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Student work. They are so talented 🖤🤍
#monochrome
#zonesystem
#blackandwhite
#proudteacher

September 2013 Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL Brewers v Cubs A snack vendor is hustling on the corner of North Clark and West Addison outside Wrigley Field before the game with the stadium sign showing "advocatehealth.com" in the background. 📷: Canon EOS 7D ⚪️: Canon 17mm TS-E f/4L usm II

From a @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social vs @cubsbot.bsky.social game at #wrigleyfield back in Sept. 2013

The Health Advocate of Wrigley Field 😊

#chicago #baseball #cubs #streetphotography #bnw #eck #flakphoto #Canon #7D #digital #tiltshift #ts #architecture #streetscene #Monochrome #zonesystem #city

How to Use the Zone System by Ansel Adams Kim shows you how to use the zone system by Ansel Adams, to determine the correct exposure for both black and white and color film.

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It was suggested that I use the zone system as my b&w hibiscus shot was too dark. As I don’t do b&w (except trying for a challenge), I had not heard of this. Here is an article for reference if anyone else wants to learn about it. #Photography #B&W #ZoneSystem

July 22, 2025 A view of the Great Smoky Mountains at sunrise looking south-southeast towards Wears Valley. 📷: Phase One XF w/ IQ4 150 MP Digital Back ⚪️: 240mm Schneider-Kreuznach LS f/4.5 Exp: 1/125 @ f/11 ISO: 100

From a couple of weeks ago.
The #GreatSmokyMountains at #sunrise from the Foothills Parkway in #Tennessee

#nationalparks #Appalachia #mountains #clouds #nature #vista #clouds #wilderness #foothillsparkway #mediumformat #phaseone #zonesystem #schneiderkreuznach #IQ4 #eck #landscape #eastcoastkin

Little Rice Lake looking southwest from the northeast end of the lake as a thunderstorm rolled through the region. 📷: Leica M (Monochrome) ⚪️: 35 mm Leica Summicron-M f/2 asph.

View of a wild rice field at sunset on Little Rice Lake just west of Crandon, WI 📷: Leica M (Monochrome) ⚪️: 90 mm Leica Summicron-M (Canada)

A view of Little Rice Lake at sunset with a blue heron flying low above the water's surface. 📷: Leica M (Monochrome) ⚪️: 90mm Leica Summicron-M (Canada)

After a busy couple of months, here are a few photos from the #Wisconsin #Northwoods over the 4th of July weekend.

#leica #leicaM #eck #monochrome #landscape #wildrice #wildlife #lake #eastcoastkin #flakphoto #zonesystem #digital #clouds #contrast #nature #crandon

A photo of the old canoe on the shore of a Wisconsin Northwoods lake after a day of bass fishing June 2014 📷: Canon 7D ⚪️: Canon 24 - 105mm USM f/4L

What I hope to be doing in a few weeks after moving - #fishing in #wisconsin

#outdoorlife #canoe #northwoods #classicmono #bnw #canon #zonesystem #camping #eastcoastkin #bass #panfish #eck #lake #flyfishing #spinfishing #7D #outdoors

View inside the Washington National Cathedral looking northwest from the upper balcony to the apse showing the naive with isles; church crossing; columns with arches; and the main altar at the far end. The ceiling build-out out also visible on top edge of frame. Tech Info: 📷: Arca-Swiss F-Universalis View Camera ⚪️: Schneider-Kruzenach 72mm f/5.6 Super-Angulon XL w/ yellow contrast filter 🎞: Ilford FP4 125 B&W Film (4x5)

Inside the #washington #National #cathedral of #dc shot on #largeformat #film circa 2017
Many thanks to @josephnewman.bsky.social for making this happen.
#classicmono #4x5 #eastcoastkin #flakphoto #photography #architecture #viewcamera #zonesystem #monochrome #bnw #church #ilford #gothic #analog #bw

An interesting composition showing the tops of shipping cranes in Port Canaveral where the subject overlay forms several triangles and other various geometric shapes. Date: May 2017 Tech Info 📷: Leica M9 ⚪️: Leica 90 mm f/2 Summicron-M (Canada) Exp: 1/1000 sec. @ f/8 ISO 160

