Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com
www.instagram.com/papacornell
Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com
www.instagram.com/papacornell
Wow!
Like!
Tin Can
Great setup!
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
150 sheets of 8x10! And I believe you don't charge the sitters?
Now that is commitment! Keep up the good work
I think Cameron is very smart not to charge and retain usage rights. He also does not guarantee a print, so he can just keep moving.
Try it sometime, there is never a profit.
Most do it for fun.
I am not on his level but any print I make I give it away if somebody actually wants one...
Has happened!
Tin Can
Thank you for your kind words, gents.
In previous years, I would shoot portraits for free and charge for prints if people wanted them. The problem was, I would spend weeks scanning negatives and sending out proofs. When orders came in for prints, it was rarely the for the images that I loved. It was a drag setting up the darkroom to print these images and know that I was putting off printing the important work. Now that nothing will be available for sale at any point, I have full control of the process. At one point this past weekend, someone asked if she could have her portrait made standing with one foot on the chair. In the past, I might have made the portrait with the thought that, well, maybe she’ll buy the print. In the event, I told her that I don’t like portraits of people with their feet on chairs, and since I’m not going to print something I don’t like, we shouldn’t make that picture. It was a great moment for me.
I’m going to New York for 12 days for John Coffer’s wet plate workshop and a few days visiting friends and family in the city. I’m planning to shoot another 50 sheets of film, which will round out my summer’s shooting to 300 sheets. I’ll start processing in September. The lovely thing is, when I’m finished, I can begin printing the images I love the most and just keep printing until I get to images that aren’t worth my time of the darkroom. Those images will never see the light of day. This is the way it should be for a hobby. It should be fun and I should be making what I want to make.
Here are the signs I had up in the tent:
Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com
Fantastic!
Bravo!
Tin Can
Please, please don't get me wrong! I find it amazingly commendable that you are doing this for passion. I wish I had the confidence to do portraits like this. Like Tin Can said:
Fantastic!
Bravo!
Not at all! I know the whole thing is a little bit nuts, but I’m 44 years old and I can do this now and I know that won’t always be the case. I figure the next decade or two is my time to go big on this thing. It’s not important in the scheme of things, but it’s fun.Originally Posted by hoffy
Please, please don't get me wrong!
Excellent project. Keep up the great work. Always enjoy seeing updates.
Howard
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