Fall 2017
A few selections from September/October/November of 2017.
Leica M3, HP5+ at 1600
Asheville, September 2017
Gray weather persisted for a visit to Asheville. HP5+ 400 developed at 1600 in D-76. Leica M3.
Dauphin Island and South Mississippi, Fuji Color
From space where the soil is sand.
San Francisco, June 2016
San Francisco, June 2016. Ilford FP4+ and HP5+ in Leica M3
Austin in Color, April 2016
Everything is hazy in Austin. A beautiful city with much more to explore than what I photographed. But so hot, so dusty!
Raleigh, February 2016
Every few months I travel to Raleigh, North Carolina and on these visits I try to explore downtown a little bit. This month I had another trip and took my Leica M3 and my (new to me) Mamiya C330. These are some of my favorites from three sessions — one late afternoon and one nighttime walk with the M3, and one midday with the C330. The M3 had a roll of expired 400UC and the Mamiya was loaded with Ultrafine Extreme 400.
- Raleigh, 2016 I
- Raleigh, 2016 II
- Raleigh, 2016 III
- Raleigh, 2016 IV
- Raleigh, 2016 V
- Raleigh, 2016 VI
- Raleigh, 2016 VII
- Raleigh, 2016 VIII
- Raleigh, 2016 IX
- Raleigh, 2016 X
- Raleigh, 2016 XI
- Raleigh, 2016 XII
I’ve gotten to a pretty comfortable place with the Leica, but the C330 is still very foreign to me. In fact, on three of my images the lens didn’t activate — no idea what I did wrong there. I had switched out the 80mm 2.8 for a 180mm 4.5 and somehow didn’t set it up correctly. Will read more and better luck next time. Big thank you to Karl Abbott for the roll of Ultrafine — it turned out great in a Microphen stock dev!
Photo Exploration — FALL Rehearsals, July 2015
I was fortunate to be the Sideshow Fringe Festival 2015 photographer, and as always there were many incredible sessions of theater, aerialists, puppets, and music. There are many, many, many tactics one can utilize when photographing performances. Long exposures, high-ISO captures, processed images to highlight the performer — all are good options. Another option on engaging the subject: shoot once, process none. Shoot film, process, and take what develops.
In addition to the actual live performances, I was also invited to check out some rehearsals, including the work of the FALL company. It was pretty incredible to listen in and hear some of their process as they rehearsed through the work, and to try and unobtrusively capture some of the discussions in photos. Below are three of those images next to one of the performers during the rehearsal set.
Giving up some control with the medium lets me work in the available lighting and motion without stressing over the upcoming post-processing. A chance to photograph the mood and ambience in the unpolished environment. A bit of a looser, yet more focused, feeling from the performers seems to come out in rehearsals. When the dancers are continuing the commitment of their work to muscle memory it’s almost like a photo critique. People are looking for input, looking for encouragement, but also anything that helps rise the level of the work is welcome.
Many thanks to FALL for allowing me to shoot the rehearsals!