I photographed my first subject for a personal project involving regalia of different orders and societies. My first subject is a members of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre a very interesting group that I am still learning about. I’m shooting the whole project on 4×5 film, also shot a few frames of polaroid just because I could. Here is a closer look at one of the polaroids Instagram
I am in the process of starting a personal project I have been planning for some time now. Like many of my projects, getting the first couple subjects onboard is the hardest. People often don’t understand why you would take a photo of them if you are not trying to sell them something. Just doing it as art is never a good reason it seems. I got a major break with this project at the start of the year and things are now lining up. I’m keeping the project a bit of a secret until I get the first few people photographed. This will all be shot on 4×5 film and as things come together I find that it’s not easy to find 4×5 film for some reason. I tracked down 13 boxes and got them the other day in the mail. For the past year I have been shooting with film and polaroid that has been given to me or I get on ebay. So many people have sold their film cameras I find more people just send me film rather then see it get wasted which is really nice.
Now that campaign is out in public I can post it on my blog, I often move on to the next project and forget to blog about campaign work. I had the chance to produce some images for the Mount Saint Vincent University. One of my strengths is producing lighting that doesn’t look like lighting so green screen work is a lot of fun. This shot is one of four but in this case I shot both the background image and the subject. The other 3 images we used background images supplied by the agency. Big thanks to everyone involved, Mount Saint Vincent University and the agency One Hundred and Ten Communications.
It has been a while between posts but looking back over 2011 I see that I need to produce more personal work. I have a number of projects that are beginning to take form and I’m very excited about it. One project I plan to shoot all large format so I am back in the studio with my 4×5 doing lighting tests. I have a fridge full of polaroid 4×5 film and I shot a few frames today. My model was really great, putting up with me getting back to using my 4×5 and we got some great images. Managed to shots some type 55 and process the negs all before I packed up to leave. I will post some images once I get them scanned.
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Here is one more frame from the weekend in the valley. This location has this amazing view and this great picnic table under a really old apple tree. I hope to get back and do a portrait in this location before the fall.
I have been trying to get out and take personal photos when I can. I was away this summer for four weeks and I noticed how great it was to be away from my computer work. I have been trying to do things to cut down how long I’m in the office. Paperwork and edit take up too much time. This weekend I was at a county fair then over to a Fox Hunt (there is not hunting or fox involved in this activity). It was an amazing first time out, I had been out to a few rides last fall, some of the images are currently in my online portfolio. I plan to get out to a few rides this fall and would like to do some portraits of the riders this time around.
I have been back home from a 4 week trip across the US, which was amazing. I got a Dog Tick bite while taking photos in Florida and a week after I got back I became really sick. After some very strong medication I’m back to normal and back to work. I’m a little behind in my editing of the photos from my trip but I’m getting them done. This past weekend I took a break from my office work and editing to head to a county fair. I enjoy making images in rural settings, the more rural the better. When I’m making personal images I will often only take one camera and one prime lens so that lens changes or even zooming the lens is not an option. It challenges me to move around and find new angles to frame my images, I only think about the moment I’m viewing and not the tools I’m using.
The day after the Lumberjack World Championships I had a day to kill before I had to return the rental car. So I decided to take the long way back and headed north to Bayfield then along the water to Superior. It was a nice drive but only stop a few times to take photos. I did hit a couple antique shops and found some old photos. I collect old portraits, found this great old school group photo.
I wrapped up day two at the Lumberjack World Championships and it was progress over the day before. I managed to convince a few of the competitors to let me photograph them. I had more time with President Clinton then I did with a few of Lumberjacks but I managed to get a few frames. I had portfolio books custom made for this trip so I could show my work to people I wanted to photograph. To save time I had them shipped to the hotel but they sent it back to the printers. Not sure why, they knew that I was having things shipped direct, anyway I have no samples. It’s been making it a little more of a difficult to get people to sit for a portrait. I’m back for the final day and it’s will be short, we’ll see what happens.