February 2012
7 posts
A Ghost and a Mirage
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Nikon D40 18mm, f/16, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200
The Darkness in You
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Nikon D40 18mm, f/16, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200
Frigid as the Day She Left
This photograph was made when I went roadtripping across the Southwestern United States back in the summer of 2011.
This photograph was taken at Arches National Park just outside of Moab, Utah. The drive around the park truly is amazing; the National Park Service should consider using it as another advertisement point for Arches.
Nikon D40 55mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO 200
A Path Gone Down Twice
This photograph was made when I went roadtripping across the Southwestern United States back in the summer of 2011.
This photograph was taken at Carlsbad Caverns just outside of Carlsbad, New Mexico. It’s a wonderful walk around the cave with natural structures that are just completely unreal.
Nikon D40 18mm, f/8, 26.2 sec, ISO 400
The Parting of Souls Gone Black
This photograph was made when I went roadtripping across the Southwestern United States back in the summer of 2011.
This photograph was taken at Carlsbad Caverns just outside of Carlsbad, New Mexico. It’s a wonderful walk around the cave with natural structures that are just completely unreal.
Nikon D40 18mm, f/8, 30 sec, ISO 400
The Man He Used To Be
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Nikon D40 50mm, f/2, 1/40 sec, ISO 400
The Ghoul I Won't Remember
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Nikon D40 50mm, f/2, 1/160 sec, ISO 400
January 2012
16 posts
The Ghoul I Don't Remember
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Nikon D40 50mm, f/2, 1/50 sec, ISO 400
Fall, Plate III
Nikon D40 35mm, f/1.8, 1/40 sec, ISO 400
Guarded by Thermopylae
Plate I Nikon D40 35mm, f/2.8, 1/400 sec, ISO 200
Back in March of last year, I was in the Government Center area looking to shoot some street scenes in the college-visiting-tourist high season. I noticed the light on the JFK Building and went over to shoot it. At the time, I’d forgotten that it was a federal building and taking images of the building would likely be frowned upon....
Whispers of White
Nikon D40 35mm, f/11, 1/640 sec, ISO 200
How the Times Have Changed
Nikon D40 50mm, f/2.8, 1/640 sec, ISO 200
Tracking Dirt and Shame
Nikon D40 50mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 sec, ISO 200
For a Tomorrow Worth Naught At All
Nikon D40 50mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, ISO 200
Pant Dance
I was walking around the Boston University student union way back in February 2011 and I loved how the woman in the photography was standing in the best lit part of The Link. She was originally standing in tableaux with an expression of longing on her face, but by the time I had the Bronica focussed and ready to shoot, she’d begun to perform the unmistakable Pant Dance.
Bronica ETRSi,...
Keys for Tomorrow
Nikon D40 35mm, f/2.8, 1/80 sec, ISO 200
Earth, Water, Air, and Steel
Nikon D40 35mm, f/8, 30 sec, ISO 200
Chihuly's Colorful Crystal Coppice
“I’d seen a chandelier in a restaurant in Barcelona when I was traveling. The chandelier was hanging at eye level. It was really beautiful. When you sat down to eat you looked underneath it, and it acted as a centerpiece for the table. I loved this idea of hanging a chandelier at eye level. And it triggered something that said, I now can make a chandelier, because it doesn’t have to be...
Hung Out to Dry
Georgia O’Keeffe - “Deer’s Skull with Pedernal” (1936)
Your Name in Lights
The DMUBoston Meetup was 441 days ago today (that’s 63 weeks!) and I’m FINALLY posting my last photograph from the weekend.
The weekend of October 22nd to October 25th, 2010 was by long and far the most amazing weekend of my life (photographically speaking, that is). A massive group of photographers from across the US and Canada came to Boston for the sole intent of photographing...
Blink Once for Yes
For the first time since October 2010, I have no photos left to process. The DMUBoston Meetup photos are done. The NYC with Mo photos are done. The Houston with TH photos are done. The Southwest USA Road Trip photos are done. The vacation photos and all the other things are done. All this really means is that I need to start posting these photos and that I need to start shooting again.
