There has been a camera involved with my life, in some way, as far back as I can remember. Be it a holiday event, like Christmas, or a family gathering, or some other life event there has always been a camera around.
When my mother passed away a few years ago, I became the ‘keeper’ of the [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Photographic Memory
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Format – What Size?
Posted in Photography on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Working with film is still a joy for me. Like many photographers, I started with 35mm, then came roll film (aka medium format) and finally large format (first for me was 4×5).
My preferred method of printing is contact printing. Coating a nice piece of paper with platinum and palladium (with some ferric oxalate), allowing it [...]
Texas Church Project
Posted in Photography, Texas, Texas Church Project on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The ringing of the church bell still echos as the children run out to play. As the women of the church setup for the meal, the men start to unload the food from the wagons and setup the makeshift tables.
As the afternoon sun heats up, the women visit and tend to the smaller children, the [...]
To Begin
Posted in Uncategorized on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to WordPress for making the start-up easy, now to figure out what to do with this.
Hi, I’m Mike certified ’old fart’, Amateur Photographer and native Texan.
Ok, not that old (50 something) and a true ‘lover of photography’. The Texan part, well it’s home and I am proud to be from Texas.
More on photography later.