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Brooke and the Lama
I’m diving into my film archives. Watch out, Brooke. There’s a Lama with a tasty treat behind you!!! By the way, do lamas have lips? film #filmphotography #leicam6 #filmisnotdead #archives #wehmeierphotography #picoftheday Continue reading
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Surprises
And I thought I had it all figured out. I think I’m going to go back to shooting film. I have always kept my toe in it; I still have my darkroom, processing tanks, and enlarger. I think I might make more of an effort to shoot two or three rolls a month and see… Continue reading
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I read it somewhere…
Look it up – circa 1998. How times have changed… I wonder if the grease is still the same? Continue reading
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Slide or Sculpture?
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… Continue reading
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It’s Her Fault
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… Continue reading
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5 Things to remember when picking a camera.
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… Continue reading
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Spray and Play.
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… 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