So, I’m revealing a new mini-series that I’ve been working on. The PoNe.

PoNe stands for PositiveNegative. The idea for this is unknown. I just felt like exploring how things look in both forms. At first I was just going to do a series of nothing but negatives but I think looking at both forms will allow you to appreciate both. I don’t know, I might change it back to nothing but negatives.

We’ll see.

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Taken in Cedar Hill, Texas.

Get up Get out and Get sum’n.

So while shooting the above photograph, I was hanging out a window on a PERFECT day in Dallas, Texas. Then out of no where this boat flies into the frame and the focus hit dead on in time for the shot. Couldn’t have asked for a luckier event. My theory is the more you shoot, the more lucky shots like this you get.

This photograph was also taken in Dallas. Shot on a tripod with a Mamiya RB 67 with Fuji Provia film.

I converted it to black and white because it looked really blah in color. Who knew.

I’d love to own a Mamiya RB67 but the cost of those are ridiculous not to mention the cost of film/processing/scanning.

 This photograph was taken with my beloved Holga camera in Woodward Park. Tulsa. Oklahoma.

Shot on a tripod using the bulb setting. I wish the Holgas came with a T setting. T for time. Time gives you the ability to open the shutter and keep it open for as long as you want with one click, then click again and the shutter closes. This would allow for far greater control on my long exposures and a little more freedom and safety. The bulb setting means that I must stand and hold the Holga shutter(which is in a weird spot) for a long amount of time WHILE trying not to shake and ruin the exposure. 

I promised myself I wouldn’t share my Holga work on the blog until I had the new work processed but I can’t hold on any longer. Holga talk is my favorite kinda photo talk and it sparks creativity. So without further riff raff, here’s the first Holga photo that sparked my interest in creating images with the Holga that were three or more images shot together on one piece of film. Nothing in the photograph is put together using Photoshop. All in camera.

I’d like to shoot more of these Holga photographs but now that I’m out of school and on my own, the cost of processing and scanning(talk about horrible scanning jobs) is very high when working on a tight budget. I’ve been vowing to process the two or three rolls of other Holga rolls I have like this but I’d want to be able to scan the images myself on a flat-bed scanner.

That’s it..tomorrow.. I’m taking a roll and getting it processed. I’ve talked myself into it. I’ll at least be able to see how they turned out and worry about scanning some other day and time and place.

Stay on the look out!

Peace.