It’s been a long time comin’, but the sign is up at last. I’ve created a ton of memories in this house, but it’s time to move on.
I’ll be moving towards downtown Salt Lake City and I’ve got to say it; I’m thoroughly gonna enjoy living in an apartment again. I just hope my neighbors there are as good as one of my neighbors here! haha
Oh and here’s a more artistic shot of my house, taken with a Holga when I first got one:
I love that shot… It’s the kind of scratched up 5×5 print I can imagine showing to my grandkids someday as a place where “the old man used to live”.
Goodbye house…
Here’s some more random stuff from my recent visit to beautiful New York… Oh how I miss that city…
Sadly, I didn’t give the dude a dollar for a joke. I was too worried he would suck and I’d just stand there awkwardly, not laughing… Also, I didn’t have a dollar bill, and he probably didn’t take American Express.
Early into my conversation with Lauren about shooting her wedding in downtown Manhattan (specifically in gorgeous Soho), she made it clear that she was very interested in my shooting some quirky Holga photography for her.
I just about fell off my chair when she asked for it…
I’d never had anyone ask me to shoot with my beloved Holga before, so after a quick warning about its unpredictability, I absolutely jumped at the opportunity!
It’s been such a difficult few months… Here’s a couple random snapshots from my trip to St. Louis:
I never, EVER tire of going to New York…
I didn’t get a chance to really shoot much while I was there. I was way too busy meeting with clients and such and I was only there for two full days. Shoulda planned a longer visit.
On the plus side, two of the clients I was meeting were brides, and I’m very excited to be shooting one of them next month! Bonus visits to the city! 
Can’t wait to go back.
Here’s a mixture of 35mm and Holga shots:
I am completely enamored with film photography.
Shooting with my Holga camera (as seen on my other website‘s HOLGA section under the gallery called THREE), has been quite the struggle to say the least. Mine is not modified at all, so the results I get are almost a complete surprise because of the incredibly poor way in which it was built. That’s just how Holga is. It’s part of the fun.
But then I bought the Canon EOS Elan 7E for a ridiculously cheap $55, and now I actually have a light meter! I actually have focus points! I actually have access to great lenses (the same ones I use professionally)!
In short, now I finally have the control I need from my rolls of film, and I can get what I want rather than hope for some happy accidents.
Let me start with one shot from my beloved Holga, then the rest is all taken with the Elan.
Oh my… What beautiful colors you have…
These are from a photo excursion with two special ladies in my life. Lori, thanks for tagging along in the cold, and Brittany, thanks for inviting me. Where are YOUR shots anyway?? Here’s to you both
Sledding fun with the boys!
This is from a recent engagement shoot (coming soon), a past model shoot and then a random shot from wandering around on a recent foggy afternoon.
I know I’ve been awfully quiet around here since a couple days before Christmas, but I should be back to normal now. Keep your eyes peeled for more… stuff
Part 2 is here! What? Did you think I’d forgotten?
Well you’d be kinda right… I almost forgot. I’ve been Photoshopping furiously all day trying to get a very large sample album prepped for design. One of 5 more that I need to work on this month.
Anyway, so here is part 2 of my trip to NYC, in Holga-mode. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Can’t wait to go back in March.
Oh and I LOVE medium format film! I’m finally starting to get the hang of my incredibly light-hungry Holga and it’s making me want to have some more control over a roll of film.
Now, although I’d love a medium format professional film camera like a Contax 645, it’s much more expensive than I’m willing to spend on one right now (several thousand – not to mention development costs and then you have to think about lenses and I’m stuck having to buy cool but very expensive Zeiss lenses), so I bought myself a 35mm Canon Elan 7E for an awesome $55! I should be able to use the lenses I already have on it. Bonus!
Seems like forever since I’ve posted anything on here. It’s been a weird month: busy, sick, New York, home, busy… and here I am now.
So here’s an older roll of Holga shots I took before going to NYC. At the bottom, you’ll see a belated Halloween slash my-birthday shot.
Yes, I’m a Halloween baby. I just turned 97!!! 
I’ll be posting a bit more frequently so I can be a bit more caught up.
So I finally figured out what to do with all these 5×5 Holga proof prints that have just been getting tucked away into storage!
I have a sort of collage wall next to my computer, filled with pictures of models I’ve shot. Check it out:
I love to let my eyes wander on that wall. I used to update it regularly, back when I had time on my hands. I might update it sometime in the winter when things slow down a little.
Anyway, so the Holga is gonna have a wall of its own
Finally, can someone help me with this? I took a walk a few days ago, right around sunset, and saw this…
That’s not the sun behind the mountains because I’m facing east on that one. The sun sets in the west… I had to turn around and find the sun to make sure I hadn’t lost my mind. And the sun was too low on the horizon in the west to cast rays DOWN towards the horizon. If anything, it would have cast rays UP. Not to mention, the rays clearly dissipate as the move away from their source (behind the mountains), just like any source of light would…
So… What was going on behind these mountains?!…
I know I just barely posted about her, but here’s a test shoot I did with my new Holga and off-camera lighting. Dani’s holding the old broken Holga.
