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Jim Galli

25-Jun-2008, 07:03

Since Bodie is like photographer mecca and most everyone has been there with their prayer cloth lets compare some notes via images....

Here's a couple to get us rolling. Hurry up and get that film developed Paul!

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/EasternSierraWorkshopOct2006/ChestBodieWindowS.jpg
chest through window, Bodie

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/EasternSierraWorkshopOct2006/SelfPortraitinMirrorBodieS.jpg
Ghost, Bodie

Both with the Pinkham Smith Visual Quality 12" on 8X10. The P&S can be tack sharp if you want it to.

David Karp

25-Jun-2008, 07:16

Jim,

Great seeing on that first photo. The second one scares me! :)

Walter Calahan

25-Jun-2008, 07:23

Beautiful Bodie. Beautiful images. Thanks.

Geert

25-Jun-2008, 07:25

That's unfair... I might never get to Bodie :(

G

Ben Hopson

25-Jun-2008, 07:30

I was there just over a week ago, but have not developed my film yet. Beautiful place to photograph.

Ben

BrianShaw

25-Jun-2008, 07:42

The second one scares me! :)

About 25 years ago a friend of mine took a photo of a ghost at Bodie (no kidding, I'm serious). It didn't have a beard, though.

Blueberrydesk

25-Jun-2008, 08:57

I'll be in the bathroom, I mean darkroom all day today! That second shot, even though I've seen it before, continues to frighten me. Great work, Jim. I'm afraid I won't have anything as emotive, but I should have some prints dried by tomorrow night.

Joel Brown

25-Jun-2008, 09:02

From a trip to Bodie in '91.

www.joelbrownphotography.com

Jim Galli

25-Jun-2008, 09:13

Jim,

Great seeing on that first photo. The second one scares me! :)

Scares me too. Wish it wasn't such an OLD ghost. old goat? whatever....

Ted Stoddard

25-Jun-2008, 11:06

Here is mine from a few years ago I believe it was at the same time Jim was there... I do love Bodie its pretty awesome place and I still have not seen it all...

Jim Fitzgerald

25-Jun-2008, 11:15

Well, I was at Bodie for the first time last October. Was using some of my old small Darlot's on the 4x5. Can't wait to go back. I think the first two images were with my 203 Kodak and the other one with the Darlot.

Jim

Jeffrey Sipress

25-Jun-2008, 11:35

Great topic! I was able to gain access to many buildings last year. Most images made with larger film, one is a digi capture.

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/bodie/bulb1.jpg

http://jeffreysipress.com/general/bodie/images/mainstreet3.jpg

http://jeffreysipress.com/general/bodie/images/eyeglasses.jpg

http://jeffreysipress.com/general/bodie/images/pianokeys2.jpg

Ken Lee

25-Jun-2008, 11:36

What a depressing-looking town. Say, where's all the people at ?

Merg Ross

25-Jun-2008, 14:30

Inside the morgue.

Ken Lee

25-Jun-2008, 16:24

Heavens ! :eek:

Blueberrydesk

25-Jun-2008, 18:59

Damn, Merg, that is great. I put off the morgue until my next trip as I wanted to do exteriors on this one, but now I regret that decision.

I pulled the longest darkroom session I've ever done, but I got 10 8x10 negs drying (and one or two are actually ok shots! ) and a bunch of 120 drying.

I have to admit, I'm gonna be embarrassed to post my shots with all of your beautiful ones already posted. Jeffrey and Jim, those are just fantastic!

I am bummed about one thing. The best shot I did (perfect exposure and dev, good composition) has a scratch about an inch in and about an inch long. I guess it'll be good to practice my neg touch up skills. :(

Brian Vuillemenot

25-Jun-2008, 19:34

And now for a couple in living color (no, I didn't copy Ted on the sawblade- he showed me where it was).

Ted Stoddard

25-Jun-2008, 19:41

Brian I still love the colors in your saw blade... I think next time I go there I am going to shoot only a portion of that blade as an abstract with the 8x10 or 11x14... I am going to get a real close up of it... The photographs all are great I hope more are coming soon...

Brian Vuillemenot

25-Jun-2008, 20:07

Merg Ross

25-Jun-2008, 20:41

Windows, Bodie, 1967. (8x10 Agfa/Ansco, 19" Artar barrel w/ Packard shutter).

cyrus

25-Jun-2008, 21:26

Decrepitude always makes for such an interesting subject matter for LF photography! Old towns, old barns, old trucks in fields...

jasonjoo

25-Jun-2008, 22:06

Beautiful photographs! I have always wanted to visit though the place seems very erie.

