This is my third blog, and this one will more generally address my photography and not include either the self portrait project or the work from my trips to Italy.
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Sunday, December 1, 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.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Outdoor shoot in the Tyson landscape with Carol
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.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
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, July 21, 2024
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Monday, July 8, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
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.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
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.