Shooting with different films
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Definition of a “Portrait Throw Down”: If you want to take pictures of your fellow photographers, then be prepared to step in front of the camera yourself. And this is exactly what Vandigicam did on our last meet up this past Sunday. These four shots are from the first session of the “throw down” that took place in August of 2005 at Kits Beach. Both events yielded terrific photographic results for everyone involved, and it was darn fun too!
Hands can convey as much human emotion as the face. They express the very basic need for human interaction and connections through touch.
Taken with a Canon EOS 500, using cross-processed Fujichrome Provia slide film. This is the third or fourth time I’ve worked with this film and it seems to have a lot of red in it when cross-processed. The colour bias isn’t always suitable, depending on the subject matter, but it works well with these two shots.
“I know I am made from this earth, as my mother’s hands were made from this earth, as her dreams came from this earth and all that I know, I know in this earth…and I long to tell you, you who are earth too, and listen as we speak to each other of what we know: the light is in us.”
~ Susan Griffin
The article on Bending Light has only been online for a day and already the response has been terrific. I’m really glad people are finding it so helpful in getting them motivated to either try shooting portraits, or trying it again.
The above shot is one I decided to leave out of the portfolio selection because I’d recently submit it to another publication. It feels good to have such an extensive body of work that I’m happy with to chose from.
Before Catherine Jamieson started Utata, she led a much smaller private group that I was a part of called Woman. As you can guess, it was comprised of only female photographers and it provided a private place for “talented women who take their art seriously.” It didn’t last very long but while it did we worked on a few themed projects, much as Catherine still does now with the larger group of Utata. My favorite of these was “What to do with old love letters…” which inspired a series of shots I’m still very pleased with that involved the challenge of photographing fire.
Taken on Broadway Avenue as I was waiting for the bus. I wanted to try capturing the pigeons in flight, which was hilarious to do with a holga.
Taken with the Canonet Rangefinder, using cross-processed fujichrome Provia.
This week Vancouver has slid back into the winter weather, just as the blossoms were starting to appear on trees around the city. I hope they can survive the unseasonable cold and the snow that was falling overnight. These are two shots I took last year, during a more spectacular spring that convinced me I should always be in Vancouver at this time of year.
