Large Format
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The Bad Boy Shows Off
I thought I’d show off my bad boy…. both of them… I was able to slow Ry down enough to get a few images. I love the way the paper negative renders the skin texture. Its hard to see on the web but it has an incredible old time feel. I guess it goes with… Continue reading
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Serindipity
We had the pleasure of having Pastor Shawn and his family in for one last family portrait before they moved. When we were done I asked Shawn if he would mind sitting for me so I could do an image with the 8×10 view camera. This is a film process and as it happend… Continue reading
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The look
My first stab at a paper negative. It was a first try so I didn’t do much with the posing. I think she did pretty good. I’m using my 8×10 Deardorff. Continue reading
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They stand still long enough…. but thats it.
They are only so willing when they see me dragging out the Deardorff Continue reading
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He's all Clucked Out!
He needs a rest and so do we… off to Iowa!!! Continue reading
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Watch out!!! I Got Some Film and I"m Dangerous
I’m using up the 4×5 on the Dorff and abusin’ kids. I love the holidays… I can make them do almost anything. I’m starved for models the rest of the year. 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