The Story Behind Every Photograph
The Story Behind Every Photograph…April, 2019
This Month’s Story took place just this past February in the Wethersfield Meadows. I have been working on a presentation of approximately 20 images for the free Photo Arts Xchange portfolio sharing May 3-5th in Rocky Hill, CT. The title of the portfolio is Winters Reflections. Over the years I’ve accumulated a few winter images and most recently have focused on creating images of Ice, its texture and reflections in various forms. Reflections in water have much the same effect...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…March, 2019
This month's photograph was taken barely a month ago, yet it has a back story in the form of a lesson learned that I hope never leaves me. First, there are few preliminary details that provide a reference point to what takes place on Friday, January 25th. #1, Building a portfolio of winter landscape images has been a goal for some time, most recently Ice and Water have been important components. #2, my hands, and feet have always given me problems in very cold and windy weather....
The Story Behind Every Photograph…February, 2019
5x7" Ilford FP 4 film, tray processed by hand in PMK pyro developer. Split contrast printed on Ilford Warmtone paper, split toned in Thiourea & Selenium Shiprock, New Mexico is located way up in the northwestern part of the state on Navajo land very close to the Four Corners area. The town of nearly 10,000 is named after the land mass seen in this month's photograph. The Shiprock formation rises 1583 ft above the desert floor and stands at an elevation of 7177 ft. above sea level....
The Story Behind Every Photograph…January, 2019
Holiday greetings and best wishes for a Creative 2019. This month's Blog will be an ambitious attempt at weaving what I've learned about the creative mind and how it leads to another discovery in silver printing that I have never heard spoken about in a public forum. As a young boy, I spent much of my childhood playing in and exploring the Rocky Hill Meadows, and those memories from 50 years ago have proven to be a valuable resource for my photography today. I've passed this stand...