This is the first time I have seen images from inside the buildings. How does one get inside access?

Thanks for sharing the beautiful photos!

Jason

Hollis

25-Jun-2008, 22:45

Everyone who can should go shoot Gilman, CO before it is turned into a private ski resort.

Jim Galli

26-Jun-2008, 06:33

Some of the buildings are open with areas like this kithchen cordoned off with rabbit wire to protect it but allow view. The best interiors are only seen with a workshop that has access. Somewhere I have a pile of 35mm Velvia done inside some of the best kept buildings.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/EasternSierraWorkshopOct2006/BodieKitchenS.jpg
Bodie Kitchen
Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality Series IV
Kodak 2D 8X10

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/EasternSierraWorkshopOct2006/VinesBodieFenceS.jpg
Vines, front porch, Bodie

dsphotog

26-Jun-2008, 11:33

Jim Galli

26-Jun-2008, 11:46

For Photo workshop info the call the park (619)647-6445, they should have a list.
Another plus is park access at sunrise & sunset!
I took the Bob Cumming workshop two years, it was great- although I heard he quit to pursue his underwater photography.
David Silva
Modesto,Ca
I got to go with Tom Morse of Global Preservation Projects (http://www.globalpreservationprojects.com/) back when he was doing on-site E6 for the participants. I helped with the E6 so went for free. He's 110% digital now and has no tolerance for big cameras, especially inside these buildings.

jasonjoo

26-Jun-2008, 12:12

Thanks for the information guys!

Brad Rippe

26-Jun-2008, 12:56

What a depressing-looking town. Say, where's all the people at ?
There is an old saying about Bodie, I'm not sure this is an exact telling:

A young girls family was moving to Bodie from San Francisco, and she was quoted as saying, "Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie". At which point, the newspapers, in an attempt to not scare people off, revised the quote to "Good, by God, I'm going to Bodie".

Very nice work all of you.

-Brad

Forrest Atkins

26-Jun-2008, 20:46

From a couple of years ago.

14042

Merg Ross

26-Jun-2008, 21:50

onnect17

26-Jun-2008, 21:58

Jeffrey, the "light bulb" is fantastic! |o|

Jim Galli

26-Jun-2008, 21:58

My experience with interior access to the buildings was many years ago (1967) on a photo trip with my friend. We had spent the previous night in my van at what was then the Bodie campground. It was a very cold night, well below the freezing mark, and we arose early to have breakfast with the ranger who was there with his young daughter, keeping guard over the ruins. Until noon, when we departed, the four of us were the only persons in Bodie. The ranger opened all of the buildings for us and my friend and I went to work with our cameras.

Wow, the good old days. My brother and I and a friend of his could have been there the next day. We were staying at Dallas Burgers place up Lee Vining Canyon and somehow talked my grandmother into letting us take Burger's camp car, a '47 Chevrolet coupe, up to Bodie for the day. Dallas didn't buy insurance for those vehicles so there was lots of groveling to finally get permission. We drove the road that goes up from Mono lake. Dirt all the way, and steep. The poor old stovebolt boiled over a couple of times and we just stopped and waited for it to cool down a bit. In 1967 my brother was 17 and I was 15. We had a great day in Bodie. I recall sneaking up into the mill area that was still fenced off limits in those days. I was looking in windows and there was a '29 Model A Roadster in one of the buildings. Fairly complete, original, unrestored. Being a Model A nut, I had to jump in the window and have a good long look at that! No harm no foul. But you couldn't get away with those antics these days.

Robert Skeoch

27-Jun-2008, 16:56

This one was from two years ago.

Jack Flesher

27-Jun-2008, 17:15

Lots of AWESOME images here, love seeing them all!

Bodie is absolutely one of my favorite places to photograph. Here are a few of mine from over the years, taken with either 35mm, MF or 4x5 as my gear progressed:

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Sam_Leon_Bar_at_Night_Web.jpg

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Ghost_Bottle_web.jpg

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Firehouse_Web.jpg

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/General_Store_Web.jpg

Jack Flesher

27-Jun-2008, 17:16

And,

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Old_Shoe_Web.jpg

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Hotel_California_Web.jpg

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Piano_Web.jpg

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Violin_corrected_Web.jpg

Jack Flesher

27-Jun-2008, 17:19

And finally,

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Drink_Coke_web.jpg

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/Living_Room_web.jpg

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/Web-Images/bar_ghost_web.jpg

Cheers,

Turner Reich

27-Jun-2008, 17:27

Are all of the props in museums there or are the buildings open air museums or do you just have to photograph from outside or what? The photo's all look great folks.

