12/26/2013 | Categories: Landscape, Nature | Tags: beach, blue, cove, lagoon, paradise, sand, water | Comments Off
12/24/2013 | Categories: Black and white, Fine art, Landscape, Nature | Tags: shoreline, shrubbery | Comments Off
Another image that I made the other day while photographing the Christmas cactus blossoms on my front porch. This is high-magnification macro image and it is the full frame as captured by the camera – no cropping. For a scale reference in this photograph the ant was about half the length of a grain of rice. Look at the ants on the flowers in yesterday’s post to see their size in comparison to an entire blossom.
12/17/2013 | Categories: Macro, Nature | Tags: ant, blossom, bug, Christmas cactus, flower, insect, macro | Comments Off
They have all come into bloom on my front porch this past week so I went out there and snapped a few shots in the late afternoon sunlight the other day.
12/16/2013 | Categories: Macro, Nature | Tags: ant, blossom, bug, Christmas cactus, flower, insect, macro | Comments Off
On a recent occasion when I was out shooting just for myself I was on a mission to simply shoot some black and white images with one of my vintage 35mm film cameras. I was traveling light and it was the only “real” camera I had with me. I sat down on this park bench to take a break and this seed pod laying on the bench next to me caught my eye. I knew right away that I wanted a color photo of the scene and so the camera in my phone saved the day.
12/11/2013 | Categories: Fine art, Nature | Tags: bench, blue, cell phone camera, color, holes, seed pod, seeds | Comments Off
More fine art on film for you today.
12/05/2013 | Categories: Black and white, Fine art, Landscape, Nature | Tags: reflection, rocks, water | Comments Off
11/14/2013 | Categories: Landscape, My guided photo tour, Nature | Tags: autumn, fall, New Mexico, Rio Jemez, river, stream, sun, sunny, trees | Comments Off
More Fuji Velvia 35mm film.
11/06/2013 | Categories: Landscape, My guided photo tour, Nature | Comments Off
This was taken on Fuji Provia film using my 1966 Mamiya camera. I bought it used 27 years ago. I love to shoot black and white film with it and in all those years this is only the second time I’ve put a roll of color film in that camera. I think I’m going to shoot a lot more now.
11/01/2013 | Categories: Fine art, Landscape, Nature | Comments Off
10/09/2013 | Categories: Landscape, Lens flare, My guided photo tour, Nature | Tags: aspen trees, forest, lens flare, Santa Fe National Forest, sky, sun, trees, yellow | Comments Off
09/24/2013 | Categories: Landscape, Nature | Tags: desert, Nevada, road, rocks, Valley of Fire | Comments Off
09/17/2013 | Categories: Landscape, Nature | Tags: cactus, clouds, desert, mountains, Nevada, sky, storm | Comments Off
09/13/2013 | Categories: Landscape, Nature | Tags: desert, Nevada, rainbow, road, Valley of Fire | Comments Off
Click it to see it bigger.
08/30/2013 | Categories: Nature | Tags: bird, fly, food chain, frog, hawk, predator, prey, red shouldered hawk, swamp | Comments Off
Another new shot taken on medium format film.
08/27/2013 | Categories: Black and white, Fine art, Landscape, Nature | Tags: palmetto, ripples, swamp, water | Comments Off
Another scan from an ancient Ektachrome slide.
08/27/2013 | Categories: Landscape, My guided photo tour, Nature | Tags: aspen trees, aspens, autumn, fall, fall colors, forest, gold, guided photography tour, hills, mountain, New Mexico, trees | Comments Off
As I continue to scan some of my old slides to present here in my journal I’ve come to realize that I miss the rich, saturated colors that I could get by deliberately underexposing Ektachrome film. With the right subject matter, a light to moderately underexposed slide looked terrific right out of the camera. No processing software necessary, just shine some light through it and enjoy.
08/20/2013 | Categories: Fine art, Landscape, My guided photo tour, Nature, Silhouette | Tags: clouds, New Mexico, silhouette, storm, sunset, trees, twilight | Comments Off
