’ the darkroom. It looks like I’ve got some work to do tonight—time for some good tunes and get the timer ticking. This load took a little longer than one night. I have too many film types to get it all done, but I did get the five rolls of 35mm done, and that’s… Continue reading
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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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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