Blue In West Virginia
January 7th, 2019
Some more photos from my shoot in some of my favorite places in the beautiful state of West Virginia, this time with another of my favorite models, BlueRiverDream.
We hiked around to a few waterfalls that are beautiful and require some serious hiking and climbing to get to.
I think the results were well worth the effort.
The only thing I love more than hiking in the woods is hiking in the woods with talented, beautiful models and making some art.
Thanks to BlueRiverDream for helping make this all possible.
West Virginia with Ayn
January 3rd, 2019
When I was in West Virginia with Ayn and BlueRiverDream we did a lot more than just fool around with instant cameras. There was hiking and posing on rocks and waterfalls. It was a fun trip and resulted in quite a few very nice photos.
Here are some of my favorites of Ayn.
More to come from this shoot…
Late Much Lamented Fuji 3000
December 31st, 2018
On the day that Fuji announced they were discontinuing their wonderful 3000 speed black and white instant film I went on line and ordered as many packs of it as I could find. I loved the Polaroid 3000 film and then when it was discontinued, there was Fuji 3000. Now peel-apart instant film is a material of the past and will never be again. I’ve been told that Fuji sold the machinery in their factory and it was hauled away for scrap. Yes, I know about the Impossible Project. My experience with their film is that it’s impossible to get anything resembling decent results with it. And I don’t think even they are still making peel-apart film anyway.
I still have a few packs of Fuji 3000, but they will soon be all gone. I’ll be looking for good subjects for them this year. I have a Mamiya press camera with a back for the pack film, so I can get good, sharp photos with it. I need to use it up before it gets too old and out dated. Just looking for the right subjects.
I shot these with a couple of my very favorite models on a shoot we did in West Virginia. Ayn and BlueRiverDream both understand what special film this is, so it was great to work with them using it.
This wonderful film will be gone soon. There is nothing like it for the rich tonality it provides. These crappy scans can’t begin to show how beautiful and unique this film is. But it is rapidly disappearing from the world and will be much missed, at least by me.
Some Birds in the Bush
December 17th, 2018
I’ve been off in Florida for a while visiting family. While I was there I didn’t do much photography, but I did take a few photos of birds on one walk in a park in Largo.
These birds were pretty cooperative. I shot these with my Canon G7X Mark II…the little pocket camera that I carry all the time.
I like to use square format now and then and these seemed like photos that belonged in a square. The vignetting is my doing too…just seemed to fit the subject matter. The camera doesn’t vignette like that on its own.
These were all quick edits from the jpegs, not even the RAW files. Processed in ACDSee on my little mini-laptop that I use for travel.
Underground Lynn Outdoors
December 9th, 2018
Here are a few photos I did at one of my favorite local waterfalls with Underground Lynn.
She’s a fine model and very good to work with.
I’m debating, along with a lot of other folks, I think, about what to do for social media now that things are getting severely restricted on Facebook, Tumblr and other places. I’ve never been on Tumblr, so I’m not affected to the degree that some of my friends are. And I’d really like to be involved in a site where there can be a real community of photographers and models who share my interests.
I’m on MeWe and Ello, though I haven’t done anything on Ello for a long time, and have only been doing minimal stuff on MeWe for a while. There just haven’t been enough people there to give either place the traction they need. Maybe that will change now.
So, if you are on one or both of those sites, let me know so we can get connected. Maybe it is finally time for a real alternative to Facebook to take off. It seems to me that MeWe has the most to offer, being very much like Facebook, but without the ads and without the nasty selling of your information. If you haven’t seen MeWe, I’d suggest you check it out.
2019 Calendars
November 30th, 2018
I’ve made two calendars for 2019. If you’d like to order one, just click on the images here or in the column to the right. The “Brigman/White” calendar above features work from my current project honoring the pioneering photography of Anne Brigman and Clarence White, Sr. from a century ago.
I’ve also done my regular Figure in Nature calendar that contains some of my more recent work in that genre.
This is the link to my online store where you can preview both calendars.
More Angie
November 29th, 2018
Thanks for the comments. I guess I still have a few folks reading this blog. Nice to know. I’ll keep posting now and then.
Here are a few more from my shoot with Angie. I’ll try to step up the pace of posts when I can.
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Angie on the Rocks
November 20th, 2018
Obviously I haven’t been posting on here for a while. I’m not sure it makes a difference. It looks like no one is visiting except for a few bots. But I guess I’ll post now and then just in case. If you are reading this leaving a comment would be a good way to encourage more posts.
These are a few photos of the wonderful model Angie taken not far from my home in Ohio.
That’s all for now. Let me know if you want me to keep this blog active.
More That Old House With Ayn
September 17th, 2018
There’s more to my old house than just the attic and basement. So I went back with Ayn and did some photos in the main part of the house playing with the sunlight coming through the windows.
And, even though it’s been done a million times, it’s still hard to resist shooting with the striped sunlight coming through blinds.
I think this last one is my favorite from this shoot.
Ayn at That Old House
September 2nd, 2018
I did several more shoots at our old house after it was emptied out. Of course I took Ayn there.
The light in the attic was lovely, but it did present some challenges for my GX8 and the 12-60mm lens. As you can see in this shot, flair could be an issue.
Move the light source a little away from the corner of the frame and the flair got a lot better, but was still there. It’s always good to know what your equipment can and can’t do. This was my first time to encounter this issue. Now I know about it and can deal with it as I’m shooting.
Here’s some thing with a little more conventional use of the window light.
There is, of course, a lot more to this house than the attic. We did some shooting in the main part of the house too.
Lots of fun light down there too.
There will be more to come from the old house with Ayn and other models. Stay tuned.