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Open Doors
The DMUBoston Meetup was over a year ago and I’m still posting photos from it.
Simmons Hall, designed by Steven Holl and dedicated in 2002, is one of the dormitories at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At the cost of $78.5 million, it is MIT’s most expensive dorm. There are a total of 5500 2’ x 2’ windows like those shown here on the facade of the building...
Remains at the End of the Century
Three Greenway Plaza is one of the ten buildings in Greenway Plaza, a 50-acre campus alond the Southwest Freeway. Greenway Plaza is Houston’s first master-planned business-commercial-residential complex developed by the late Kenneth Schnitzer. In the days following the grand opening in 1973, Bill Schadewald of the Houston Press said that Greenway Plaza- with its office towers, retail...
December 2011
2 posts
The Shame in Your Defeat
I made this photograph when I met up with Garry Nixon back in early November. This tyrannosaurus rex stands guard outside of the Boston Museum of Science.
Mamiya C220, 80mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec Kodak Tri-X 400 pushed to 800, Sprint Standard (1:9), 15min Epson 4490
An Education in Chinese Culture
Meet Garry Nixon, also known as Pig Sty Avenue. Garry is a DMU regular and opened the local watering hole there a couple years ago. I had the pleasure of meeting up with him for a couple hours back in early November when he was in town for a business trip (all the way from Shanghai). We didn’t shoot much, but we did have plenty of excellent conversation about China and Chinese culture,...
November 2011
2 posts
If Only You Weren't My Friend (Never Claimed to be...
The DMUBoston Meetup was over a year ago and I’m still posting photos from it.
I’ve been in a strange place photographically for the past couple months. For a while, between the Houston shoot with Thomas Hawk in May and the Road Trip through the Southwestern United States in June and various other trips over the rest of the summer, I fell really far behind in processing. Then I shot...
This One Dream I Had, Plate III
A couple months ago, I decided to pick up a concept project that I thought about starting <i>years</i> ago. The concept is fairly straightforward: a series of photographs depicting characters you may encounter in a dream- or a nightmare, as the case may be.
I’m also a huge fan of the impressionism movement and have been searching for a way to incorporate that into...
October 2011
3 posts
Slightly Vacuous
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
Meet Paul, a.k.a. tapper22, a professor in the greater New York City area. He’s slightly insane, but a wonderful person to meet.
Bronica ETRSi, 75mm, f/8, 1/250 sec Ilford FP4+125 pushed to 200, D-76 1+1, 15min Epson 4490
Looking Towards Tomorrow
Rest in Peace Steve Jobs
Nikon D40 35mm, f/7.1, 1/200 sec, ISO 200
Keep Safe this Earth, Plate II
Plate I
I know it’s been a while since I’ve uploaded photos on a regular basis, but time and I have become distant strangers as of the past few months. I’ll try my hardest to get a few of my backlogged photos rolling out (dating back as far as the DMU Boston meetup in October of 2010), but I can’t promise anything. In the meantime though, here’s my 200th photo...
September 2011
2 posts
To the Heavens Where Your Lips Meet My Cheek
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Williams Tower, formerly known as Transco Tower, is the skyscraper in this photograph. The 902-foot tower is the 4th tallest building in Texas and the 3rd tallest in Houston and, at the time of construction in 1983, was the tallest building in the world outside of a city’s central business district. Regardless of...
A Rock in the Window of Opportunity
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Nikon D40 35mm, f/1.8, 1/250 sec, ISO 800
August 2011
1 post
Not Your Everyday Redhead
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Here’s Thomas Hawk’s shot from the other side.
Nikon D40 50mm, f/2, 1/80 sec, ISO 400
July 2011
3 posts
A Fire in Your Own Heart
Nikon D300 35mm, f/3.2, 1/320 sec, ISO 800
A New York State of Mind
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
Meet Tara, a.k.a. Feeling Croppy, a passionate wife and photographer who’s been living in the New York Area for over 30 years. It was great to meet her and shoot with her.
