My first run at shooting fashion with a polaroid 320 land camera.  Found this camera in a thrift shop in California for $12.00.. I actually forgot to bring more film for this camera during the Rock Chic shoot.   Ooops.. I did fire off some holga shots as well.  Looking forward to checking out what [...]

I wanted to post a few more photographs from my shoot with Helene (model) and Melissa (makeup).  I will be adding more the gallery after I get all the film developed but here are the bulk of the digital images. Wardrobe consisted of mostly Thrift Store Fashion Finds.  Shoes came from my closet and jewelry from [...]

Finally connected with Helene Veldman (model) for a fun shoot.  Sneak peek of our Rock and Roll shoot.  Thank you Jeffery for allowing us to borrow your 1970 Buick Skylark and playing some great tunes during the shoot.  Melissa Hurley on MakeUp, lighting and everything else… Looking forward to checking out if I was able [...]

Hawaii Beautifully Bent is a collection of photographs taken around the Hawaiian Islands. Bent is the light, the lens distortion and color palette. Photographs were captured with Nikon D200, Nikon D700, and various toy cameras. I used ultra wide angle lenses, regular zooms, old manual Nikkors and modified toy camera lenses mounted on my D200. On camera filters were used including COKIN and Hoya to Adobe Photoshop filters and texture overlays.

I have been playing with film grain techniques now for sometime on my digital images.  I love the look and feel of film and, of course, there is nothing like the real thing, baby.   I just want to get close.  Real close to creating a solid film look using digital. Here is another attempt [...]

I continue working to try and reproduce film grain on my digital shots.  I have a few overlays that I use along with a few steps in the processing workflow.  I am thus far satisfied with the results but alas, still a work in progress. Click here on on image for larger view. All Content [...]