Beach Lovin'

Here are a few Fuji instant prints from Saturday in Fort Walton Beach.  The heat caused some problems, but it is always exciting to see what happens.  The image of Valerie and Mark dried before I could pull it.  I only waited an hour.  I almost threw it away, but then I decided I liked it.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-100C (Color) and FP-3000B (B&W) shot with a Mamiya Universal with 100mm f3.5.

Where I Live

I find myself shooting more personal work since returning to film.  Since the lab charges for the whole roll, I have to find inventive ways to use up the frames left after a wedding.  Here are a few I took in just a few minutes in Macon.    When I got my license at 16, downtown Macon was my first destination, because I grew up in Byron which lacked a "downtown."  I loved the old buildings, urban decay and quirky denizens.


As I remember the story, the second doorway was once a jewelry store.  It is the jewelry store where my wife's grandfather bought the engagement ring for her grandmother...while her grandmother sat outside in the car.

Tech Notes:

Fuji Neopan 1600 (pushed to 3200) shot with a Contax G1 with 45mm f2 lens.

Would A DVD Survive?

Would a DVD survive 150 years in an attic?  Would it survive 50 years?  How about 5?  A good print will.


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An Actual Polaroid

This is a Polaroid I took a few years ago at a wedding on St Simons Island.  I had just bought a Polaroid 600SE and "needed" to try it out.  I still love the image.  So much, in fact, that it is framed at the studio.

Tech Note:

Polaroid 667 (I think) shot with a Polaroid 600SE and 150mm f5.6 lens.

Decade

Today is my tenth anniversary and my birthday!  Jeca and I have known each other since we were 10 years old, but didn't start dating until we were in our early twenties.  Actually, it all started when I was photographing one of my very first weddings.  Jeca was a bridesmaid.  


It has been so much more than I could have hoped.  The next ten should be even more amazing.


To celebrate a decade, we had our good friend (and even better photographer), Hassel Weems, photograph us at the church where we were wed.  While he shot most of the images digitally, he did agree to do a few on film.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-100C shot with my Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.

Morning View

This was the view in my camera room as I walked to make coffee in the mornings.  The chairs cast a very cool shadow on the back of my seamless background.  It is no more.  Many exciting things are coming.  Stay tuned.

Free Triptych

My lab charges for the whole roll of film whether you shoot one image or 38 (the Contax uses every inch), so I experiment with the unused frames after a shoot.  I have overexposed images 4 or more stops, I've shot images of my dinner, and I've played with slow shutter speeds.  Here is a series of the last.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji 400H shot with Mamiya 645 AF and 80mm f2.8 lens.  I don't remember the shutter speed, but I'm pretty sure these are cooked.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  

Tallahassee Tale

I was lucky enough to photograph Amanda and Jesse's wedding in Tallahassee a few weeks ago.  It was a perfect weekend.  Trinity United Methodist Church and the Carriage House at Goodwood Museum and Gardens were both beautiful locations.  I hope to make it back one day.


Special Note:
I know it is out of focus.  I didn't mean for it to be that way, but I really love it.  It is absolutely a happy accident.  


Special, Special Note:
How many images does it take?  This is an idea I've explored for some time.  Below are only 34 images.  Is it enough?  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Tech Notes:

Color images are from either my Mamiya 645 AF on Fuji 400H or Canon A2 on 800Z.  The black and white are Fuji Neopan 1600 with my Contax G1.  Everything was processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  Photoshop was used just to crop the images.

Blacksmith Booth

Here are a few images from the wedding last Saturday.  Can't wait for the film to come in.

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-3000B shot with Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.  Scanned negatives from the film.  Photoshop was used to retouch, invert, flip and add contrast.  

Say It With Ribs

I'm Southern.  We celebrate and mourn with food.  So, I made ribs today.  They weren't pretty, but oh, were they good.  I got this shot just as another thunderstorm rolled in so the light was a little blue.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-100C shot with a Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.