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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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The Backroads to Education at Imaging USA.
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… Continue reading
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Under cover in style.
I love walking in the city. So much to discover and see. rainy #umbrella #commuter #weather #windycity #picoftheday Continue reading
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It’s all in the shoes 👟
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… Continue reading
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Reflective
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. … Continue reading
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Tons O' Fun
I had a blast yesterday at Cantige. Courtney has been studying WWI and WW II, and it was fun to see her interest. B and R just wanted to climb tanks. R was fun to watch scrambling around with his cast; not much stopped him. Continue reading
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Sign of spring
I love Construction….. and DE-Construction… I love to see how they do these thing. Ryan and I sat for about 20 minute the other day watching the men drill the casings and pour the concrete for the new Mirroballi Shoe building at LaGrange and 144th. I felt like I was 7 again watching the work… Continue reading
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A good place for my little assistant
Ryan found a good place, out of the way, while I photographed the Orland Park Police Dept group shot. 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