Skee-ball Machines

Skee-ball machines, taken on my birthday 4 months ago from a roll of Holga film I had forgotten about.

Shaky Waterslides

This could be a scary movie.
But don't worry, it's just some waterslides. It's been a while since I posted some Holga work, mainly because I haven't shot with it for a while. But I do have two recent rolls to develop. These were taken back in March or April at Seven Peaks Water Park in Provo, Utah. They're a little shaky, I wanted them completely out of focus, but I liked the way they turned out being shaky. Holgas, thanks for making my life even more unpredictable.

The Backyard. Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels, Texas

Once upon a time I snuck into the back lot for Schlitterbahn where they repair the buses and store thing for during the off season.

The Open Road

The road to Great Basin National Park, Nevada. Taken with my Holga in January.

I'm off to San Antonio for a week before I take off. If you need to get a hold of me, e-mail is fine, or call, it will be my last week with a cell phone for a short while.

Memories and Giveaway Winner Announced!

I know you all have been anticipating this for a week now, but the April giveaway winner is...

Bill Delano. He's a fantastic filmmaker out of New Orleans who I met in a small mountain town in the Dominican Republic and traveled with and even photographed a while back, you should check out his site. And as for the next giveaway, it will have to wait until I come back from my summer travels.

In other news, it's snowed the last two days. Yes, snowed. Thanks, end of April snow storm. I found these pictures from Christmas this last year in San Antonio. The first from my favorite record store back home, Hogwild Records off of N. Main and the second in New Braunfels in the Texas Hill Country. It's a sign for the river, explaining how it's closed for the season, but don't worry, the season reopens Feb 2. I wish Utah winters would end by Feb 2, I'd even take mid-March.

Oregon Bound.

Goodbye, I am off to Oregon for a while as of today. I will be photographing a wedding in Portland on Tuesday and before that I will be going into the wild and going on a mini road trip throughout the whole area, going to the coast and the Gourge/Hood River areas. So be looking for pictures, stories, and lots of pictures to come once I come back or find internet connection.

(Images from a day trip I went on over Thanksgiving break through southeast Utah--twice in the same week. I enjoyed it that much.)

E-6 Film Developed by Hand

I have been wanting to learn how to develop color film for a while, as intimidating as all 6 chemicals and specific temperatures are. For my color photography class I am doing a presentation on E-6 film, and so my teacher allowed us to have his chemicals and learn how to do it. Here are two of my images from my first successful roll (note, not my first attempted roll). It was shot on a Holga, so they are dark and rough, but that just means I need a medium format camera.

The Truman, Provo, UT

Carnival Lights #2

The Farris Wheel, New Years Eve.

Double Feature: Winter in Utah/Summer in Utah

Winter in Utah



Summer in Utah

My Heart is Returned to Sister Winter

A week ago we got our first snow. I love first snows because I always get really excited and I pull out my skiis and think that this time around, I'm going to love winter. So I took my camera and walked to school. Don't worry, the novelty of it has already faded and I decided that when I graduate, I'm moving somewhere were it's warm year round.

Christmas Portraits with a Snowman

Yesterday I got to photograph a good friend in the photo department Elise and her husband. She does beautiful work and her husband is the graphic designer who did my advertising for my show that is still up in the BYU library. They wanted photographs for a Christmas card that wasn't their wedding pictures from last year, so I went over to build a snowman in their front yard. We primarily shot on my Holga (which I'm becoming more and more obsessed with) and a few digital. Elise was joking about if I was excited to post these on my blog, and apparently I am because they've gone up so fast. So here are a few favorites and to see more, go here.

Mona on a Plastic Camera

Holga prints from one of the last warm days I may have seen until March I went down to Mona with Lindsey and Danny.

Becky and Travis Pitcher|10 October

Recently I got to photograph Becky and Travis's wedding. I did their engagements a while back on my Holga and was excited for another round of beautiful images (and another excuse to use my favorite plastic camera, of course). I can tell my Holga is starting to wear down and break in to what it's supposed to be doing by the crazier the pictures are turning out. I'm quite excited for what it'll do next. But here are the photographs, both film and digital, and thanks and congratulations to the newly married couple!
To see more, go to my proofing site.

The Utah State Fair 2009

The State Fair + My Holga = Love.

State fairs have always intrigued me. There is something about the magic and mystery of the whole ordeal. For a little kid there is the awe of the carnival and for me as I grow up it becomes the awe of the memory and the nostalgia which follows from the previous years. Funnel cake and deep fried Oreos are a must. Anything deep fried is a must actually, which then becomes every booth offering food. Then the rides. The Zipper, the farris wheel, the Starship 2000. They are all enchanting and lit up as screaming comes from the seats. This ride in particular is the swings which lift you up and shoot you off to the sides screaming as you soar above the rest of the amusements. Memories are always hazy, which is why I chose to shoot many nostalgic subjects with a Holga, a cheap, unreliable plastic toy camera, acting as our memories. Sometimes hazy, sometimes strange colors, and always not the way it actually was.

Becky and Travis--Film

And now for the Holga images from the day:

Go here for more!

I just really love working with my Holga. There's a definite magic about it and I wish I did it more. So, if you want your wedding, engagements, whatever shot with my magic plastic camera, let me know, because I would love to do it.