Trailer at Kruger's Farm

  More photos from my wanderings.  I finally got the light leaks figured out on this original Diana.  The culprit was the red window.  I'm still trying to get the viewfinder dialed in.  I have a tendency to shoot too close and crop tight which works well with my Holga since the final image includes way more than the viewfinder shows.  The viewfinder on this Diana seems to crop close already so I find that I am excluding more than I want.

I thought the framing worked well on the rooster shot but was a little closer than I wanted on the trailer shot. 

I'm a Dork!!!

   I'm a total DORK!!!  In my last post, I posted a photo that I thought had been accepted into the show, "Toyed With" at the Open Shutter Gallery.  I was looking at their website when I noticed that not only had I posted the incorrect photo on my blog, I also mailed them the wrong image.  Good thing I had a standard frame and mat ready to go.  I also had to pay priority shipping rates to get the correct image there in time!

    I've posted one of the images that did get accepted.  The title is almost exactly the same as the image that didn't get accepted.  The image is titled..."Shadow Self Portrait at a Bike Race."  The self shadow is in the upper right corner and looks like it is a fence post.

The Open Shutter Gallery

I was honored to have five images accepted into The Open Shutter Gallery's show entitiled "Toyed With."  I shot this image using my Brownie Hawkeye with a flipped lens.

Sunburn!!!

I was surprised by how this lightleak intensified the red of my son's face.  It looks like he has a really bad sunburn.  I've never much liked lightleaks as they always seem to ruin the shot for me.  I think this lightleak ads some interest.  I can't figure out where this leak is coming from as I've got everything taped up.  Shot on an original Diana using Kodak Portra VC 160 film.

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.