Weekend Doodle
This is a photo I made for "Photo a Day" way back in 2008. I recently made a nice print and applied some Marshall's photo coloring pencils and paint. The bits of color punch things up a little and draw attention to the chalk drawings on the asphalt.
Posted on March 2nd, 2011
Contrast and Geometry
Strong, clear, winter light, shapes and shadows.
Posted on January 27th, 2011
Amsterdam Bikes
Maybe you've seen the sign as you passed the windmill on East Cliff Drive? Amsterdam Bikes, free air and oil. The inside of the shop is a visual delight. Bikes, bike parts, cluttered workbench, posters on the walls. Tom does good work too.
Posted on January 12th, 2011
Hotel Todo Blanco
View from room 3, Las Galeras, Samaná Peninsula.
Posted on November 13th, 2010
Towels
Lined up and ready to go.
Posted on August 15th, 2010
Baja & Boardwalk
A contrast of styles.
Posted on August 2nd, 2010
Bathrobe
Backlight gave this bathrobe a special look.
Posted on July 30th, 2010
Tienda de Ropa
I took this photo a little over a year ago in Mulegé, Baja California Sur. I'm usually running six months to a year behind on my finished printing. The process goes like this: after developing the film and making contact sheets, I edit and select the negatives I want to print. I then make a bunch of work prints on resin coated paper. The work prints that I like, I keep out on my light table or stick up on the wall by my desk. After a while, if I still feel good about the photo I'll make a nice fiber print. I tone those finished prints with selenium or sepia toner. Finally, I hand color the photograph if coloring works with the subject.
Posted on June 4th, 2010
Road Trip Continued
Lunch stop, House of Omelettes, Eureka, CA. Good food, friendly people!
Self portrait, Crescent City.
Crescent City Lighthouse. From a distance it looks like something out of a Hitchcock movie.
Posted on May 9th, 2010
Road Trip
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I went on a quick road trip this week. Santa Cruz to Portland via scenic highways 1 and 101 and Portland back to Santa Cruz on less scenic I-5. The purpose of the trip was to bring my daughter home after her second year of college. It turned out to be more driving than photo taking but I did make a few snapshots along the way. On the first day, when I got to Fort Bragg all the shops were closed and the streets were almost empty. This store window caught my eye.
Above is “glass beach”, Fort Bragg, CA. It used to be the town dump now it’s a tourist attraction! Over the next few days as I develop film, print and edit photos I’ll post more.
Posted on May 8th, 2010