It's All About Me!

Boy oh boy have I been narcissistic lately!

Two more images of little ol' me. This time by friend and photographer Mariah Carle while we were tromping around Reed College here in Portland.

I like the fact that in the bottom image I finally have photo evidence of my gray hair. 

Flower Portrait

I remember it was incredibly cold out when I made this image, which is probably the one and only reason I gravitated toward it this morning because it is incredibly cold out today. Just one of those strange associations I suppose.

I photographed this with some very expired slide film and cross processed it in C-41 chemistry. I'll be honest and say that ever since the explosion of Instagram I've been fairly turned off to cross processing but I'll make an exception here. I just get tired of people looking at an image and saying, "oh, I love Instagram too!!!".  *grumble*.  Still, the slightly yellow-ish tone on the skin worked out well here propped up against the lovely purple flowers. 

Camera: Fuji GF670
Film: Fuji Provia
Location: Portland, OR 

Bright River

Photographed out on the Columbia River Gorge this past Saturday.  The model and I left Portland at 7am and it was still incredibly bright just 30 minutes later when we got on location.

Welcome to summer I guess!

I am rather surprised I was able to get details in the shadows here.  I ended up rating the film at ISO 50 and developing in Rodinal half strength at 1:100 for seven minutes.  Film was Fomapan 100.  Worked pretty well for bright harsh lighting.  

Camera: Fuji GF670
Film: Fomapan 100
Location: Portland, OR - Columbia River Gorge

Campground Nude

Photographed at an empty campground in the Columbia River Gorge just outside of Portland Oregon.  I like the texture on the wall contrasted with the models very pale and delicate skin tone.  

It came out pretty nice!

Camera: Fuji GF670
Film: Ilford HP5
Location: Portland, OR - Columbia River Gorge

Along the Trail

I'm loving my Fuji GF670 more and more for location shoots.  I'll admit I didn't like this camera all that much when I first bought it as I found it awkward to hold.  Like most medium format equipment it was just a matter of getting used to it however and figuring out a good way to work with it. 

Camera: Fuji GF670
Film: Ilford HP5
Location: Portland, OR - Columbia River Gorge

The Winds of the Gorge

It was rather windy and misty out in the Gorge this weekend.

Luckily it was tolerable enough to make a few great images. The Gorge can be such an epic place and I feel incredibly fortunate that it takes me only twenty minutes to get to the heart of it from Portland.  It's a really great place to be a photographer. 

Camera: Fuji GF670
Film: Ilford HP5
Location: Portland, OR - Columbia River Gorge

Coast Sand

While I was taking this image a very kind woman came up to me and struck up a conversation about some of our favorite things to photograph.  I never mentioned the nudes, but I enjoyed the chat anyway. 

Camera: Fuji GF670
Film: Fomapan 100
Location: Oregon Coast

The Arch

It was cold as all hell when this image was done.  I was lucky to be working with a model who was a real trooper. 

I have been shooting with my Fuji GF670 more and more lately.  I'm really liking the simplicity and portability of that particular camera, especially in bad weather. 

Camera: Fuji GF670
Film: Ilford HP5
Location: Portland, OR - Sauvie Island

Eyes in the Rain

This is one of those negatives that I didn't think I would like all that much when I pulled it out of the developing tank.  I let it hang to dry in my darkroom for over a week just because I had other images to work on that I thought would be better.

Once I did decide to scan it I was dumbfounded as to why I waited so long.  It's hard to tell from a web sized image but there are drops of rain in the model's hair that make for a very striking detail.  It's those kind of little things that sometimes excite me the most.

Camera: Fuji GF670
Film: Fomapan 100
Location: Portland, OR - Sauvie Island