Digital Analog

I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by Scott Sheppard for his Inside Analog Photo podcast a few weeks ago.  IAP is an audio and video podcast dedicated to the many sides of film photography.  Shows have included interviews with wedding, commercial and fine art photographers as well as industry representatives.  Topics have included the 20x24 Polaroid camera, creating negatives from Fuji instant film and building cameras from skulls.  It has been a huge help in my transition, so I consider it a true honor to be included.  


I've been eagerly waiting for it to be posted so I can share it with all of you.    Click here to take a listen and let me know what you think.  I'm not brave enough to listen...yet.

Negative=WIN!

Fuji instant film is amazing.  Not only do you get a beautiful print, but you also get an amazing negative.  The 3000B film has a negative that remains visible and can be easily scanned.  Here are a few scans of the negatives from the prints I posted yesterday.  There was a little damage from pulling off the extra paper that I feel adds to the image.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-3000B shot with my Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.  The negs were dried before removing the extra paper.  They were scanned on a flatbed scanner and Photoshop was used to invert and add contrast.

Capital Weekend

I had the true pleasure of photographing Amanda and Jesse's wedding this past weekend in Tallahassee.  It was simply beautiful.  The film is off to Richard's this afternoon, but here is a little instant gratification.

Tech Notes:

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

Southern Nights

I love the glow of neon at night.  It is even cooler in black and white.

Tech Notes:

Fuji Neopan 1600 pushed to 3200.  Shot with my Olympus Stylus Epic point and shoot camera.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.

Low Country Love-Ted Turner Version

Now for the color version of the engagement session I did on the coast a couple of weeks ago.  It was great fun to be on the water and even get to make use of a well placed sailboat.  


And, in case you were wondering, I love film.  I shot these images from about 11:30am to 1pm!  While I normally avoid mid day sun like the plague, film allowed me to get awesome images even with very harsh lighting.  Why did I ever switch?  

Tech Notes:

Kodak Ektar 100 120 film shot with my Mamiya 645 AF and 80mm f2.8 lens.  I got the film for free from Kodak while at Imaging USA.  I'm really impressed!  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.

Wright On

Here are a few favs from a recent "engagement" session in Dahlonega.  They have actually been married for about a year, but had never used the session included in their wedding package.  So glad they decided to use it.

Tech Notes:

The color images are Fuji 400H 220 film shot with my Mamiya 645 AF with an 80mm f2.8 lens.  The black and white image is Fuji Neopan 1600 35mm shot with my Canon A2E and 24-105 f4 L lens.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  Photoshop was only used for cropping, straightening and adding the white border.  

Two Worlds Unite

Saturday's wedding was amazing.  Megan and Sid were awesome!  The reception was incredible.  It was also a little crazy.  


As part of my transition to film, I've been shooting some film at each wedding to build my portfolio, work out bugs in my technique, and decide on the best equipment for each situation. This past weekend, I shot quite a bit of film along with my normal digital coverage.  It was so much fun, but also a lot of work.  I even had a special assistant to wrangle film and gear.


I shot eleven rolls, but the "polaroid" went a little neglected.  Here are the two I shot.

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-3000B shot with a Mamiya Universal with 100mm f3.5 lens.  I forgot to pull them until the next morning.  Gotta remember to do that sooner.  

  

Double Ikon

Here are a couple of double exposures from my Zeiss Ikon Nettar 6x9 camera.  The cocking of the shutter and advancing of the film require separate movements so it is easy to accidentally create a double exposure.  The first was a mistake and the second was intentional.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji Neopan 400 ISO 120 film shot with a Zeiss Ikon Nettar 6x9 camera.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.

Davis Deaton Day

Here are a few favorites from a recent wedding.  The weather was perfect and Allison and Trey were so much fun.    


I'm so pleased with the results that I can't wait for the wedding this weekend.  I'm planning on shooting enough film to create a complete sample album.  Shooting both digital and film is work!

Tech Notes:

The color images are Fuji 400H with my Mamiya 645AF with 80mm f2.8 lens.  The black and white images are Fuji Neopan 1600 with my Contax G1 with 45mm f2 lens.  All were shot with available light.  The film was processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  Photoshop (actually Adobe Camera RAW-it works on jpegs as well) was used to crop and straighten the images as well as add the white border.

Olympus Decay

Confession time.  

I am terrible about stopping to take pictures when I am traveling.  I am consumed with arriving.  As much as I believe it is about the journey, I'm all about the destination when I'm driving.  Here are some examples of what happens when I overcome by need to be there.  

These images were taken of the old Lee Maddox Grocery in Jackson, Georgia.  Truth is that I've passed it dozens of times and never stopped.  I did this dreary day.

Tech Notes:

Fuji Neopan 1600 35mm film shot with an Olympus Stylus Epic.  It is a fully automatic point and shoot camera with a 35mm f2.8 lens.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  No Photoshop except for the white border.