D. Bryant

27-Jun-2008, 17:38

Are all of the props in museums there or are the buildings open air museums or do you just have to photograph from outside or what? The photo's all look great folks.

Normally all of the interiors are closed. There are special days when photographers are allowed to photograph inside.

Don Bryant

Forrest Atkins

27-Jun-2008, 22:03

From last year's "Gathering".

Mike Boden

28-Jun-2008, 00:48

Normally all of the interiors are closed. There are special days when photographers are allowed to photograph inside.

Don Bryant

How do you find out about these 'special' days?

D. Bryant

28-Jun-2008, 05:28

How do you find out about these 'special' days?

Contact the park.

Don Bryant

Ted Stoddard

28-Jun-2008, 06:56

Jack, Those are some awesome shots, I would love to go into the buildings myself cause I have seen a lot of potential "Still Life" shots while looking through most if not all the windows of the buildings... I shoot all black & white so "Bodie" has a lot of potential for unseen photographs that has yet to been discovered... I also seen some if not all potential to Jack's photographs becoming b/w images... Keep them coming!!! I love this thread...

Robert Brummitt

28-Jun-2008, 08:32

What a great idea for a series of articles for View Camera or another magazine.
"People, places or things" The editor selects a subject and calls in photos of that subject.
This Bodie thread is a great example!

Robert Oliver

28-Jun-2008, 10:55

Here is a pic of the Swayzee Hotel from Bodie... Summer 2006

Jack Flesher

28-Jun-2008, 12:45

Thanks Ted!

It is actually to arrange to get in as an educational group. I might be willing to look into it further if a group is interested. The biggest issue is the rangers that are in charge of that, want you to make a $100 per person contribution to the "Friends of Bodie" since that's where they get additional funding, AND have to pay for a ranger to accompany your group inside any of the buildings. However, this ends up being a fairly nominal total cost for the privilege of gaining inside access.... The other issue is that when inside, you absolutely cannot touch or move anything and have to shoot it "in situ".

Cheers,

Blueberrydesk

28-Jun-2008, 20:39

Finally got to do some printing;

http://sundownis.com/BodieJune/bodie001web.jpg

http://sundownis.com/BodieJune/bodie002web.jpg

http://sundownis.com/BodieJune/bodie003web.jpg

And the one with Jim's petzval: (thanks, Jim!)

http://sundownis.com/BodieJune/bodie005web.jpg

Blueberrydesk

28-Jun-2008, 20:40

And two more:

http://sundownis.com/BodieJune/bodieweb.jpg

http://sundownis.com/BodieJune/bodie004web.jpg

All done on FP4+, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, on MGIV RC
The two shots I really like are the liths I did, but they're not dry yet.

Duane Polcou

29-Jun-2008, 01:11

Sitting here on the East Coast when the last time I smelled wet sagebrush and mesquite was 6 years ago, well trust me, this is a thoroughly enjoyable thread for me.

Robert A. Zeichner

29-Jun-2008, 05:03

This was from spring of 2007.

Merg Ross

29-Jun-2008, 13:37

A couple from inside, on a cold winter morning in Bodie!

Blueberrydesk

29-Jun-2008, 13:54

Beautiful, Merg!

Here's the last two I did yesterday. Both Lith prints, 1:33 A, 1:33 B, 1L water, 200ml old brown.

http://sundownis.com/BodieJune/bodie006web.jpg

http://sundownis.com/BodieJune/bodie007web.jpg

Blueberrydesk

29-Jun-2008, 13:55

How do I attach thumbnails, so I'm not taking up the entire space in the thread?

Jim Galli

29-Jun-2008, 15:48

Those have a nice vintage look Paul.

Blueberrydesk

29-Jun-2008, 16:13

Thanks Jim. I'm really loving the lith process. I wish I didn't have to set up and take down all the darkroom stuff when I want to print. Sometimes I think it keeps me from getting off my a** and doing it. :)

jetcode

29-Jun-2008, 20:35

I have a few bodie images ... here's one, a reflection of the landscape, a bit contrasty but that's the way I print for now

Merg Ross

29-Jun-2008, 20:48

Paul, thanks for the comments.

You have several shots of which to be proud. I love your passion, don't lose it!

Looking forward to seeing more.

Blueberrydesk

29-Jun-2008, 21:32

Thank you, Merg. That means a lot to me.

Joe, that is one cool reflection! There's definitely a million great shots waiting to be had at Bodie.