chronicling the journey of these images, here with test strips. the night photo is easy to manage, the other two need more contrast then tests as ghost images before settling on their final form. i’m doing this in real time, as a way to show the fits and starts required to bring new work to life.

lights on, with a follow up tour…

posting from the darkroom today, showing how i set up to process sheet film, which is identical for each format from 4x5 to 16x20-inch sheets.

the simple joy of touching kumeyaay pottery in the desert. those finger impressions from a hand made object never cease to give me feelings of awe… like shaking hands with someone a few hundred years old.

a desert meditation to welcome this feed.

chatting w @buzzysullivan.bsky.social recently about a new piece… 16x20 palladium paper negative and 10 - 4x5 platinum prints shot on film. two 600 mile trips and three weeks in the darkroom. tough to beat.