Photography by Scott Nichol
Getting ready to make a shot against Ron’s background, I decided to take a test shot before committing it to film. The good models are the one’s the don’t mess around even when you’re just making a test shot. I was totally captivated by Floofie’s gaze here.
Model: Floofie
Taken on the shaded side of the house, late afternoon in Rossland, BC.
model: Sie Ist Idaho
infrared film give a unique look and i’ve been experimenting with it quite a bit, trying to find the right combination of exposures and development. and most photographers would go out and run controlled tests. i work with engineers who asked me if i was doing this to determine the optimal combinations. but photography is more than that and less than that. trial and error, working around a feeling, trying to get inside the nervous system of the film and the chemistry i soup it with. i want to be able to see and know and this is how i want it to work.
keep in mind that i’m metering at ISO 6 and developing for 50% longer than recommended. kinda off the charted path. but when it works, you get this…
Floofie gave me my first chance to shoot in Rossland and aside from the couple frames of infrared film, I tried shooting some digital free lensing shots. It’s an interesting technique wherein you remove the lens from the camera mount and hold it up to the mirror box and focus manually. The effect is often soft focus and very selective, depending on how much you tilt the lens with respect to the film plane. As well, there are often vignettes because the lens is not properly aligned with the lens mount,
Model: Floofie
distortions and interpretations
light damage and solar flares
my memory and the scent of you departs
i’m lost in what lingers here
the remains are damaged, gone again
…and another day begins again.
this was a difficult shot to make, mostly just in the fact that with all the sunlight it was difficult to see the ground glass even with a dark cloth over the camera. the film is Rollei Infrared, shot through an R72 filter. exposure was 1 second and i only had to ask Claire to hold still and, well, she did!
model is claire
“my field of wonder whens and never should have beens”
shot on Rollei Infrared 400 4×5 film. filtered through a Hoya R72 filter, metered at ISO 12 and given a 50% longer development than recommended. this is full sunlight, green grass and blue skies.
model: kaitlin lara
Stephanie Anne made a return to the east coast and we ventured out and up into the Delaware Water Gap area again. There are so many beautiful natural spots in the water gap, its often difficult to know where to start.
This alcove at the base of a tree was so intoxicating and we only took a few digitals because the slope where I was position was so steep, it was hard for me to stand up straight.
model: Stephanie Anne
Beneath the stream where you will find me
waiting
model: Blue Riverdream
finally, after years of waiting, Blue Riverdream and i had the chance to shoot. venturing out again to ringing rocks, we found salamanders and a bit of flowing water. the foliage in its bright green provided an entrance way to the lower gorge. a good spot for contemplating the blues of a bygone river dream.
model: blue riverdream
So Many Stars 