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.
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…
Ultra Large Format. This image is part of a new collection of work using a paper negative process to make intimate portraits.
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…
This image is from a series using an 8×10 large-format view camera and paper negative. This process dates back to 1835 to Talbot’s Salt Print. I’m using a more modern version of the process. Brian had to sit very very still and he did receive a tan from the flash.
I’m a bit late with this one… we had to take the little one, pictured below, back to college on Friday. Still cute but not so little anymore.It’s all Courtney’s fault! I was really really happy photographing executives, stomping around factories, and photographing industrial parts in the studio. But then she came along and changed everything. When…
After last weeks post on getting your camera ready for the Holidays, I received a few questions on picking a new camera. The camera market has been in continuing turmoil ever since the iPhone was released. The industry has been shifting away from traditional Single Lens Reflex (SLR/DSLR) style cameras with moving mirrors and viewing prisms…
Ok, so I took a big risk to get the shot. Nothing more dangerous than a little kid with a hose. I thought it was a great opportunity with Courtney spraying the hose with the sun backlighting the water spray. She touched her fingers in the stream and sprayed herself with a little water. Of…
