Life has been full of surprises lately. I can’t remember if I mentioned it on this blog yet or not but I just started a new job a few weeks ago so things have been busy. Income will probably be pretty tight for the next year or so while I work on making some life changes, but still, it is a relief to at least have a paycheck I can count on.
That does mean however that my backlog of photographic work is piling up a bit. As I type this I have a stack almost two inches thick of paper negatives I need to scan on the flatbed. It is a fairly tedious task, but I’m excited to share some more of those images soon as I’m becoming quite proud of the work. That is another good feeling in life. Making photographs one feels proud of.
In the meantime here is an older image that I’ve never shared on-line. I made this image with my old Mamiya 645e that I sold a couple of years ago. Sometimes I miss that camera. Though I never totally bonded with it there were times where it had some advantages. The aperture priority auto exposure was shockingly accurate, even in very contrasty lighting situations and I’m not sure I ever had a negative come out of that camera with a bad exposure. This image is a perfect example. Lots of heavy shadows and very light spots with the flood light pointed directly at the model’s back. I wasn’t thinking at all about the metering when I made this image and I just let the Mamiya 645e do the thinking for me. Not too shabby!
Anyway, more updates soon as I can get to them.