Point Lobos
May 16th, 2018
During my recent travels I was able to spend a little time at Point Lobos on the California coast.
It’s an amazingly beautiful place. It was easy to see why Edward Weston loved it so much.
These are a few of the snaps I took while I was there.
Of course I shot these with an 8×10 view camera…just like Weston.
Or maybe I actually shot them with the little Canon G7X Mark II that I keep on my belt all the time…pretty much the same thing. 😉
Pinhole Day 2018
May 15th, 2018
I’ve been traveling a lot recently. That’s one of the many reasons that I haven’t been posting here. I hope to be able to get back to regular posts now. We’ll see.
I was traveling on Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day this year, but managed to take a few pinhole photos along Rt. 50 in Kansas and uploaded one to the WPPD website. That’s my contribution to the day above, taken in Stafford, Kansas.
This year I put my trusty wide-angle pinhole on one of my Panasonic GX8 cameras. Here’s the camera with the pinhole mounted:
You can see my contribution on the WPPD website here: http://pinholeday.org/gallery/2018/?id=979
You might enjoy looking around the website to see the many wonderful pinhole photos from around the world that were taken on Pinhole Day this year.
Brigman/White Project
April 13th, 2018
I’ve been working on a new project. It’s based on the work of two of my favorite photographers from many years ago. A century ago in fact. If you aren’t familiar with Anne Brigman and Clarence White I suggest you spend a little time changing that. They were two very important people in the early years of photography as an art form in the United States. Both were members of Alfred Stieglitz’s Photo Secession. Brigman pretty much invented nudes in nature which, of course, is the core of my own work. White was from my own home town, Newark, Ohio, and did some of his most well known photographs at locations near Newark where I’ve also photographed many times.
Above is my most successful photograph so far for this project. The model is the wonderful, beautiful Ayn Kaethchen.
The orb, by the way, was an often used prop for both White and Brigman.
Still not back to normal
April 12th, 2018
Hello friends. Sorry I’m not posting these days but I’m still trying to recover from the site being hacked. It seems to be back to normal, but there are still some things to be done.
But, I thought I’d go ahead and make a quick post to remind both of my readers that I’m still alive and at some point things will be back to something like what they were before.
For now I’d like to let you know that I, once again, had a photo published in French PHOTO Magazine.
It always takes a long time for the magazine to show up here in the US so, although this is the January/February issue, I just found a copy of it a couple weeks ago.
Here’s the photo that they selected to publish, featuring two of the best figure models in America, Melissa Troutt and Stevie Macaroni.
As always, extreme thanks to these two lovely and talented ladies for making this photo possible.
I’m Baaaack!
March 17th, 2018
Just a quick note to say that I’m back on here. As you may know, my blog was hacked. Thanks to my friend, Scott Nichol, it is now working again. I’ll have some new stuff to post soon.
Misc. Gina
January 25th, 2018
Finally how about an assortment of photos of the amazing Gina?
As we wandered through Mike Elsass’ space we played with one of the paintings there as a background.
Then some more photos taking advantage of the bright, sunny day.
Back in the studio Gina wanted to play around with some unusual makeup.
And, finally, a shot that was destined for the cover of Gina’s first single recording. You should check out Gina’s music. She really is an amazingly talented woman.
Wandering Around With Gina
January 22nd, 2018
After shooting in the studio for a while, Gina and I went wandering around the Front Street Buildings, always a rich environment for photo backgrounds.
The sunny day provided some opportunities to play with light and shadow…not to mention color.
Mike Elsass’s studio on the floor above my studio has lots of interesting things to see.
More of the Gina adventures to come.
Fun With Gina
January 18th, 2018
Every once in a while I get together with my old friend Gina and then something good always happens. We did these photos a while back. I’m so slow with my editing that I’m just getting to them.
Give Gina a prop and she’ll make something happen with it, as you can see in these shots from my old studio.
She can even make something happen with an old set of bed springs.
I’ve been photographing Gina for a long time. I’m pretty sure she was still in high school when we first shot. She did a lot of modeling for me back in the days when I was shooting for beauty magazines, particularly for one of the magazines that was aimed at teens. She’s gone on to become quite an impressive success in a variety of fields, all of which show her amazing talent.
There will be more of Gina coming in the next few posts.
Instant Theda From the Past
January 5th, 2018
I guess I’m a little late getting started on the new year on the blog. I’m posting a lot on MeWe, so you might want to look over there for more frequent photos. mewe.com/i/dave.levingston
But, I made a discovery a few days ago. I had scanned a bunch of instant prints and then mis-filed them and forgot them. So, when I came across them I decided to go ahead and work on them and put them up here.
These, of course, feature the wonderful model Theda. I’ve worked with Theda many times and never without getting some fine photos.
When I shot these I was trying out a new Lomo POS camera that shoots Fuji Mini Instax film. That camera really sucks, but thanks to Theda I was able to get a few good photos anyway. They aren’t sharp, of course. Instax film is never sharp and that POS Lomo is awful.
That camera came with a bunch of accessory lenses that I was playing with during this shoot. You may have noticed the distorted wide angle.
We even used the Lomo for a few “Striped Light” shots.
One last Lomo shot…I have more scanned and forgotten photos from another shoot that I’ll share here soon.
More Liv at the Studio
December 28th, 2017
For today here are a few more photos of Liv Sage done using morning window light at my old studio.
