May 11th, 2007
Here’s a window in that fake ruined shack at Three Dike Hill. People told us this location was on a popular drug smuggling route and was heavily monitored. We didn’t see any sign of surveillance cameras, but they assured us they were there and that we were on film somewhere, no doubt bringing a little entertainment to whoever has the task of reviewing the film.
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May 9th, 2007
At the base of those wild rock formations were a couple small ruined shacks. When we first found them we thought they were “ghost town” ruins like those we had seen in Terlingua and at the abandoned mercury mine we’d visited before. They looked pretty much the same from the outside. But when we got close and went inside we saw that these shacks were made from fake plastic sheets with rock texture. Apparently this is also an old movie set of some kind. They still look pretty good, though.
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May 7th, 2007
The shapes in the rocks at Two Dike Hill were just amazing. Of course I had to fight the sun to get a photo. In this case I was fighting flare and almost succeeded in eliminating it. If you look critically you can see some flare effects on the left side of the photo, but not so bad as to be a problem. In fact I think the subdued tones caused by the flare help make the form of the model stand out from the background in a good way here.
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May 5th, 2007
Here are both Rose and Niecy at the “church” on the old movie set in the Big Bend area. That Big Bend sun was cooking the front of the church, as it cooked everything in that country. But I think I managed to pull out some of the color and texture of the building and the surroundings. The ladies look pretty good as well.
I’ll be spending all day tomorrow helping a friend sell his photos at an art festival. I hope to learn a bit about how that is done with an eye toward giving it a try next summer if it looks like something that I’d enjoy doing. Tomorrow should be very educational in that regard.
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May 4th, 2007
Here’s a window at the “church” on the movie set in the Big Bend area.
I spent yesterday doing my first real motorcycle ride of the year. My best friend, Ken, and I made a loop around some of the more interesting parts of Ohio on back roads. One of the roads we rode was Rt 550 between Athens and Marietta which is known internationally as one of the finest motorcycle roads in the US. It was a very nice day, just a little cool, so the touring jacket was comfortable for most of the ride.
Last year I didn’t do any riding. Got the bike ready to go and took it out for a short ride, then parked it and never took it out of the garage again. It was one of those years with just too many other things taking my time and attention. This summer should be a bit different, with more time to ride.
The bike didn’t like having missed a year of use. I had prepped it before yesterday, of course, and had it out for a shakedown ride and all seemed fine. But after topping off the tank yesterday it started backfiring and refused to idle. When I pulled over in a small town to check things out it went completely dead, with no electric at all. A quick cleaning of the battery contacts fixed the electric problem, but the backfiring and non-idle continued. I decided it needed to burn out some crud that had gotten into the carbs, so I rode it for the next hour without going above third gear. That’s about 6,200 rpm at road speed…not all that high on an engine that red lines at 10,500. That did the trick. By the time we reached Athens the engine was running fine, no backfires and a perfect idle. Just needed a good workout.
Now I just need to work on striking the right balance between photo expeditions and motorcycle tours. I’ve done both at the same time, but it’s not my favorite way to work.
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May 2nd, 2007
Ok…enough with the pinhole photos. Time to get away from the soft grainy pinhole photos and back to the scorching sun of Big Bend.
Here’s Rose in the partial shade of a porch awning woven from cactus branches. I still have a lot more Big Bend photos to go through, then I’ll be editing the photos from the Ozarks and the Houston area. I’m soooo far behind on all this.
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April 30th, 2007
Here’s another one from yesterday’s pinhole shoot. Dave Rudin is working at my studio again today. This afternoon I take him to the airport so he can return to NYC.
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April 29th, 2007
This is one of the shots we did today for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. It was shot with a Nikon D200 at 3200 ISO with about a 1/10 sec exposure. I was hoping for more models, but several were unable to come at the last minute, so I had to make do with two beautiful nude women. Not one of the worst problems I’ve ever faced.
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April 28th, 2007
Just thought I’d remind everyone that Sunday, April 29 is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day.
http://www.pinholeday.org/
Here’s another pinhole photo of Nemesis from our test shoot getting ready for tomorrow’s shoot.
My friend Dave Rudin from NYC is visiting this weekend and shooting in my studio. (His blog is linked on the right.) Today I found a Pentax 6×7 body cap. Tomorrow I’ll drill a hole in it and mount a pinhole so Dave can shoot pinhole photos with his perferred camera.
With any luck I’ll have something to post here tomorrow or Monday from the Sunday shoot.
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April 26th, 2007
Here’s Niecy off a Big Bend trail posing on the brown rocks out in the sun. Again, by paying very careful attention to the exposure I was able to pull the color of the rocks up even though to the eye the sun pretty much washed the color out.
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At the base of those wild rock formations were a couple small ruined shacks. When we first found them we thought they were “ghost town” ruins like those we had seen in Terlingua and at the abandoned mercury mine we’d visited before. They looked pretty much the same from the outside. But when we got close and went inside we saw that these shacks were made from fake plastic sheets with rock texture. Apparently this is also an old movie set of some kind. They still look pretty good, though. 
The shapes in the rocks at Two Dike Hill were just amazing. Of course I had to fight the sun to get a photo. In this case I was fighting flare and almost succeeded in eliminating it. If you look critically you can see some flare effects on the left side of the photo, but not so bad as to be a problem. In fact I think the subdued tones caused by the flare help make the form of the model stand out from the background in a good way here.
Here’s a window at the “church” on the movie set in the Big Bend area. 
Ok…enough with the pinhole photos. Time to get away from the soft grainy pinhole photos and back to the scorching sun of Big Bend.
Just thought I’d remind everyone that Sunday, April 29 is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. 
Here’s Niecy off a Big Bend trail posing on the brown rocks out in the sun. Again, by paying very careful attention to the exposure I was able to pull the color of the rocks up even though to the eye the sun pretty much washed the color out. 
