I love it when friends come into town…. I get to abuse them. Brian stopped down from the north side to try out Orland’s finest cuisine. I love to get together and chat business and family. This time it was more about family, we have kids about the same age that getting back to school.…
No my kids didn’t go anywhere. I got my baby back from her second overhaul and I have to say that there is something really wonderful about shooting film with a completely manual camera. 27 years old and she works like she was new. I have to say that I do love the…
More playing with paper negs…. the texture in the photo is from the paper fibers in the negative. Still working on getting the wet plate going… its just taking time with the crazy summer schedule.
My brother-in-law, Jon, was in town a few weeks ago, and I asked if he would sit for a portrait with my big camera. He, honestly, didn’t have a choice if he wanted to get to the airport on time… I’m having fun with the slower pace that the large format requires to produce an…
I know that bragging that I’m going to Indy is not what most people would envy. But I’m excited as all get out!!!! I’m heading off to take a two-day workshop on Wet Plate Collodion Photography. This is a process that was developed by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851 and uses a glass or…
I’v never been one to be afraid of new technology. In many ways, even with my passion for film, I have embraced the new digital age with fervor. The technology has certainly created new opportunities and given me tools to create images that were not possible or in the past. Despite these new tools there…
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…
It’s kind of a joke that Elise and I tell when people ask how me met. We were introduced by a common friend, one Elise knew from high school in Florida and one I met when I was single and lived in the Chicago. Our mutual friend was trying to set us up on a…
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…
There is no substitute for slowing down and being quiet for a few moments. We are all trained from a young age about the process of having our picture taken.. sit smile look at the camera. In time the look becomes practiced and plastic. When we slow down its possible to break those well worn…