Solstice #3

Hamilton, MA
Holga 120N
Another version is here.

Morning Walk, Late Autumn

A landmark along the trail of my daily, early morning dog walk.
Middlesex Fells Reservation, Stoneham, MA
Holga 120N

Orchard (aluminum roof flashing transfer)

Ink transfer to aluminum roof flashing. Original shot with a Brownie Hawkeye Flash with a flipped lens. Another transfer to baltic birch wood (which I prefer) is here.

Punctuation

Brownie Hawkeye Flash with inverted lens plus forty year old film.
Lower Darnley, PEI
This image printed on distressed aluminum is here.

Makeshift Tree

Andover, MA
Brownie Hawkeye Flash with flipped lens
A Holga version is here.

Deafening Silence #6

More from the abandoned satellite dish site. North Andover, MA
Holga 120N

Three Trees and Two Birdhouses

Hamilton, MA
Holga 120N

Deafening Silence

North Andover, MA
Holga 120N

Rushmore

Boston, MA
Holga 120S

Possibly Eight Trees

Appleton Farms Grass Rides
Hamilton, MA
Agfa Isoly with inverted Holga lens

Photo Nights Boston Blog

A bit of publicity from my friend Dave Bradley on the Photo Nights Boston blog.
http://www.photonightsboston.com/blog/2012/random-photo-news-thoughts-and-oddities/
I love being called a photographic "oddity".

Accelerated Autumn #3

Gloucester, MA
Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash with flipped lens

Distant Sun

Stoneham, MA
Holga 120N

Emulsion lift onto stone paper

Emulsion lift onto "stone" paper
Original shot with a Diana camera clone called an "Anny". This has somehow become my test image for transfers. I flipped the image again this time.

Little People #4

Lower Darnley, Prince Edward Island
Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash with inverted lens

Cape Tryon Fence

Cape Tryon, Prince Edward Island
Efke infrared film in a Holga 120N

Dune Path

Crossing the parabolic dunes of the national park in Greenwich, Prince Edward Island.
Holga 120N

Washed In #2

Taken at the Greenwich section of the National Seashore in Prince Edward Island.
Holga 120N

Dry Pool

Woodleigh Replicas, Burlington, Prince Edward Island. Holga 120N

Holga Out of the Box Show

Two of my images, "The Last Stand" (top) and "Vernal Pool", were selected by juror Michael Kenna for the annual upcoming "Holga Out of the Box" show at the TCC Gallery in Longview, TX. The show opens on October 4 and runs through November 30. I've always been an admirer of Michael Kenna's landscapes, so I am extremely honored to be included in this show.

Fork

Inkjet transfer to baltic birch. Original shot with a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash with a flipped lens.

2012 Friends of the Fells Show

 I will be showing two of my Holga images in this year's Celebration of the Fells show at the Beebe Estate Gallery in Melrose, MA.  The show will run for the month of September with an opening reception on Friday, Sept. 7 from 7-9pm. This show includes not only photography, but paintings, textiles and mixed media as well. My images are titled "Bear Hill Tower" and "Six Rocks", both taken within the Middlesex Fells Reservation.

Woodleigh Row

Burlington, Prince Edward Island
Holga 120N

Alpha

Efke infrared film in a Holga. Hoya infrared filter. Hand held for about a one second exposure.
Lower Darnley, PEI

Toyed With Show

I am happy (and damn lucky) that two of my images will be in this year's Toyed With Show at the Open Shutter Gallery in Durango, Colorado. The show runs from August 3 through September 3 (with an August 3 opening). My images were both shot with a Holga 120N and are titled "Balancing Act" and "Off Season". "Balancing Act" is an image of a boy in a clear vinyl bubble at a water park ride and "Off Season" is a recent shot of lobster traps in Gloucester, MA. This is the third year that there has been a Toyed With show and this is the third straight year that I have been fortunate to have images in the show.

