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Road Portraits

March 25, 2015 in Black and White Film, Photo Sessions

I need to make time for a proper blog entry and I promise I will be doing so soon. Life has been busy as of late, especially after driving a couple thousand miles from Portland to Phoenix. It was a long and grueling journey spent with some amazing company. I'll have more pictures from the trip to post in the near future but in the meantime these two images stood out from the rest. 

If nothing else, they illustrate what tends to happen when you force someone to pose for a portrait in the early morning hours. I think the twenty hours of driving we had ahead of us was on both our minds, not to mention the drive through the desert still present in our memory. The result? A big giant yawn as I burned through frames of film.  

A little side note possibly worth mentioning, I've started to work with a 35mm rangefinder again. I've ignored my rangefinders for nearly two years now but recently decided to pick one of them up again. It feels good using such a small and precise instrument again. 

Tags: Portrait, Black and White Film, Ilford Delta 100, Leica M, Window Light
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#filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #fineart #hasselblad #analogphotography #darkroom #oregon #portland #pdx #morning #sunrise
Evidently I live in a city "under siege". I don't know, looks rather tranquil to me. 

Portland has its share of problems. Drug abuse and homelessness being two very large ones. Federal Troops and ICE aren't going to do a single thing to he
Trees in the summer time reaching to the sky hoping for a little bit of a breeze. 
.
#filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #hasselblad #mediumformat #oregon #pacificnorthwest I'm back home after some wonderful travel time. Back to the grind today. I'm hoping to ease into regular life but I have a feeling it's going to feel more like a wrecking ball crashing into my brain. 
.
#filmphotography #olympus #35mmfilm #ohio #colu Enjoying a little outdoor time with a backpack full of film and a full tank of gas. 
.
#filmphotography #hasselblad #blackandwhitefilm #fineart #oregon #pacificnorthwest #mediumformat #outdoors #darkroom #analogphotography I think I've officially hit that age when I can no longer keep up with the changing world. I honestly don't think this is a bad thing necessarily. If the world wants AI, and smart watches, and META glasses, it can have it. I'll just be doing my thing This was one of those days that felt like summer before summer was the cool kid in the class. 
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#filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #fineart #hasselblad #oregon #columbiariver #ilford #mediumformat #portrait #darkroom #analogphotography Pre-dawn journey to the office. Sometimes the birds keep a watchful eye on everything while most people are sleeping. 
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#filmphotography #35mmfilm #blackandwhitefilm #portland #pdx #morning #dawn #sunrise #streetphotography Making photographs in blank spaces is always such a different mindset. Not necessarily bad, or good, or better, or worse, just different. 
.
#filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #hasselblad #portland #pdx #fineart #mediumformat #ilford #darkroom #anal Thank you Portland. 
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#nokings #nokingsrally #portland #pdx #streetphotography #35mmfilm #blackandwhitefilm #analogphotography I can pull off a cowboy hat sometimes. I like to walk around in a flannel shirt and a ten gallon hat and a camera attached to my hip. All I'm missing is the horse. Evidently my cool factor only goes to 8 and not to 11. 
.
#colorfilm #selfportrait #po I always find the lighting on the hottest days to be the most difficult to work with. A little bit of persistence always wins the day though, which seems to be my theme lately. 
.
#filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #oregon #outdoors #landscape #hass It was colder than we would have liked, and the light was dimmer than I expected, but with a little perseverance we managed to make it all work. Sometimes that is what you've got to do. If that wasn't the case, we probably wouldn't do it all. 
.
#fil More murals on the inner east side of Portland. So much great art on public view for anyone willing to brave the outdoors. 
.
#filmphotography #hasselblad #streetart #streetphotography #mural #portland #pdx #eastside #ilford #rodinal #darkroom I'm looking forward to that wonderful light of the fall season. Beautifully subdued from every direction. 
.
#filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #fineart #studio #portland #pdx #oregon #chinatown #mamiyarz67 #mediumformat #analogphotography #darkroom Looking into the sun on a summer morning. I'm a little surprised I pulled off the exposure here so well. 
.
#filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #fineart #hasselblad #analogphotography #darkroom #oregon #portland #pdx #morning #sunrise Evidently I live in a city "under siege". I don't know, looks rather tranquil to me. 

Portland has its share of problems. Drug abuse and homelessness being two very large ones. Federal Troops and ICE aren't going to do a single thing to he