On one of my Sunday Morning Adventures I ventured down a dirt road near Helen GA to follow the Chattahoochee River. I found a spot to park near a trail that led down to the river and a rock outcrop. While I was setting up my camera a local resident decided he needed to bathe […]

I had visited the Westview cemetery in Atlanta a few years ago with other LF photographers from North Georgia. At that time I saw this huge red oak tree and tried to capture it on 4×5 film but even my wide angle lens did not do it justice. When I purchased my 5×12 camera in […]

Every once in a while an image needs some extra work in the darkroom to bring out the best that the print can be. While Photoshop (PS) can be used to output the image as a print, it can also be used to help map out what changes need to be made while burning, dodging, […]

As part of my road trip with my son we stopped at a Washington Oaks Gardens in Palm Coast Florida on our way to Epcot. It was here I discovered the backing glass on my 4×5 was broken but the ground glass was still intact. I only had time for a couple of shots and […]

After being Covid-19 quarantined for about 6 weeks I had finally had enough of home projects and sitting around bored.  I convinced my wife that we should go on a Sunday Morning Adventure and take a short hike to some waterfalls a friend had told me about.  The drive there was a short 40 minutes, […]

Last weekend I went to visit my sister in Tuscaloosa Alabama. On Sunday I had the chance to visit Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham Alabama. Unfortunately a storm was moving in so I had limited time. The exterior of the old plant had nice lighting but the interiors were very dark even close to windows for […]

Without gear no pictures are taken. So this is a bit of free advertising and appreciation for all the companies I use to go on my Sunday Morning Adventures in Photography. Getting there: #AudiUSA, #Keen Hiking boots, #Orvis clothing, #Gatorade The bag: #AtlasAdventure pack In the bag: #ChamonixCamera, #SchneiderKreuznach & #Fujinon Lenses, #Sekonic LightMeter, #B+W […]

Every April in Georgia the kids get a week off from school before the big final push and exams in May. The college kids go a bit earlier so it hits mid semester. Since the weather in March and early April is always sort of a mix of left over winter doldrums and spring like […]

For years I have gone home from work via different routes depending on mood, time, and traffic. I have what I call my scenic route that passes by some vignettes I hope to photograph “one day”.  I saw my friend Brian had taken the long way home after a hike in the woods and found […]

Initially I Iiked the cold tones of the original print, but I was doing some toning and thought why not try it with this one. It has strong blacks that I wanted to preserve as dark tones so my experiment was to determine if Selenium + Thiourea would give me the desired effect. After a […]