This is a venting post after 3 extremely frustrating weeks. I ramble too……..So, you may just want to skip on past this one and wait for a happy photographic post or something. I’m sure if you visited the Blogess site …
Something Robotic This Way Comes…..
I always knew C.S. Fritz was larger than life……now his giant robots have found new life. And some are large as life! That’s right, the robots have come off the canvas! New miniature metallic robot creations have found their way …
I’ve got one year to prepare……
That’s right. Today I hit the big 39! Eeek! Only a year away from……well, you know. Seeing Ian on a daily basis tells me what I have to look forward to. Since his funeral for his 30’s things have taken …
Calibration Day!
Okay, I think I’ve just made up a new holiday or something. See, my entire morning was spent calibrating! New print heads, new inks, and not in one printer, but two! And when you swap heads or inks guess what …
Portrait Sessions with Rich Charpentier – Just in time for the holidays
This past weekend’s photo shoot with Jantina had a larger purpose in mind beyond getting some nice photos of one of my business partners. In reality, I was trying out a new lighting assistant and deciding weather or not to …
Photographing people in a busy downtown does have its perils!
Shooting around Prescott Sunday morning with Jantina was fun. I’ve got some good locations in mind for portrait work here in town, and that’s exciting. Often I see photographer after photographer here in the Firehouse Plaza, and I really don’t …
3 people wandering around with one light and a few cameras
This morning I went out to practice a little portrait work. Everybody needs practice you know! Jantina and Elliot came along to give me a hand. Jantina played model, and Elliot played VAL. VAL means Voice Activated Lightstand. Elliot did …
Just a few things to do this morning…..Translation….my oh my I’m busy today!
At it bright and early this morning. A good deal to do. Several paintings to shoot, and then found I was dissatisfied with my results so had to re-shoot. We’ll see what I think of the results shortly. On top …
Cleaning up from a positive film scan – Another step in painting reproductions
Recently I posted about part of the process in creating reproductions of paintings. Today we’re going to talk about another part of the process. Positive film scans Often painters have their large paintings photographed on 4×5 positive film. My partner …