Always nice to read others' takes on photography. I am jealous of both of you, living in such a cool area. Of course maybe people think the same about the swamp I live in but I'm sick of it (though I did shoot 3 rolls of film after massive flooding around the river here...).
Bryan,
The grass is always greener. As proof, I do see your photos of the swamps as exotic. I've only been to the South once, and that was to drive my ailing aunt out from Tallahassee to California so I only saw what was visible from Interstate 10.
I will admit that Portland, and Oregon in general, have a lot of diverse photo opportunities, but I think that can be said of anywhere. Being sick of a subject or a location is the worst curse of all, because you become blind to what's in front of you. I've been in that frame of mind, and it's a tough one to shake.
Jonathan
But you've got kudzu. I'd go crazy photographing kudzu!Originally Posted by Corran
I mean crazy in a good way-that stuff is fascinating.
Ha! I can't stand that stuff. Anyway, it's more in the Atlanta area. We've got Spanish Moss down here which is okay.
Jonathan is right, grass is greener and all that. I just wish I got more vacation time to go places! I will have to visit Oregon someday.
Did you say Spanish?
Here's my kid in the woods.
Beautiful, Ramiro. Looks like something out of a fairy tale.
Jonathan
Photographer, Mirror Portrait
Gelatin-silver photograph on Kodak Polymax Fine Art FB VC, image area 16.2cmX12.1cm, from a Ilford FP4+ negative exposed in a Mamiya C330 twin lens reflex camera with a 80mm f2.8 lens.
Photography:first utterance. Sir John Herschel, 14 March 1839 at the Royal Society. "...Photography or the application of the Chemical rays of light to the purpose of pictorial representation,..".
Downtown Albany, GA, as seen from the Albany Municipal Auditorium front doors between rehearsals of the local Albany Symphony that I perform with. It was raining and a really drab day. I am still experimenting with TMX, and this was shot with those tests in mind - this time, I used T-Max Developer, not the RS type, at a 1:39 dilution, semi-stand for one hour. Rated at 100. I am happy with how it turned out, but still tweaking. Oh yeah, taken with my Nikon SP rangefinder and 50mm f/1.4 lens:
A few fast ones from a costume party this weekend:
The Queen of Hearts:
The Ninja:
Plastic Army guy:
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