Ned's photos

The light was amazing on this January day. Printed sometime in April 2015 I made 10 or 12 exposures and I think I will print them all. I rarely make more than a few photos in a day. There are already 3 more printed, with a couple more I'm really looking forward to. This one I printed 6 times and had a big discussion with my wife and daughter about which one... I made 3 more with the sky lighter and more silvery, but they helped convince me that it is better dark, even a little more than here. I'll be printing this again eventually. I'll replace this when I do. I was surprised when I uploaded my WPPD photos how few pictures I've uploaded to Ipernity since the last WPPD. I don't know why that is, I've made many prints and it was an active year for me. I don't like scanning very much and maybe I subconsciously rebel against doing it... and sometimes small details keep me from scanning and uploading, when other times I am indiscriminate about what I upload. I need to remember I'm not building a "portfolio" but just sharing what I've been doing lately... :)

This was my WPPD submission for 2015! I got eaten alive to make this... I put the camera in place and then ran splashing through the water to get back to the sunny trail where there weren't so many mosquitoes. Guessed a 10 minute exposure and it was pretty close. This is an 11x14 paper negative, cropped to where there was a mark from some tape because I did not want to take anything from the top.

Foamcore box pinhole camera, made the day before WPPD. This was first light.

Went with my friend Roger to Shell Beach on WPPD.

The Hello Kitty popcorn tin has an 11x14 sheet of photopaper inside.

Taken from a floating bridge...

WPPD at Shell Beach, out of the wind!

otherworldly version of the beach...

Taking a pinhole photo on WPPD

Like an 1880 Mars rover view....

Tidepool along Sonoma Coast

These grasses were about 3 inches tall :)

Silly pinhole camera I made from a lunchbox today. Inside is lined with 120 film backing paper. Pinhole just poked through the back, tape shutter. A piece of photo paper will go in the lid.

Have Fun on WPPD, this Sunday 26 April! From WPPD last year, I just scanned it today: Clockwise from left: -Oatmeal tin anamorphic uses 5x7 paper. -Big Hello Kitty popcorn tin uses 11x14 paper -In the mirror is an instant film camera with a weird looking dude aiming it. :) -Black matboard box camera uses 8x10 paper. -1st ground level coffee can is for macro with a 0.15mm pinhole uses 5x7 paper -upper coffee can has selectable rise or fall, 5x7 paper -last coffee can was my first and probably still my favorite, also 5x7 paper.

Walking out of the Mt. Burdell open space preserve in Marin County, California. I sat down in the middle of the road to change film and before standing up I looked to the side and saw this sunlit oak. So of course it is the first frame on this roll! Printed 8 April 2015

The Mammoth rocks along the Sonoma Coast may have been "rubbing rocks" for mammoths. The place has a prehistoric almost timeless feel to it.