Shamrock Inn

Yes Alec, it's another photo blog.

China Toy

This little toy camera is quite interesting. The Holga shoots 120 mm film, a larger format than the typical 35mm, yet it is constructed from plastic.

The reason I want one (desperately) is the unpredictable and surreal quality of the images it produces. Shooting with a Holga is a risk, the control over the settings that we get with digital cameras isn't there.
But the results?
Oh unexpected, lovely, creepy, flawed, beautiful.

It seems like photographers today are obsessed with the mechanics of photography and not the idea of photography. I am not obsessed with quality. I am obsessed with ideas, with feeling and emotion. I thrive on telling a story with a photo.

So, the Holga is on my wish list.
And if we ever move out of the shed, I'll make a darkroom.

Springtime yet again

Hana Haley: Part Two

http://nylonjuvenile.deviantart.com/

Go look at her gallery! She'll knock your socks off.
Also, she just did some work with Rosaline Crow. She is a model that I find extremely beautiful and hails from our very own Seattle, WA.
Ms. Crow's eyebrows are to die for.

Hana Haley

I visited Portland last weekend with my good friends. The reason for the trip was to meet up with some photographers that had contacted me for shoots.
I met Hana Haley, or (http://nylonjuvenile.deviantart.com/) and we collaborated on some awesome stuff.
She is such an inspiration. Her massive collection of cameras was impressive and her artistic vision even more so.
Here are some photos from our shoots:

A random conglomerate of photographs

Pin Up Girl

Miss Shepherd, don't make me remove those little shorts.