This past summer I met up with a newer creative named Abi. We met via instagram, where she had reached out curious if I’d ever be interested in doing a shoot together. I was stoked because I could instantly tell that her style would be something I would absolutely enjoy. When we were planning this shoot I knew I wanted some traditional summer coloring. I knew there was this pocket of random orange sand in the Military Reserve in Boise. I knew the contrasting colors of green sage and desert shrubs that hadn’t been cooked to death by the summer heat would still be around. Abi showed me a few outfits and when I saw this dress, I stopped and told her this and only this outfit would be EPIC for what I was envisioning.
Side note for the photo nerds viewing/reading. I used a diffusion filter at 1/4 strength for these photos to really give that softer, vintage lens look. I know these have become quite trendy and I felt it was time to stop being a pompous photographer and just enjoy something that others have found as a popular tool. I can say as much as I enjoyed it, it’s for sure NOT the tool for every photoshoot. For this shoot it paired well and I’m stoked how it turned out.
Jerusha At Home
Hello.
It for sure has been a hot minute (nearly 2 years to be exact!) since I have been on here to update and show any sort of new work! I’ve been working on my masters degree and now that it has been successful completed I will have so much more time for all photography stuff. Between shooting and sharing.
This set with Jerusha was from last summer in her downtown Boise apartment. It had this UH-Mazing window light that would ricochet off the nice off white painted walls and just gave light that made me super excited. I shot with my Pentax 6x7 with my 105mm, Im pretty sure I shot wide open at 2.4 or at least 3.5 with both the rolls of Ilford HP5+ and Portra 400. I really enjoyed this day shooting with Jerusha because it was such a simple set up of things and to me it has a real clean, professional look. Only regret is I didn’t bring more film to shoot, I could’ve shot an easy 10 rolls with this light.
Anyways have a look and enjoy. Feel free to give a comment or even just a heart at the bottom of the page!
Hannah Blake
On my last post with Ellen, I mentioned I sold my Yashica Mat 124G because I had been given a gift. That gift was a 1950's era Rolleiflex TLR, I could not wait to use. So I kicked off the new year right by shooting with Hannah. I shot both digital and one roll of Kodak black and white film. All the square (6x6) photographs you see are from the Rollei. I took a break from shooting inside and we walked downtown Boise. I found this spot at the JUMP building that has interesting light during the day and I was hoping to practice a bit with more high key lighting. Success! We continued walking the bitter cold streets and found this gorgeous light bouncing from a window down to the sidewalk. I could've shot here all day long with Hannah in this pocket of light.
I was stoked to see the negatives from the Rolleiflex were perfect and the camera had NO issues,Woo hoo! With that being said, I feel I need to start shooting more rolls of film on shoots instead of being so conservative and shooting one. I always regret when I see a whole roll come out great and wonder "what if."
I have been developing my own black and white for a few months now. I have a C-41 kit for color film that I have yet to put together for developing. Soon I will, there is just a little fear of the unknown and have only doing it once. When I get comfortable I think I will begin a film blog and separate the digital shoots from the film ones!
