Tag: jake

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He watched the Earth fly past.

From the old to the new! I’ve been slowly stepping through cameras of the 20th century – 1930s and 40s Voigtländers, 1950s Ricohs. Well, my two Ricoh Diacords failed while at a workshop, which left me wanting gear that was more reliable. So upon my return, I repaired both Diacords and started scouring ebay for something quiet and reliable.

And this is from a test roll (HP5, ei400) out of my new Mamiya 7.

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The Graduate

While I don’t really understand why we have to have a “graduation ceremony” for pre-K, I have to say that it was a helluva lot of fun to shoot.

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Big Dig

And the shoveling out continues. This was from mid-storm, around noon yesterday. Everything is much less visible now, under even more snow…

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Sadness

One very sad boy. Some day he’ll be telling his therapist all about his insensitive clod of a photographer dad.

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Salute

I’m not entirely sure what’s going on here. He’s sort of saluting. He’s certainly pointing to the rotting pumpkin. Hmm.

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Science Lesson

A break from pumpkin picking for a quick science lesson! I think, from the boys’ perspective, it went something like “Look, slugs!”

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Harvesting

Combining nature, kids, and Jake, here starts a series from the Penn Vermont Fruit Farm last month. Look for guest appearances from other Philly Photobloggers and their kids…

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Lighting

I’m going back through my piles of unprocessed shots, and this one struck me. I’m not sure what was going on – no flash, in that position in the living room, but with a catchlight in his eye and something glowing behind him? The quality of light makes this one for me – but probably because I’m wondering what in the heck I did…

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Caution: Slippery When Wet

Hard to believe, but yes, this is the same kid as the previous photo. I can just see him as a teenager in this shot.

I wish the water spray had been a bit more pronounced. As it is, it gives me something to look at in the negative space up in the upper-right – but more would be better. His shadow pulling me down into the red is also welcome.

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