Favorite Paint Color?

Light painting is the technique of lighting an object or scene with a small light source.  It is achieved by shooting in complete darkness while leaving the shutter on your camera open.  During the multi minute exposure, you light each part of the subject separately.  You can use a flash, flashlight, etc.  The result can be creepy or beautiful, but it has a distinct look.  


I've never tried this on a large scale, but I must.  Here is a small scale experiment from many years ago.  

Tech Notes:

I don't remember everything, but I believe it was shot with my Canon Elan II 35mm camera.  It was lit with at least 20 pops from a Vivitar 283 flash.

Southern For Darling

Heather and Andy took me to a favorite spot for them outside Clayton, Georgia.  We drove, and we drove, and we drove, and we drove, and we drove.  I wondered if it would be worth it.  It was.  It has now become a favorite place for me.  You'll understand better when the film gets back from the lab.  Thanks guys!  

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-3000B shot with my Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.

Studio Space

They have finally finished the construction and painting.  I get to start moving tomorrow.  I'm so excited.  Here are a few images of the finished space.

Oh, for those who don't know the back story, my landlord made me an offer I couldn't refuse.  He needed half of my current space for a dance studio that wanted to move in.  I get lower rent and tons of new prospective clients right next door.  Win, win!

Tech Notes:

Prints from my Fuji Instax 210 camera.  Scanned on my Epson flatbed.

Before The Oil

The vegetation and dunes at Ft Walton.  The oil was still off shore.  Who knows what the future holds.

Tech Notes:
Fuji FP-3000B shot with Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.  Scanned negative on my flatbed scanner.  Inverted and added contrast in PS.

Hot Hydrangea

We inherited this Hydrangea bush when we bought our current home.  It is huge and beautiful.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji 400H shot with Mamiya 645AF with 80mm f2.8 lens.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  

BBQ On Blue

St Louis style ribs are amazing.  I cooked this slab on Memorial Day.  I used my own rub and smoked them until they fell apart.  They weren't pretty, but they were tastey.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji 400H shot with my Mamiya 645AF and 80mm f2.8 lens.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.

Photo Booth

Katie and Rob had a beautiful wedding a few weeks ago at the Blacksmith Shop in Macon.  I especially enjoyed the crate myrtel "snow" in the courtyard.  Here are a few favs from the film I shot.  

Tech Notes:

Color images are Fuji 400H shot with a Mamiya 645 AF with 80mm f2.8 lens.  Black and white images are Fuji Neopan 1600 (pushed to 3200) shot with a Contax G1 with 45mm f2 lens.  Everything processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.

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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