Showing posts with label Photography blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography blog. Show all posts
Monday, December 7, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wanderlustagraphy
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Africa, Kodachrome, and Mike
By now I'm sure everyone has read that Kodak will no longer produce Kodachrome film.
It came as sad news to swallow. I was thinking about how one of the major photography moments in my life came about in Africa as a teenager. The image above is in Tanzania Africa. It's in Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania called
" The Cradle of Mankind" the birth place of humanity. Where they found the oldest fossils of humans on earth.
That's me in the Van Halen shirt. I know....
bad choice in my decision for making a safari wardrobe malfunction.
I did a quick scan of this image to show you clearly you can see how film is a living organic thing. Make sure to click on the image to make it big to view how it is chemically changing.
You might notice the guy sporting the nice afro - his name was Mike Taylor and he was our guide and driver. He drove a VW Bus with a hatch top roof so we could shoot the wildlife as we raced across the Serengeti from one National Park to the other. I'll never forget the rhinos, wildebeest and other wildlife chasing us as we tried to escape while shooting with gleeful excitement. Most of my photo's of the wildlife were out of focus to to the bumpy dirt roads and the manual 70-200mm lens on the my Canon AE-1. This was one of the first times learning to expose slide film correctly and all of the unforgiving issues for miss calculating the exposure.
I still have the camera in my collection.
I stayed in touch Mike a few years and then lost contact. I came across a letter from him that was with my slides. so I searched for him on the internet and found out that he is still a safari guide. Got to love the internet!
The image below was Kodachrome as well. While attending school at the Art Institute of Atlanta we had a color class where we had to produce a Internegative onto 4x5 film. I used this image of my dad & I on the third day of our accent on Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Goodbye Kodachrome...you will be missed.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
© David Torrence
I was introduced to someone yesterday that told me that they read this blog.
Really? People actually follow this? Nice to meet you Mandee and thanks
for viewing. I'll to try to make this more entertaining in the future.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
I recently got these super nice Yashica buttons from photographer
Anthony Georgis. Check out his work especially the"Blood Makes The Grass Grow" series.
I just heard from him that he was planning a 30 day roadtrip/documentary project.
If anyone is interested in being photographed you should give him a ring.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Dress like a Professional Not a Plumber
“If you need to go to the White House for a press conference, dress like a professional, not a plumber,” he says. “It shows respect for yourself, as well as who you represent.”
Harry should know, considering he photographed every U.S. president from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. He says he has seen photographers turned down for jobs simply because they were wearing jeans and no jacket.
“It is something that is so obvious to me, yet so many young photographers seem to fail to recognize it,” Harry says.
Harry Benson
Via Resolve
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Bob Reuter
I received an email from fellow photographer and St. Louis's
own Bob Reuter letting me know about his new website & blog.
So go & check it out!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
World's Longest Exposure Ever
One of the world’s longest exposures ever. For 6 months between the winter and summer solstice, Justin Quinnell left open his homemade pinhole camera. The lowest arc shows the first day of exposure on the winter solstice, the top curves were captured in the middle of summer.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
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