Large Format Photography in Central Park

It was a cold-cold-cold sunny day in NYC and the one weekend Nathan comes down to visit I drag him all over Central Park with my 8x10 camera. I managed to make three OK shots. The scans are not super great so forgive my prints that aren't very flat.

An added bonus was taking Flat Shaylynn with us. This is a cool thing grade school kids do where they send a flat version of themselves to far away places to collect photos and stories. Then they get it all sent back and they share it with thier class.

The gorey photography details are:
Camera> Kodak 2D 8x10
Film> JandC 100
Film Developer> Rollo Pyro
Lens> Wollensak Velostigmat 12"
Paper> Forte Multigrade
Paper Dev> Dektol

Here is my somewhat heavy 8x10 camera with Flat Shaylynn in Central Park. It's about 12 degrees with just enough of a breeze to turn your fingers blue.


If you happen to come visit us in scenic New Jersey you will be forced to sit for a portrait. Hey, I gotta learn somehow.

This is looking across some pond at Bow Bridge.

This is some fountain.

Holy Crap it's been way too long since my last post! I am truly shamed. Let me make it up to the group of special people who read my humble blog...

I present the mega-fantastic painting post!

Please note that these were all done during a rather sad and depressing period. It was very cathartic and I'm better now. In fact, the group of 20 paintings I'm working on now is actually very happy. Which group of paintings is more creepy? Only time will tell...