It was time for an updated family portrait, but the designated day was wet. Not unexpected in Oregon during late December, but wet enough that it could have been an issue for my camera if a sudden rain front had blown through. Without rain gear, I had to punt. I grabbed a gallon sized ziplock and cut […]
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As we are poised at the beginning of February, a month traditionally dedicated (at least partially) to romance and warm emotions, I thought it appropriate to spend some time examining reasons why I love photography, and why you may, as well. It can be tedious down in the trenches, as you are working through learning the
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One of the major reasons that I decided to try shooting film was for the amazing way it renders green tones. Digital green is often heavy on the yellows. I can edit digital to look similar to film, in the way that green is displayed, but it isn’t quite the same- plus! Time spent editing.
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These boys. It’s really interesting to me how different, and yet alike, brothers in the same family can be. They share some of the same mannerisms (hands in their mouth when they’re occupied by Backyardigans, for example) but they have very dissimilar attitudes towards life and completely unique personalities. The little one adores the bigger
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Don’t. It’s that simple. While you may capture an image that is beautiful, you will always know that it is a copy of someone else’s work. Each time you share that image, you’ll have a guilty feeling in the pit of your stomach because the image isn’t really yours; its conception belongs to someone else. Instead
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Fuji Superia and my first try with a 35mm film camera (Nikon Fe.) A good lesson in proper metering for film. The film really quickly goes orangey-red if it is underexposed. Find Lab suggested I work with a more forgiving Pro quality film (Portra 400 has great latitude) until I’m more comfortable with exposure and asking
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Do you have a fond donut related memory from your childhood? Mine is Donut World, in Gresham, Oregon. For several years, my family would visit with another family, every Sunday after church. We got to choose one donut, each, and I can still remember the contour of the brightly colored laminate benches, the often experienced
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Towards the end of the month, the momentum of a New Year starts to wane, ideas for creative photographs are harder to come by and the motivation to pick up your camera is fleeting. In short, the winter slump hits in full force. While it is completely fine to take a break from photography, if
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The wait for scans to come back from the lab is torturous. I sent my second roll of medium format film to the Find Lab in Utah. Due to the Christmas holiday I ended up having to wait for almost 2 and 1/2 weeks between shipping day and scan day. I’m accustomed to uploading and
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When you move frequently, low priced international moving companies become your friends and the definition of home becomes something fluid and amorphous. Not every location that you live in becomes a home, but many do and the traditional definition of a single, solitary place of home is harder to hold on to. My husband and
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How is 2016 going for you? We’re almost 2 weeks in, now. Still going strong on those bright, shiny resolutions? Or beginning to lose some steam? Personally, I had a slow start to the year. We were away from our house, visiting family, for 2 weeks over Christmas break, and despite my best intentions
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They’re beach babies. Give them sand and a stick and they’re happy for hours. Pin It
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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable, and, unreasonable ways.” The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851 New Orleans has a long, long history. The French Quarter was kid friendly at the hours that we were there, but by the time we left around
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The day after Thanksgiving we packed up the family and headed down to Gulfport Mississippi for a quick weekend getaway. I found the most adorable cottage on Airbnb and, in a small way, it felt like we were back in Europe, traveling and staying in homes. With this Airbnb experience, though, there were no
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Oh, the joys that off camera flash has opened up to these children. I’ve never had such willing models in my life. Movement is where it is at, and off camera flash freezes movement, as well as those huge smiles. While I love the directionality of the light that the shoot through umbrella created,
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Playing together? Kind of? One loves Minecraft with all that he is, and the other is quite engrossed with an Angry Birds racing game. Electronics are a struggle in our house, as I know they are in many others. On this afternoon, at least, everyone was content, the devices were being used with consent
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This is an honest set of images. In late October I bought a Mamiya RB 67 ProSD off of ebay, from a deal in Korea, and waited patiently for it to arrive. 4 days later, which seemed incredibly fast for international shipping, I was on YouTube figuring out how to load 120 into a
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Both of his older brothers had to be in their bed in order to fall asleep. I thought that must just be the way our family rolls. But then this little one came along. Couches, floors…. anywhere is fair game for a nap. The only problem is that if he happens to fall asleep
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I’ve recently fallen in love with film photography. I tried to fall in love 4 years ago, with a Holga, but I wasn’t quite able to find a reason to keep shooting film. I had put 1 and a half rolls of film through the Holga, when I tucked it all away in a
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Daily, well, let’s be honest, many times per day, he likes to pull all of the pillows and cushions off of this couch. “I’m making castle!” he exclaims, emphatically. I’m contemplating a couch with zero removable pillows.
As I followed along with Michelle Turner’s Off Camera Flash workshop on Clickinmoms I soon realized that my plan to pop the flash modifier onto my tripod wasn’t going to work out. So, I ordered a light stand, but it didn’t arrive as soon as I needed it. This guy, reluctantly, agreed to be my
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What a versatile tool a little SB-600 speedlight is. Controlling shadows is a work in progress, but I have really enjoyed the ability to place a light at will, wherever in the environment that I might want, since beginning to experiment with flash photography. To create these images, I simply placed the flash, balancing on
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