A Renewed Focus on Film Images A season of travel and hiking, along with some new equipment, brings a new emphasis on my old passion: Film. Facebook Twitter LinkedInMore I have been trying to put together a film kit for...
When entering The Catacombs, carry the right kind of wine.The Vault (or catacombs) is my euphemism for my older work. I keep my negatives in protective sheets in 3-ring binders labeled by the type of film, and the number of...
Part of my recent adventures in the darkroom has been to try to settle on a film / developer combination to stick with so that I can make my film work more consistent. The first steps in this has been...
There are names, and then there are NAMES. In the Pacific Northwest, places like Portland, Eugene, or Klamath Falls have normal, family-oriented names, while Deadman Pass, Cape Disappointment, and Starvation Creek are another matter entirely. How did they get these...
An Elwood 8×10 enlarger arrives to stir things up a bit.
I am inviting anyone in Portland, Oregon and surrounding towns to have your picture taken in black and white with an old-time large format 8×10″ film camera. I will travel as far as Hood River, or The Dalles if the...
Large Format Large format is the Holy Grail of film photography. It’s elusive, mythological to all but the most devoted, and rare. When asked what camera to take along for a photo shoot, Ansel Adams replied “The biggest on you...
The Night Shift “The Night Shift” was a multi-year project that ended in 2011 when I finally got off of the graveyard shift at work. The foundational work was originally intended to run from 2008 to 2009, but I was...
One of the first places I explored when I moved to Oregon in 1991 was the Oregon Coast. I had never lived quite so close to an ocean before, and had the means to get there. My first time on...
The Columbia Gorge The Columbia Gorge was what lit this east coast lad’s soul on fire in the early 1990’s. After moving to Oregon in 1991 (it will be 30 years in September), I first picked up my old Minolta...
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