Bronica ETRSi, 75mm, f/8, 1/250 sec Ilford FP4+125 pushed to 200, D-76 1+1, 15min Epson 4490
Future Discoveries and Past Technologies
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
Meet Ran Zalk, a.k.a. zalkr, a research scientist and avid medium format film photographer.
Bronica ETRSi, 75mm, f/8, 1/250 sec Ilford FP4+125 pushed to 200, D-76 1+1, 15min Epson 4490
June 2011
10 posts
Smoking in Front of Building Entrance
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
I know the composition isn’t perfect, but I was only able to snap a single frame off before the woman in the photograph decided to confront me about taking her photo. When she asked if I had just taken her photo, I replied by saying I had taken a photo of the sign, which isn’t completely false as I never said I didn’t take her photo and my focus...
The American Dream
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
Nikon D40 50mm, f/2, 1/100 sec, ISO 1600
How Canadians Shoot HDR Fisheye Portraits
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
While Steph never quite HDRed the photos she is taking in this photograph, she did make an intentionally-god-awful HDR Fisheye Portrait of Mo which can be seen here*.
*WARNING: The resulting HDR photo cannot be unseen. Consult your opthamologist and/or optometrist before viewing.
Nikon D40 50mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO 200
Four Wing Saltbrush at White Sands National...
I’ve been roadtripping across the Southwestern United States over the last several days and for a couple more days, and I thought it was high time to upload a photo from the trip so far. This photograph was taken at White Sands National Monument just outside Alamogordo, New Mexico. Unfortunately, the park (and bordering highway, US 70) close when the US Military is testing missiles in the...
Paparazzied
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
I originally intended to crop out the person on the left side of the frame but then quickly realized that it was Paul, a.k.a. tapper22, and his arse being pointed in my direction was likely intentional. It’s quite the frightening experience being paparazzied like this.
Nikon D40 50mm, f/4, 1/200 sec, ISO 200
Chihuly's Cerulean Chandelier
“I’d seen a chandelier in a restaurant in Barcelona when I was traveling. The chandelier was hanging at eye level. It was really beautiful. When you sat down to eat you looked underneath it, and it acted as a centerpiece for the table. I loved this idea of hanging a chandelier at eye level. And it triggered something that said, I now can make a chandelier, because it doesn’t have to be...
Connected and Alone, Plate III
Connected and Alone, Plate I Connected and Alone, Plate II
iPhone 4 + Hipstamatic BlacKeys Super Grain film John S lens
Boston Coliseum
Taken during the DMUBoston Meetup last October
Nikon D300 105mm, f/8, 1/640 sec, ISO200
Connected and Alone, Plate II
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
Connected and Alone, Plate I
Nikon D40 50mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200
Fire and Lightning
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup in April
Nikon D700 50mm, f/4, 1/250 sec, ISO 200
May 2011
7 posts
Night Falls on Buffalo Bayou
Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.
Nikon D40 20mm, f/10, 30 sec, ISO 200 ND400 9-stop filter
Reflections of Exponential Splendor and Wealth
Taken during the DMUBoston Meetup last October
Hancock Place, more commonly known as [the new] Hancock Tower, is a 60-story skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to being the tallest building in Boston, the glass monolith is also the tallest structure in New England. Despite its architectural achievements, Hancock Tower is more notorious for its initial engineering problems, most...
Never Too Early for Football or Apple Pie
Aristotle George Agganis, more commonly known as Harry Agganis or the Golden Greek, was a star athlete at Boston University in the early 1950s. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1952 NFL Draft, but when the Boston Red Sox’s owner, Tom Yawkey, offered Agganis a larger contract to play in his hometown, Agganis signed on and played baseball as a first baseman. Boston...
Nothing Laughter Could Not Drown
Taken at the NYC with Mo Meetup
Meet Tom Harrison, a computer geek, photographer, and all around swell fellow.
Bronica ETRSi, 75mm, f/4, 1/60 sec Ilford FP4+125 pushed to 200, D-76 1+1, 15min Epson 4490