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So, what’s in the trunk?

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • February 16, 2024

My good friend Brian told me he had something special he thought I would like. He wasn’t kidding! He had received this view camera kit from a client about 25 years ago and hadn’t used it much. He knew I was into view cameras and he thought I might put it to some use. He…

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Categories Instagram iPhone
Tags: Hipstamatic Instagram iPhone

Baking the Cake

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • February 7, 2024

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

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Categories Film Instagram iPhone
Tags: Alternative Process Darkroom Film

Visiting An Old Friend – Getting Needed Supplies

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • February 2, 2024

Success!!! Developer in hand. It’s hard to find chemistry locally these days. darkroom #analogphotography #film #filmisnotdead #largeformatphoto

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Categories Film Instagram
Tags: Darkroom Film Instagram

A Train Ride For The Darkroom

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • February 2, 2024

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

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Categories Black & White Film Instagram
Tags: Black & White Darkroom Film

The Backroads to Education at Imaging USA.

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • January 27, 2024

There is nothing like the view from roads that aren’t the expressway.  On this trip, I decided to see something and give myself a little treat.  I started with Illinois Route 1 to Momence. Then I wove my way over to US 41 and took that down to Veedersburg.  I would have gone down to…

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Categories Instagram iPhone
Tags: Hipstamatic Instagram iPhone

Under cover in style.

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • November 25, 2023

I love walking in the city.  So much to discover and see. rainy #umbrella #commuter #weather #windycity #picoftheday

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Categories Instagram
Tags: Hipstamatic Instagram

It’s all in the shoes 👟

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • October 18, 2023

Those Shoes I really love finding images when multiple elements start to line up.  I was these brides’ maids standing in the parking lot after the wedding and I notice the shoes, the hands and the dresses.  It was a question whether they would line up in an interesting graphic way.  The images below is…

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Categories Black & White Instagram
Tags: Black & White Instagram Street Photography

Reflective

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • October 11, 2023

Patrick Image from a recent senior session I know this may be techie… but.  The new lens I got when I sold off my medium format gear has been so much fun in studio.  I can shift between strobe shooting and available light with one lens, f5.6 to f2 in without swapping lenses or cameras. …

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Categories Black & White Instagram Studio
Tags: Black & White Instagram Portait

Almost here.

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • May 23, 2020

 

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Categories Black & White Instagram iPhone
Tags: Black & White Hipstamatic Instagram

View from up high

  • By Rob Wehmeier
  • July 25, 2012
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Categories Instagram iPhone
Tags: Chicago Hipstamatic iPhone

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My name is Rob. My journey into photography began in the early 1970s, inspired by my older brother as he developed and printed black-and-white photographs in our basement darkroom. After a challenging eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C., with a malfunctioning Kodak Instamatic 100, I was motivated to work a long, hot summer to earn enough money for my first camera, an Olympus OM-1. In 1986, while studying at Valparaiso University, I embarked on my photography career. For over 38 years, I have worked with both commercial and retail clients, driven by my passion for this art form.

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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

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