Journal

  • 35mm – Music and Grain

    I love bringing a camera along to concerts. Even better if it’s a film camera with some black and white loaded. These days, it is a toss up if they even let you in the door with a digital camera, but a film camera usually starts a conversation. “Hey, that’s a cool camera!” One door…

  • Traveling with a Journal + How I organize film

    About a year ago, I received one of the greatest gifts ever, a travelers notebook. Up until that point, I had an array of notebooks in different sizes and formats. Never uniform, tidy or consistent. They were a pain to carry and rarely used consecutively. I would journal a day or two then skip a…

  • Dandelion Days

    You would think the dandelion would play a larger role in Hollywood movies as a villain the way suburbanites treat them. The way they spray their lawns, constantly monitor and scoffing at the neighbor that doesn’t care. The thing is, they are far from evil. To some, they are a path to a wish, an…

  • My Monochrome Manifest

    Maybe I was born in the wrong era or just simply get confused by color. Color confusion? Is that like the opposite of color blind where too many colors overwhelm you? Maybe. Sorry if you are colorblind. I prefer black and white. Something about the simplicity of just tones and light with all distractions removed.…

  • Winter Scenes in the Warming Weather

    I have a lot of film I developed recently with winter scenes. Part of me loves them, but part of me disregards them with the warming weather. Nonetheless, there is something magical about black and white film and winter. 95% of these were taken within a block from my house. One great part about winter…

  • Off the Screen and in your Hands

    The hardest thing to do is to start. Sometimes I feel like I have all this energy and ideas, only to pull out a piece of paper and realize it’s blank. Purpose gives you direction In the case of this project, I knew what I wanted to do, but not what I was going to…

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