Trees
Trees almost always show up in my landscapes, but they are rarely the focus. I have even taken pictures where the space between them was the focus, like in the picture below. Off Walker Farm Road, September 2011There have been...
Digital Infrared
Digital Infrared Infrared film has long been a favorite of mine. It has also become more scarce over the years. There are still infrared films on the market, most notably Ilford SFX and Rollei IR 400, and I have used...
Black and White Film
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
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...
The Twirly Camera
These are pictures created using my Noblex 06-150. I have a lot of fun using it, and I hope that shows in the pictures. I made a post about it here if you want to read more about it. The...
Buzz or Howl: Photographing Heat
The title for this piece comes in part from an album title from 1983 by a band called Minutemen. The album was called “Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat.” Minutemen were a punk rock band, so the music...
Of Golden Grasses and Windmills
Windmills, Maryhill, WashingtonWhat in the Sam Hill is going on at Maryhill?Maryhill, Washington, sits on the northern banks of the Columbia River, and is the eastern boarder of the Columbia Gorge on the Washington side. Named after Sam Hill’s wife,...
Infrared
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...
Fun With Pixels
I call this page “Fun With Pixels” because I take liberties with the image that I normally would not. This is often in the form of the “Orton Effect”, which is basically layering a blurred version of the image over...
Digital
Digital I am a late adopter of digital photography. Until I was bereft of a darkroom in 2015, I had no use for it. In preparation to move to Hood River, Oregon, I packed up the darkroom in my Portland house....