Monument Valley, Straight Road
2000 Aug picture of a straight road to the horizon in Monument Valley, Utah
Date: 2000.Jun.01
Nikon FT2, cheap-and-slightly-broken 28mm f/2.8, Kodak TMY
From a $25 ebay camera with a free lens that I had to constantly take apart to keep the aperature stop-down lever working. I shot this roll of film when I was last out west but forgot to get it developed for nearly two years. This picture is pretty horrible from a techincal standpoint, but there is something about it that made me want to get back into photography.
From a $25 ebay camera with a free lens that I had to constantly take apart to keep the aperature stop-down lever working. I shot this roll of film when I was last out west but forgot to get it developed for nearly two years. This picture is pretty horrible from a techincal standpoint, but there is something about it that made me want to get back into photography.
Out West, Curving Road
Curving road, somewhere in north-east Arizona or south-east Utah
Date: 2000.Aug.01
Nikon FT2, cheap-and-slightly-broken 28mm f/2.8, Kodak TMY
Cheap camera, cheap lens. I think it's quite pretty.
Cheap camera, cheap lens. I think it's quite pretty.
Otter, Suspicious
A very suspicious redbone hound
Date: 2002.Feb.01
Nikon FE2, Nikon 80-200 f/2.8, Ilford Delta Pro 3200
This is a lousy scan from the photo lab (probably around 1200 dpi), but the film grain is so high that you don't really notice. This was my first experiment with the Ilford Delta Pro films, and I was so impressed with just the one roll that I totally dropped TMZ. This is a fantastic film. I now do a fair bit ambient-light work with Delta 3200 at 3200, or, for better tones, 1250 or 1600 if the light allows.
This is a lousy scan from the photo lab (probably around 1200 dpi), but the film grain is so high that you don't really notice. This was my first experiment with the Ilford Delta Pro films, and I was so impressed with just the one roll that I totally dropped TMZ. This is a fantastic film. I now do a fair bit ambient-light work with Delta 3200 at 3200, or, for better tones, 1250 or 1600 if the light allows.
The Joys Of Childhood
Date: 2002.May.01
Nikon N80, Tokina 28-80 f/2.8
A Henderson Lawn concert, walking around and enjoying the crowd, sharing the energy of families picnicing, dogs chasing frisbees, friends lounging in the waves of music, seeing two happy feet danging from a dense green hideout...
A Henderson Lawn concert, walking around and enjoying the crowd, sharing the energy of families picnicing, dogs chasing frisbees, friends lounging in the waves of music, seeing two happy feet danging from a dense green hideout...
Horizontal Drilling Machine At Night
Date: 2002.Jul.01
Mamiya C220, 180mm f/4.5 Super (black), E100S, 80A filter, long exposure (over 60 sec, if I recall)
Taken at about two A.M. on a dark summer night beneath a street lamp in the CRC, I had to lay on my back under my tripod in the middle of a road to get this. Given that the road has some light traffic even at that hour and the twelve frames I took each had exposures in the range of a minute, 'twas no small feat of patience. I computed the reciprocity failure correction in my head and counted out the seconds "one dirty dog, two dirty dogs, three...". I got lucky. The filter mostly corrected the lamp colors and pushed the grayish sky to a deep blue. I had a hunch.
(Despite the odd colors and strange contrast, only a bare minimum of editing was done on this image: I "curved" out a bit of lens flare in the sky, trimmed the levels, and USM'ed it. That's it.)
Taken at about two A.M. on a dark summer night beneath a street lamp in the CRC, I had to lay on my back under my tripod in the middle of a road to get this. Given that the road has some light traffic even at that hour and the twelve frames I took each had exposures in the range of a minute, 'twas no small feat of patience. I computed the reciprocity failure correction in my head and counted out the seconds "one dirty dog, two dirty dogs, three...". I got lucky. The filter mostly corrected the lamp colors and pushed the grayish sky to a deep blue. I had a hunch.
(Despite the odd colors and strange contrast, only a bare minimum of editing was done on this image: I "curved" out a bit of lens flare in the sky, trimmed the levels, and USM'ed it. That's it.)
Wet Nose
Date: 2002.Nov.28
Canon G2, 7-21 f/2.0-2.5 (34-102 equiv.), ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/13 sec
Man's best friend after a nice tiring hike up Sharp Top. This was taken in a back seat of a car zooming down the back roads of Bedford County, so there is quite a bit of motion blur and thus this image is really as large as it can get.
Man's best friend after a nice tiring hike up Sharp Top. This was taken in a back seat of a car zooming down the back roads of Bedford County, so there is quite a bit of motion blur and thus this image is really as large as it can get.
USFS Bolt
Date: 2002.Nov.23
Canon G2, 7-21 f/2.0-2.5 (34-102 equiv.), exposure unknown
A simple bit of beauty from a trailside on the Cascades trail in Pembroke, VA.
A simple bit of beauty from a trailside on the Cascades trail in Pembroke, VA.
Night Arch
Date: 2002.Nov.03
Canon G2, 7-21 f/2.0-2.5 (34-102 equiv.), exposure unknown
A Virginia Tech archway at night; part of a building photography project.
A Virginia Tech archway at night; part of a building photography project.
Sharp Top Hike
Date: 2002.Nov.08
Canon G2, 7-21 f/2.0-2.5 (34-102 equiv.), exposure unknown
I like the motion this conveys.
I like the motion this conveys.
Apple Orchard Mountain
Date: 2002.Dec.23
Canon G2, 7-21 f/2.0-2.5 (34-102 equiv.), exposure unknown
There was a wonderful winter storm brewing. (Yes, it really was this dark.)
There was a wonderful winter storm brewing. (Yes, it really was this dark.)
Cody
Date: 2002.Nov.28
Canon G2, 7-21 f/2.0-2.5 (34-102 equiv.), exposure unknown
My brother's dog, a small yellow lab mix.
My brother's dog, a small yellow lab mix.
Paul as Hemmingway
Date: 2003.Jul.02
Olympus Stylus Epic, 35/2.8, Ilford 400 or 3200
Paul, at his wedding, smoking on the balcony.
Paul, at his wedding, smoking on the balcony.
Christmas on Old Furnace Road
Date: 2002.Dec.20
Nikon N80, Tokina 28-80 f/2.8, Ilford 3200 at 1250
Terrible exposure, but I love how they blend with the house (which they really do).
Terrible exposure, but I love how they blend with the house (which they really do).
Diann, Dinner, and Sun
Diann enjoying the sun after a tasty brick-oven pizza.
Date: 2006.Apr.29
Diann enjoying the sun after a tasty brick-oven pizza.
Completed Corkboard Project
Completed Corkboard Project
Date: 2006.May.27
Completed Corkboard Project
Chocolate Cheesecake
Chocolate Cheesecake
Date: 2006.Jun.04
A delicious chocolate cheesecake I whipped up one weekend.
Winstons Breaks at PK's
Winstons Breaks at PK's
Date: 2006.Jun.21
Winstons breaks at nine-ball, but puts the cue in the air.
House Christmas Lights
Our House With Christmas Lights
Date: 2006.Dec.10
Our House With Christmas Lights
2006-09-diann-by-the-pool
Diann by the pool in Reno, visiting with Yana
Date: 2006.Sep.16
Diann by the pool in Reno, visiting with Yana
