Pinhole day Extra

I found an extra shot I'd lost track of. So that makes a total of seven. 

This is a group of re-enactors in their camp. 17th century camping in snow is not a lot of fun! 

Specifics: Image made with a Travelwide 4x5 camera and a f/285 pinhole, film is Fuji Neopan Acros 100 4x5 sheet film. Normal development with Clayton F76+ developer.

Pinhole day #6

This is the sixth image of six made for the 2018 International Pinhole day, which was Sunday April 29th of this year. 

A view of the central courtyard and tower from a higher angle. Fort Lancaster is a recreation of the 1840's trading fort that was located in what is now Fort Lupton Colorado. The fort was created by the The South Platte Valley Historical Society using building methods of the time. 

Specifics: Image made with a Travelwide 4x5 camera and a f/285 pinhole, film is Fuji Neopan Acros 100 4x5 sheet film. Normal development with Clayton F76+ developer.

Pinhole day #5

This is the fifth image of six made for the 2018 International Pinhole day, which was Sunday April 29th of this year. 

 This is another angle of the central courtyard and tower. Fort Lancaster is a recreation of the 1840's trading fort that was located in what is now Fort Lupton Colorado. The fort was created by the The South Platte Valley Historical Society using building methods of the time. 

 Specifics: Image made with a Travelwide 4x5 camera and a f/285 pinhole, film is Fuji Neopan Acros 100 4x5 sheet film. Normal development with Clayton F76+ developer.

Pinhole day #4

This is the fourth image of six made for the 2018 International Pinhole day, which was Sunday April 29th of this year. 

 Farm house near Fort Lancaster. This historic farm house was in danger of being demolished and was moved to the South Platte Valley Historical Society property for preservation. 

 Specifics: Image made with a Travelwide 4x5 camera and a f/285 pinhole, film is Fuji Neopan Acros 100 4x5 sheet film. Normal development with Clayton F76+ developer.

Pinhole day #3

This is the third image of six made for the 2018 International Pinhole day, which was Sunday April 29th of this year. 

Stairs up to the well tower at Fort Lancaster. The fort is a recreation of the 1840's trading fort located in what is now Fort Lupton Colorado. The fort was created by the The South Platte Valley Historical Society using building methods of the time. 

Specifics: Image made with a Travelwide 4x5 camera and a f/285 pinhole, film is Fuji Neopan Acros 100 4x5 sheet film. Normal development with Clayton F76+ developer.

Pinhole day #2

This is the second image of six made for the 2018 International Pinhole day, which was Sunday April 29th of this year. 

 Central courtyard and tower of Fort Lancaster, a recreation of the 1840's trading fort located in what is now Fort Lupton Colorado. The fort was created by the The South Platte Valley Historical Society using building methods of the time. 

Specifics: Image made with a Travelwide 4x5 camera and a f/285 pinhole, film is Fuji Neopan Acros 100 4x5 sheet film. Normal development with Clayton F76+ developer.

Pinhole day #1

This is the first image of six made for the 2018 International Pinhole day, which was Sunday April 29th of this year. 

 Central courtyard and tower of Fort Lancaster, a recreation of the 1840's trading fort located in what is now Fort Lupton Colorado. The fort was created by the The South Platte Valley Historical Society using building methods of the time. 

Specifics: Image made with a Travelwide 4x5 camera and a f/285 pinhole, film is Fuji Neopan Acros 100 4x5 sheet film. Normal development with Clayton F76+ developer.

Roundhouse

Interior shot of the old railroad roundhouse in Como Colorado. Once a year they open all of the historic buildings. Lots of great things too photograph.

Bristlecone Pines

A handful of Bristlecone Pine shots taken in South Park Colorado. 

Grand Kiva, Aztec National Monument

Rebuilt Grand Kiva at the Aztec National Monument.

Lake Marie, Snowy Range WY

Here are two shots of Lake Marie in the Snowy Range of WY taken back in August of this year. Never been to the Snowy Range before.

Waneka Lake Tree #2

Another shot taken with the new Atomic-X film of tree roots along the lake shore. 

Waneka Lake trees

Playing with a new film called Atomic-X. It is designed to new like the old Plus-X film I used when I first learned B&W photography in the late 70's.

Virginia City Montana Adobe

An old adobe meeting house in Virginia City Montana. Photographed in early morning light. It was hard to get this structure without cars parked in front of it.

Photographer’s Formulary Barn

The Photographer’s Formulary in Montana has this great barn. I had intended to make a few shots, but time and the light got away from me and only make this one. Its dusk and the light is fading.

Forest at Swan Lake

Two takes on the forest around Swan Lake. the first is digital IR, while the second is black and white film.

Swan Lake in Black and White

As a reprise to yesterday's post, here is yesterday's location in traditional B&W.

Holland Lake

Spent a week in Montana at a B&W Photography/Printing workshop led by Nathan McCreery, and hosted at the Photographer’s Formulary. We focused on shooting and printing B&W film. The Photographer’s Formulary has a full darkroom at their facility with professional grade printers. Learned a new way to shoot using the zone system and a spotmeter, developed many rolls and sheets of film. 

 The biggest lesson learned here is that making a good negative to print is much harder than making a negative that scans well. I’d been pretty happy with the results from scaning my negatives the last couple of years. It was only when I tried to print some of these that I realized that they weren’t actually exposed as well as I thought. This experience has gotten me to realize that I need to be more careful with my exposures and need to make physical prints more often.


This image was made at Holland Lake near sunset.

The photograph was made with my B&J 4×5 press camera, 150 mm lens, Ilford Delta Pro 100 film, developed in Ilford DD-X developer and scanned on an Epson V700 flatbed scanner.

Forest within a forest

I'm on week 24 of my 52 rolls project. So that puts me about a month behind on posts.

In week 24 I posted a photograph I made this June in Montana while attending a B&W Photography/Printing workshop hosted at the Photographer’s Formulary. The workshop was led by a New Mexican landscape photographer by the name of Nathan McCreery and focused on film shooting technique and printing negatives.

This image came about after the light at the primary location had gotten too strong. We had gotten up just after sunrise to shoot a nearby location called Swan Lake. Once the light on the lake had gotten too harsh, I headed with my camera down a disused trail, and happened on this scene of a pair of trees growing out of a trunk. Scenes like this always make me contemplate the tenacity of life. So I made this image. 

T he photograph was made with my B&J 4×5 press camera, 150 mm lens, Ilford Delta Pro 100 film, developed in PMK PYRO developer and scanned on an Epson V700 flatbed scanner.

Cherryvale Barn #2

A second view of the Cherryvale building and silo.

Here is a blow up of the image.