Among Trees Show

My image (now titled) "Afloat" has been accepted into the "Among Trees" show at the Dark Room Gallery in Essex Junction, VT. The juror for this show was Beth Moon. The show will run from August 2 through August 26.
This particular image is an ink transfer onto baltic birch plywood and coated with several coats of polyurethane.

Glimpse

Middlesex Fells Reservation
Stoneham, MA
Imperial Reflex (Boy Scout edition)
I originally thought that this was a handheld exposure on "B", but now I'm pretty sure it's a double exposure.

Victorian Death Trip

Ipswich, MA
Holga 120N
Different shot of this scene here.

Plastic Fantastic III Show

The Plastic Fantastic III show, which includes two of my images, is now online. If you can't make it to Astoria, Oregon before July 7th, you can check out all of the images here.

Beach Day transfer to aluminum

Another older image reincarnated as an ink transfer onto aluminum roof flashing. The original was shot with a Diana camera clone called an "Anny" camera. I also rotated the original image which can be found here.

Winter Weeds ink transfer onto aluminum

An image I shot with a holga a couple of years ago. It now has a new life as an ink transfer onto aluminum roof flashing. Lots of bubbles and imperfections, just the way I like them.

Unguarded

Rumney Marsh, Revere, MA
Holga 120N

Bloodbath #1

Boston, MA
Holga 120N

Plastic Fantastic III Show

 I am happy to say that two of my images (both seen here previously),
"Birdwatchers" and "The Clearing",
have been accepted into the Plastic Fantastic III Show at the Lightbox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, OR.
All of the images for the show will eventually be posted on the gallery's site, but for now, more info about the show and gallery can be found here.
Birdwatchers is a holga shot made in September, 2011 and The Clearing was made recently with a Brownie Hawkeye Flash camera with an inverted lens. This image is an emulsion transfer to aluminum roof flashing. Check out the show if you are in the Astoria area. It will run from June 9 through July 7.

Path to the City

Boston, MA
Holga 120N
A color version shot at the same time in another holga is here.

Makeshift Tree

From my continuing series of Holga images taken in Dogtown, Gloucester, MA. You can see the entire, ever changing series here.

From Nowhere

Woburn, MA
Holga 120S

Orchard House

Ipswich, MA
Holga 120S

Spire

A flipped lens Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash image from Salisbury, MA.

Mixed Signals

Hingham, MA
Holga 120N

Salisbury

Salisbury, MA
Holga 120S

Beacon Marine Basin (an in-camera Holga triptych)

Beacon Marine Basin is a wonderful landmark in East Gloucester, MA. This is an in-camera triptych shot with my Holga 120S camera. Click on the image to see it larger.

Row of Trees

Inkjet transfer onto aluminum roof flashing. Original shot with a Brownie Hawkeye Flash camera with an inverted lens.

The Clearing

Another inkjet transfer onto aluminum roof flashing. Original shot with a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash camera with an inverted lens. A couple of people have asked me about this process and when I have a little more time I will write something about it on the blog.

Baltic Birch Inkjet Transfers

I just finished three more transfers onto baltic birch plywood. These are all about 7 inches square on a ten inch sheet of 1/8th inch wood. They are spray coated with about three coats of gloss polyurethane. Originals shot with a holga and a Brownie Hawkeye Flash with an inverted lens.

Foggy Morning, Dry Reservoir, Middlesex Fells Reservation

I have always been intrigued by Nancy Rexroth's photo titled "White Sky", Chauncey, Ohio, 1976" (I'll let you google it). It's a perfect summation to her wispy, dreamlike images in her seminal book Iowa. It's really nothing more than a a field of white with a black, Diana camera film border. I'm not even convinced that it's actually a photograph, which makes me love it all the more.

This is my image, shot on a recent foggy morning with my Holga 120N. I was thinking about Nancy Rexroth's image when I saw this. I guess I was not quite ready to tilt that camera up another ten degrees or so. :)

Sawed Horse

Ipswich, MA
Holga 120N

Efflorescence

Ipswich, MA
Holga 120N