A color photograph of a still life with two pears. The pears are arranged on a tabletop covered with a white cloth. Photographed with a Sinar F2 4x5 on Fujifilm FP-100C45 color instant film.
A pair of pears (2009).
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A photographic still-life of three pears placed on a black plate.
A still life with three pears (2019). I photographed this on 4x5 Fujifilm instant packfilm with a 1920s era vintage Wollensak Verito portrait lens for the soft-focus effect.
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A photographic portrait of a woman seated at a table in a diner. In the foreground on the table top are several film cameras and drinks.
Jaci at a photographer meetup in Troy, Ohio (2008). I took this with a Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5 camera and Fujifilm instant pack film.
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A photograph of a blue lake on a very clear day. In the foreground there's a pile of large crushed rocks and the opposite shore of the lake is covered with a dense forest.
Chemtrail (2010). At the Lake Monroe Spillway. The brown line in the sky is a chemical trail to the extent that it was due to a flaw in the instant film. #filmphotography #largeformatphotography #4x5 #instantfilm #polaroid #fp100c45 #rockintuesday #eastcoastkin #benrains
A color photograph of a large 16x20 format vintage wooden bellows camera set on a small side table. Next to the camera in a red velvet covered chair is the camera's plate holder and a lens.
The Soldak 16x20 (2011). An old 1900s era enlarging camera which came with a 16x20 sized plate holder. I modified it to be a more general purpose camera to shoot paper negatives.
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A soft-focus photograph of daffodils in a glass vase.
Daffodils (2013). Taken with a vintage 1890s era brass landscape lens that I modified to be soft-focus.
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A photographic portrait of a young woman wearing a knit top with a zigzag pattern and a black skirt.
Zigzag with Meghan (2008).
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A tightly cropped photograph of a various stools, a ladder, a light, and a backdrop stand in a studio space.
A jumble of stools, ladders, lights, and stands in my home studio (2018).
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A soft-focus photographic portrait of a woman, lying back on a sofa, and talking on an early 1900s candlestick style telephone.
Long distance, a portrait with Sharnayla, 2018. I photographed this with a a 100 year old Wollensak Verito soft-focus lens.
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A photographic still life of a green pear in the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks. Above the pear a knife hovers menacingly.
Even Pears Have Nightmares, 2008.
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A color photograph of a small 12"/30cm wooden posable artist mannequin with three tangerines, a white ceramic bowl, and a small silver bud vase.
The artist mannequin and tangerines. Made with a 1920s era Century 10A studio camera with a 4x5 reducing back and a Verito soft-focus lens on Fujifilm color packfilm.
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