Film Question/’Poll’ – 160VC vs. untested Ektar 100

I am more than likely going to be taking my hasselblad to Africa with me (I know, heavy, clunky etc. etc. but we get along so so nicely) and I need to figure out which film to take with me.  I have been shooting 160VC for some time now and am comfortable with it but I really really like what I am seeing from the new Ektar 100.  I have a propack here at the house that I need to test next week and get processed.  Depending on those results, I guess I will make my decision but I am leaning heavily towards the Ektar 100.  Nothing like a leap of faith into the Dark Heart of Africa with strange emulsions….

Nice review courtesy of FractionMag

I received an email from David over at Fraction Magazine this morning alerting me to quite the nice review of my work and recent participation in CroticalMass.  I believe it is the second (as of right now) entry down on the page here.  He makes a good point, you should buy some of my work, just email me…

Also, a new gallery went active on my site late last night.  It is a new project titled ‘The American Weekend’ and is in its infant stages but will be a good series to watch.

 

 

Simple pleasures

I have a large spider that has taken up residence on my front porch between the wall and the eave and me and my roommate have been steadily feeding it a healthy diet of months and other small insectoids that visit our front porch light.  I honestly believe that I have watched this thing double in size in the last 2 weeks.  Simple pleasures.

I totally screwed the pooch…

Man, I totally forgot to enter for the Too Much Chocolate/Kodak Film Grant.  I had weeks to enter but kept putting it off.  So, to whoever wins it, congrats and enjoy the film.  Ill have it next year…

Wow, 2009 is being good to me…

Just wanted to give a quick update as to some things that are going on with me right now.  It looks like Burn magazine and Daylight Magazine both want to run portfolios of mine here in the very near future.  It also looks like Daylight is going to be ‘interviewing’ me and having the audio overlaid onto the slide show of my images.  Pretty cool.

Now, I also found out tonight that I am for sure, 100% going to Africa (Ethiopia) for 5 weeks to work and then heading over to ride the Ore Train in Mauritania.  So, on that note, there will be a 3-4 month hiatus in posting.  I will have someone helping me out with emails while gone so, if it is important (like work related…) please, don’t hesitate to get ahold of me.  I leave mid-November and return late January.

Audio+Visual

Since I am heading to Africa soon, I have been thinking about combining some audio along with my stills so as to help the narrative that I will be producing.  So, if anyone has any experience with doing this, especially in a third world/humanitarian setting, please, let me know what your thoughts are and any suggestions would be helpful.

Old images

Kinda fun, just messing around.  One is Yosemite, the other NW Portland.  The new scans that I am getting off my wet mount scanner are just awesome.

An absence now rectified

I have been inactive for some time on this blog, mainly due to being stupid busy and entertaining out of town guests.  Ill elaborate further at a later date but here are some new scans from last night that I shot about 2 weeks ago.

Contact sheets from the last two weekends.

Lots of film.  More to come as I process the last 6 or so rolls of B/W.  It has been nice shooting film at this volume again as it has been oddly liberating.  I think it has something to do with the pace of shooting that comes from having to stop and reload fairly often.  Sure, I miss some shots and I look like a fool fumbling around with all the film and open camera backs and on and on but I love it.

Arts in the Airport show is up

Just a quickie note to let everyone know that I have 10 pieces hanging in Terminal C over by starbucks in the Nashville Airport (BNA).  So, if you are flying in or out or find yourself at the airport for no reason (why?) go take a look at the images.  I have heard from a few folks that the show looks good but I have yet to get over and see for myself.  Ill be posting actual images from the show soon once I receive them from the powers that be but until then, here is what is up (also can be found here).