So Many Stars

Mercy Vine

Classical figure work at LeStudio.

model: KCM

shot with an antique lens i bought off ebay a few months ago. i’m not sure where that light leak came from on the left side of the frame, but i’ll take it. adds some extra softness and delicacy that i like.

Can’t Hide Anymore

model: KCM

shot on 4×5 Ilford Orthographic Film. normally used for copy work, i had no idea it would render skin tones so beautifully. there are other ways to process this in a high-contrast manner, but i liked the way this came out. like, really a lot.

Benefit for Pat Sonne

Katlyn – White
Original Platinum Toned Salt Print

a print i’m donating to a silent auction to benefit local art model Pat Sonne who is having some difficulty with prolonged illness. come out and support the arts!

Auction and Valentine’s Day Party
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
7-10pm

Antonio Salemme Foundation
542 West Hamilton St., #203
Allentown, PA 18101

Inversion No. 8

model: cam damage

Like snow fall

Model: Cam Damage

Cable Splitter

in Dessa’s front room. natural light and her ex-roomate’s chair.

model: Dessa Fell

a new day

natural window light with the 4×5 camera suspended above the model. i guess there’s always the fear of falling gear, but such beautiful light should not be wasted.

model: Hana Rose

White Wash

Hana against the white wall in my small studio space. You can truly create something wonderful with a single light and a few frames of film.

Ilford Delta 400, pulled to 200. Scan from a 6x7cm negative.

Model: Hana Rose

Memento Mori

“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.”

– Susan Sontag

model: cam damage