Spring Trees

    I shot these images last spring.  It was on one of those rolls of film that I forgot to bring into the lab.  I have mixed emotions about posting it.  These images were not of the kind that you can't wait to get back from the lab. I wasn't expectant.  And maybe I don't always need to be expectant.  It seems like I often get caught up in my mind telling me that "every image has to be a winner!" 
    And this starts me thinking about the role of showing and sharing my work.  A large part of me is dying for acceptance and it seems like there are many times when I am courting approval of my images.  I really want people to say "wow!" or "nice job" or whatever.  I really want to have my images accepted into shows.  And the scary thing here is that in courting approval I am putting a large amount of power in the hands of an audience.

     I need to realize that right now my images are not about the subject matter.  My images are not being made with showing in mind or receiving accolades.  Right now my images are about a journey I'm on.  My images are about process.  The process is about being in the present moment and noticing what I am noticing and then photographing what I am noticing.  It is a simple journey that really at this point has no place for an audience.  I think that may be a different journey altogether.

Pegasus 1

   This is from the first roll shot with my Diana.  I had some problems with getting the film wound on the spool tight enough.  This roll came out fat but the light leaks were not as bad as I anticipated.  I didn't realize that the image area on the negative was smaller than on a Holga so the light leaks didn't invade as much negative area as I thought it would.  I also only shot 12 images not realizing I could get 16 images on a roll.  I am happy with the exposure, etc.  I used Kodak Portra VC 160.

Giant Chicken

   I finally got out to photograph again.  I went on a short road trip with my family through Central Washington and had fun taking pictures.  It was nice to pick up my camera again.
  

Sunset at PIR

Summer racing has started at Portland International Raceway.  I'm looking forward to continuing my series on cycling using toy/plastic cameras.  I'm really not sure why I'm choosing toy cameras for a project that is clearly suited for digital with telephotos.  I guess I enjoy the challenge of working with less.

Curious Camera Pinhole and Plastic Show

I just found out today that one of my images received an Honorable Mention in this show!

http://www.curiouscamera.org/events.html

Gumby and Pokey

I shot these two images of my horse Belle.  She is really sweet and I feel like these two images for some reason capture that.  I bought her as a rescue horse one year ago today.  

I thought this self portrait with my horse looked a little like Gumby and Pokey.

Stone Angel

This was shot using a Lens Baby on my Nikon FE using Kodak 100 speed film.  I love the lightness of it and am considering printing it onto rice paper.  I thought printing it on something other than regular paper to accentuate the wispiness of the image.  My impression of angels is lightness and wispyness.