Sunday, December 8, 2024

Monday, November 11, 2024

Sharon 1999-2024

 

Two images taken 25 years apart. A new portfolio I realized I can make with people I have been photographing over many years.




Monday, November 4, 2024

Reexamining old files-we've come a long way


 I was recently forced to clean out a metal locker that stored all my third level off site back up's. These are mostly DVD's, CD's and 3.5 drives in storage cases that I keep at my studio. I have am one issue out there and the mice got into the locker and made a mess, lets leave it at that. In cleaning out the locker I found really old back up's and some CD's from 2001. I decided to spin up some of the drives to see if they are still readable and check the CD's as well. This image was taken in 2001 with a Kodak 14N, a 13 MP camera that at the time sold for $5,000. I reopened the files with PS 26.1 and did a lot of work on them, mostly noise reduction, but they are a far cry from what we're using now.


Friday, October 25, 2024

Last studio shoot of 2024 with Angela


 It was a busy and successful 2024 at the studio, ended up photographing 24 people at the studio, shot over 150 sheets of 5x7 film and a bunch of 4x5 as well as the digital works.

Saturday, August 31, 2024

Studio shoot with Stacie - studio set up


 From time to time I like to back up and show how I light each studio set, at my studio I have 6 sets going at any given time with different backdrops and lighting configurations. 



Friday, August 30, 2024

Studio shoot with Erica


 I've been working and experimenting with a new spot attachment and gobo set on one of my studio sets.

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Collecting vintage digital cameras

 I've been reading a lot lately about "vintage digital cameras" & how they are a thing with the young photo set, sorry I just don't get it. For years those of us who were too often on the bleeding tech edge struggled with shitty AF, shutter lag and noise. I love some of my vintage film cameras, like my Nikon S4 and my Deardorff 5x7 but they still takes really solid images. My first real digital camera, a Nikon P5000 (2007) was such a terrible camera to use, total frustration. I can't image going back to using one of those, even now looking at the files from my Nikon D100, the noise level was pretty high even at ISO 200. 



You kids keep on it, I'll stick with my Z8

Friday, May 17, 2024

Studio shoot with Kendra

 

I have traditional worked with Kendra early in the summer/spring and this year was no exception. We first photographed together in 2009, so we have a good studio rapport. I'm still struggling with the white backdrop however.



Friday, May 3, 2024

First all studio shoot of 2024

 The studio is finally all on line and warm enough to do a full studio shoot. Traditionally I do this with my "senior muse" who I've been working with since 1984.


Some of the lighting in a couple of the 5 sets still need some work, I'm going to totally redesign the white set before the next shoot for sure.



Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Too Provocative ?

  I was recently invited to be part of an exhibition of work from photo alumni at the University of Rhode Island, Three to four framed works to be hung in Green Hall, the admin and presidents suites, great. I thought perhaps some older work that conflates science and art, my Body, Soul and Science portfolio. I should had paid closer attention to the phrase " send work that is not too provocative" which to turns out for anything that involves the nude figure. 



So now it's work from the R.I. coastal landscape series, I'm sure the president will love them.



Tuesday, March 26, 2024

2004 revisited

 

I guess part of my getting older is to document the passage of time and how we adapt to it. These photographs are from a shoot I did in 2004 and the other from 2024-3 just last week.

Thursday, February 22, 2024

First photo nude photo shoot of 2024


 The studio is still too cold to work in, so I did a location shoot at my friend Russell's house this week.

Monday, February 12, 2024

Portrait of Aimee at the Spillway


 The weather was perfect and Aimee was game so I took advance of the chance to do some partially clothed portrait work of her along the Mississippi River at the Bonett Carre spillway.

Friday, February 9, 2024

Mardi Gras portrait


 Every Mardi Gras, I try to do a special Mardi Gras portrait of A, this is this years masked portrait.