The continuing story of the 8×10 Deardorff CameraAfter I picked up my Deardorff from having it repaired I was eager to get it out for a test. That was about the time that wildfires erupted in the West. Smoke presented...
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...
My true passion in photography is film. I have struggled with it over the years, especially with the large format stuff. It is decidedly not easy, but therein lies the challenge that drives me onward: the desire to get it...
Color Film Images Color film was at one time the holy grail of photography: mythical and elusive. Early attempts yielded sludgy colors, and took hours to print a single picture. Then, Kodak introduced Kodachrome. Color became easy. Steady improvements in...
I took the above picture in 2012 on a sheet of 8×10 color film. I enjoyed it a lot. It’s the view from the Rowena Crest Overlook in the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. It’s a favorite spot of mine to take...
Welcome to my Infrared Galleries. I have photographed in both film and digital infrared. Film Infrared is first. My film of choice was Konica IR 750, but it went out of production in 2005. I have 1 roll left in...
Film is my passion in photography. I have pursued it for over 4 decades. I am currently trying to get my new house to support a darkroom, and it is not going to be easy, but I want to offer...
Welcome Aboard! Stay a while, and visit my Image Gallery. See My Latest Work. Visit Ye Olde Photography Shoppe Check out my Photogtaphy Blog. Unfinished Business: Central OregonI have been to Central Oregon way too few times. As such, I...
Image Gallery I have been photographing Oregon for 30 years, so naturally I have a large backlog of images. Until recently, I used only film. Digital photography is still relatively new to me. My gallery is divided into 7 sections:...
I am a professional photographer from Fairview, Oregon, specializing in landscape, architecture, and sometimes quirky imagery, working in both film and digital formats. I bought my first “real” camera–a Minolta XG-1–in 1983 while serving in the Army in Germany, Returning...