New Stuff!
I finally had an opportunity to do some new images since taking a break over the winter. Yeah, I know its July now, but I had a slow start getting moving again.
I received a message awhile back from a photographer on Model Mayhem who was going to be traveling thru Missouri on a photo excursion in mid-July. He and two photographer friends do this once every year or two and they bring a model with them. They wanted to stop and visit with me while they were in town, as well as shoot some photos. I was all for it, so over the weekend of July 12th I met up with these guys.
Patrick Alt is a large format photographer out of Los Angeles. He is also a master of the platinum printing process. Along with him were Steve Raines of Wyoming, and Robert Finley from Oklahoma, both large format photographers and master’s of the platinum printing process as well. They brought along Ms. Erin Wilson, a model who does mostly nudes from the San Francisco bay area. Erin is also a phoographer who shoots medium format on her own projects. I set us up to shoot on Saturday morning at the old Renz Farm prison across the river from Jefferson City. Erin does mostly nude modeling, so it was a great opportunity for me to get some nudes into my portfolio. On Sunday, we went to Frankenstein, MO to shoot at an old abandoned farm house the guys found on their way into town. Below are a couple plates from the weekend.
Hanging around these guys really got me interested in trying to make prints again. Back in 2006 I gave printmaking a try with Van Dyke Brown prints and Salt prints. I really liked how easy salt prints were to make, and I think if I could get a good negative, I could make some really nice ones. I might take a weekend to try doing some landscapes and make negatives and see how I do. Salt prints are really easy, and I have all the stuff to do them (as does any wet-plate photographer), so it would be easy to give them a try over a sunny weekend.




