Flower Girl

This is another image from Serbia that I made last year which I liked, but I didn't like that actual scan of the transparency. It just didn't work for whatever reason. So yesterday I was doing some more Polaroid transfers and decided to try this image, and guess what, it was magic! It works on so many levels, the paper has a slightly warmer tone, and I love the color its as a bit more subdue and the texture of the paper just adds a nice feel...One of my new few Polaroid transfers!

The Stapler

Going back to a bunch of photographs I made earlier this year when I was doing some still life images. I was looking for things around my apartment that would be interesting to photograph. This was my Dad's old stapler that just kinda got past down to me over the years. I'm not sure where he got it, but its certainly very unique. They just don't make things like they used to, this stapler is probably 40 yrs old and still works great! I've always felt its form and design were really interesting, and by photographing its profile really shows it off. Its very elegant, practical, and abstract at the same time which is why its so charming.

Yellow

I've been looking at this space ever since they tore down the building that used to be there, for what reason I have no idea! At one time they were going to develop it to put in another ugly new condo building, didn't happened probably because the developer ran out of money and couldn't get enough idiots to by something that's not even built! On my way home on day after work a few days ago, everything fell into place, light was nice, right angle....that yellow box I have always wondered what was there at one point in time. It must have been covered up by something...The warmth of the light on the buidling with the windows and that plain yellow box they just seem to work off each other.....

Hands and Socks

So I was playing around with my iPhone camera since I let my other cameras at home since it was pouring out this morning. I;ve seen some things on the internet using the iPhone camera....I always forget I have a camera on my phone since I usually have one of my regular cameras with me. So I thought I would experiment a bit, made some observations on my EL ride home. I view this camera kinda like a holga, a sketching tool....Brought the images into photoshop and tweaked them a bit nothing too major...Maybe I'll do some more or at least remember if I don't have one of my other cameras that I have the camera on the iPhone I can use to create....

Woman's Best Friend

I was out on lunch break at work last week, I had just gotten a new lens for my camera and it was a nice day out. Normally I don't like to photograph in the middle of the day since the light a usually kinda hash. One this day it was harsh and defused so it can work. I sat around a little park by Marina City for awhile nothing much happening photographically. So on the way back to the office I walked down State Street when I ran across this lady sitting in the back of her mini van with her dog. It just seemed so random! I got as close as I could to make the image which was about 15 ft from her. She never saw me I don't think. I love how her and her dog are both looking in the same direction which really makes the photograph for me.....

Mother Betty

I made this image a few weeks ago when I was at NIU in Dekalb seeing the photographer Dave Jordano speak. After spending the whole day seeing Dave's work and him talking to the students. Myself, my Professor Larry Gregory, Paul Clark(another professor), and Dave had dinner. Feeling inspired I hit the road on my way back home, I decided to take RT 38 which I really hadn't done when I was in school at NIU. I was losing light pretty fast when I ran across this small roadside Cemetary I had to stop. The sun was sitting kinda low and when I came across this image it was that reddish hue that attracted me. It had a really warm and comforting feeling to me. Its as if the tree and grave were just meant to be together. The fact that grave belongs to a Mother made the image complete. There certainly seems to have holy feeling going on. Things just fell into place rather nicely. I knew that it was a keeper as soon as I saw it.....