I'm drawing a little bit of a blank today on what to say but I just pulled this image out of the developing tank and loved it so much I wanted to share it right away. There is a bit of crackling on the edges of this negative in part because the film itself was about ten years expired and more than likely not stored in the best of circumstances. I sort of think the added texture and imperfections in the emulsion add a little bit to the image so I really don't mind it being there.
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Windy Photos on Film
I am honestly not entirely sure what I was thinking when I made this photograph. The wind was being rather fierce at the time making the whole scene difficult for both the model and for myself. Freya, the woman posing for this image, was being a serious trooper about it, however, she kept having to hold all of her hair from blowing every which way while simultaneously trying to look like she wasn't being swept off the side of a cliff. Meanwhile, I was grappling with the problem of my eyes tearing up when I tried to look down through the waist level finder of my Mamiya TLR. To an outside observer we both probably looked like a couple of idiots who would have been better served just staying home.
Yet we were both very determined to make it work and stayed in good spirits despite good old mother nature making it incredibly obvious she did not want to play nice with us.
Read MoreMissing Polaroid Type 65
Many years ago, In an effort to avoid the supposedly hostile weather of the Pacific Northwest, I rented an art studio near the train yards of Swan Island in Portland. Just to get a sense of how long ago I am talking, my monthly rent in the studio was a whopping $100 dollars. At the time, I actually considered that a financial hardship. Now days I can sometimes spend in excess of that on film alone during a single photo session. That is not to say that I am suddenly a rich photographer at this point in time. No, it is more just to illustrate how far $100 dollars will get you today vs. over a decade ago in Portland.
Read MoreA New Way To Blog
I am starting a little experiment when it comes to writing blog posts for this website. You will probably never really notice the difference but my first draft for this text was actually done on an old school manual typewriter.
Read MoreStretching Along in Summer
I've got to say that summer has been rather great so far. I recently went out on a photo shoot near the northern rivers along the way from Portland to Astoria and had the opportunity to make some images I'm pretty happy with. I decided to keep things simple on this particular photo shoot and only had my Minolta SRT-101 with me with about five rolls of Ilford HP5.
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