#cranes in #port #Canaveral while doing an #nps #haer project documenting the #coastguard 210 #cutter fleet in 2017

#lines #eastcoastkin #eck #classicmonochrome #Leica #shipping #zonesystem #m9 #Florida #industrial #bnw #monochrome #composition #engineering #flakphoto #triangles #documentation #bw

A photo of film director Andrew Ilk sitting at a derelict piano for a smoke break inside the schoolhouse music room at the abandoned St. Agnes Church of Detroit, Michigan in 2012. I was here with Andrew as he filmed the documentary "Lightfall" in which he followed my brother, Nathan Ortiz, and me as photographed several abandoned historic architectural sites throughout the Rust Belt region. Andrews's film won a 2012 Midwest Student Emmy in the College Student Production - Long Form category for the finished piece he submitted.

#largeformat #photo of #film director Andrew Ilk seated at a #piano for a #cigarette break inside the #abandoned St. Agnes #Church #schoolhouse of #Detroit #michigan circa 2012

#analog #eck #eastcoastkin #classicmono #analog #monochrome #zonesystem #selectivefocus #viewcamera #photography #ilford

August 2016 A view of Metro trains passing inside the McPherson Square Metro Station from the 18th Street platform above. This was from my first trip into DC from Virginia after being hired as the National Park Service large format photographer for the Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, Historic American Lanscapes Survey). 📷: Leica M9 ⚪️: Leica 35mm Summilix-M asph. f/asph.

#mcphersonsquare #metro station on my first ever trip into #Washington #dc after I was hired as the #nps #largeformat photographer in 2016

#leica #publictransit #train #station #brutalist #architecture #engineering #m9 #bnw #monochrome #photography #zonesystem #light #shadow #metropolitan #services

Summer 2013 View of Devils (Spirit) Lake State Park in Baraboo, WI looking southeast from the Tumbled-Rocks Trail to the East Bluff and South Shore Park. 📷: Mamiya RZ67 Pro ⚪️: Mamiya Sekor Z 65mm f/4 🎞: Kodak E100 Color Transparency Film (Expired 2008) Cokin Circular Polarizing Filter Cokin 1-stop Graduated ND Filter

#mediumformat #colortransparency of #devilslake #statepark in #Wisconsin circa 2013

#mamiya #rz67 #landscape #photography #analog #nature #color #water #trees #baraboo #rocks #kodak #filmphotography #flakphoto #expired #motion #longexposure #calm #art #hills #bluffs #zonesystem #clouds

A straight-on view of the immigration hospital at Ellis Island looking west from the ferry landing. This photo comes from my first assignment at Ellis Island as the National Park Service large format photographer in 2016. 📷: Leica M9 ⚪️: Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH.

A view of the #immigration #hospital @ #ellisisland
This was taken on my first assignment to the #island with #nps in 2016

#documentation #Leica #NYC #nationalparks #architecture #bnw #monochrome #m9 #newyork #empty #photography #flakphoto #history #zonesystem #digitalphotography #35mm #fullframe

#seestheday2025 #blackandwhitephotography #zonesystem #iphoneography #lookwitheyesthatsee #monochrome #producesection There's always something to photograph.

#seestheday2025 #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #ZoneSystem #MorningHasBroken #DayOff #IDontWannaGetUp #Reflection #Mirror

#Seestheday2025 #Blackandwhite #Zonesystem #Latergram #Airshow #DaytonOhio #iphoneography

#Seestheday2025 #ZoneSystem #Blackandwhite #CincinnatiOhio #latergram #iPhoneography #LeadingLines #LastJune #TheGoldenHour #UrbanArchitecture #Bridges

January 24, 2015 A night scene of the Swissötel and surrounding building looking south southeast from the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Hotel to Lake Michigan in the distance. Tech data: 📷 Canon EOS 7D ⚪️ Canon EF 24 - 105mm f/4L (zoomed to 28mm) Exposure: 8 sec F-stop: 5.6 ISO 400

January 2015
A night scene of the #swissötel in #Chicago off #wackerdrive

#architecture #photography #nightphotography #cityscape #bnw #downtown #canon #buildings #urban #windycity #flakphoto #Illinois #architecturalphotography #monochrome #zonesystem #citylights #lakemichigan

An emptied broken refrigerator lying on its side in an abandoned Soviet military base in Germany.

