This blog is about my photographic journey. As I explore traditional film and digital photography, I will share my images, discoveries, and challenges along the way. I hope these articles may inspire someone else to create or try something new.
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The work avoided
My mindset phrase for 2024 is “The magic you are seeking is in the work you are avoiding.” When it comes to photography there are so many options and levels of achievement that each person has to decide what photography means to them. How much time and energy do we …Read More »
Foma Classic 131 – Testing and Initial Impressions
In reading a few posts on various photographic forums about the lastest characteristics of the Foma papers, the conversations that the classic paper has a lovely warm brown tone peaked my interest. I have been seeking a warm brown image tonality without the additional steps I do today using a …Read More »Wasting Film
Nearly finished with my backlog of negatives and had 4 left that all required N+ developing. So I put them all in my trusty Stearman Press 445 tank and headed upstairs to the kitchen to develop them. I had screwed on the lids so tight I couldn’t get them open …Read More »
Inspiration 2023
I have not photographed much since middle of 2022. However in December 2023 my wife and I bought a mountain house in the community of Big Canoe Georgia. Just going there on the weekends and exploring the mountains, lakes, trails, and creeks has inspired me to get out and shoot …Read More »
Lobotype POP Printing
Looking for winter activities I stumbled into Alternative Print processes and fell in love with the workflow, plus I can do it indoors. Salt printing has its challenges and takes a long time for each print. I came across some images by Wolfgang Moersh, the guru of toning and alt …Read More »
Salt Printing Update
I have been experimenting a bit more with Salt Printing and am finally seeing some better results. I made some drastic changes based on some good advice from other current practitioners. Coating Someone suggested the paper I was using may need sizing to allow the chemistry to sit on top …Read More »
Salt Print First Attempt
IN the 1840s Henry Talbot Fox created a light sensitive paper coating using Salt water and Silver Nitrate to produce photogenic images. Today in November of 2021 I tried my hand at Salt printing and it was mostly a failure. I bought the Bostick and Sullivan kit and some Hahnemuhle …Read More »
First outing with Chamonix 5×12 and Shimoda Backpack
Barefoot Falls
Toning Selenium before Sepia