A monument to the ruined age. An abandoned Soviet military base somewhere in Germany.
📸 Canon EOS 1-N on Ilford Delta 400 35 mm film
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#35mm #filmphotography #analog #zonesystem #ilforddelta400 #canon #canoneos1n #35mmfilm #bw #bwfilm #Germany #urbandecay #urbex #abandoned #lostplaces #berlin

A large dining room in an abandoned sanitarium in East Germany with a lone table in the centre and empty chairs, surrounded by overgrowth and dust. An analog 35mm photo shot on Adox Silvermax film.

Chairs missing. An abandoned sanitarium somewhere in Germany.

Shot in 35mm with Adox Silvermax film on a Canon EOS-1N.
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#filmphotography #analog #adoxsilvermax #zonesystem #photography #adox #canon #canoneos1n #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #bwfilmphotography #urbex #abandoned #lostplaces

overgrown branches crawl through the window of an abandoned sanitarium in Beelitz, Germany

“This one comes in one window / sliding out the other”
Shot in 35mm with Adox Silvermax film on a Canon EOS-1N.
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#35mm #filmphotography #analogphotography #zonesystem #mmfilm #photography #adox #canoneos #canoneos1n #35mmfilm #bw #bwfilm #bwfilmphotography #urbex #abandoned #lost #lostplaces

An ariel view of Great Falls, VA/MD showing the Potomac River Valley to the north. Shot on Canon 7D w/ 24-105 mm f/4L

An #ariel view of Great Falls, VA/MD I took while flying in the USPP helicopter on July 4th, 2018

#landscape #blackandwhite #waterfall #potomacriver #greatfalls #dmv #maryland #virginia #nationalparks #bnw #zonesystem #canon #photography #blueskyphotography

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#selfportrait at #unionmarket in #washingtondc sometime in 2017 - back when I still had the #beard 🧔

#bnw #portrait #leica #mannequin #bw #street #monochrome #zonesystem #hats #itsme #dc

April 2011
Detroit, MI

A morning rainstorm filled the sanctuary floor inside St. Agnes Church with @nateortiz.bsky.social and filmmaker Andrew Ilk in frame for scale.

#photography #largeformat #4x5 #Detroit #Michigan #documentation #church #bw #visualmetaphor #architecture #reflections #zonesystem

2013

Roofer atop Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI
A fire years later required an almost complete rebuild

#photography #street #bw #church #Milwaukee #Canon #labor #architecture #flakphoto #wisconsin #myhometown #monochrome #documentation #onwisconsin #zonesystem

Morning Light in Mexico
#photography
#blackandwhite
#ZoneSystem

Master the art of #BNWPhotography with the Zone System Approach!

#ZoneSystem #PhotographyTips #EditingTechniques #BlackAndWhite #PhotographyLovers #FilmPhotography #PhotographySkills #ZoneSystemEditing

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#5x7 #film #linhof ##ilfordfp4

Bloede Dam (since removed)
Patapsco River State Park, MD
November 2016
Can you spot the Blue Heron 🙂

#largeformat #documentation #Maryland #PatapscoRiverValley #riverrestorationproject #analog #zonesystem #nps #haer #hdp #longexposure #motion #photography

May 2024
Put-In-Bay, OH

An evening view of Lake Erie from the public beach next to Perry's Victory Monument.

#Leica #Monochrome #landscape #bw #photography #ohio #greatlakes #lakeerie #water #beach #rocks #zonesystem #digitalmonochrome

Navigating different tones of white with someone I am super happy to have met and worked with this year. @misschelle-model.bsky.social Happy everything M. #fineartphotography #zonesystem #zen

A view of the #statueofliberty from an Ellis Island isolation ward on the south side of the island.

Image produced for an NPS project circa 2016.

#largeformat #analog #film #interior #flash #zonesystem #ellisisland #NYC #monochrome #bw #photography #NPS #5x7 #documentation