10 November, 2026
Meet Miss Velzoe Brown
When I moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to the little village of Felton, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, I was motivated to get into the jazz music scene. Bob Smith, a trumpet...
15 October, 2026
The Ludd Club – An Analog Story
I didn’t think all that deeply on what it means to shoot film when a well-used Hasselblad 500CM and Leica M2 fell into my lap completely out of the blue a little over two ...
8 October, 2026
Mockva, Moskva, Mockba, Moscow… whatever – Grandpa Genrikh, his Cameras and Portraits
“My grandpa Genrikh is visiting from Kiev and he brought a bunch of cameras with him. Could you help me sell them on eBay?” “Sure,” I replied to Micah. She was one of six non-Hi...
17 September, 2026
Practicing the Forgotten Art of Patience Through Film Photography
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.” — Alexandre Dumas I carry a camera with me everywhere I go. What I lack in talent, I tell myself, I make up for in p...
16 September, 2026
Giving Away the Eclipse – The human power of instant photography beneath a black-eyed sun
Above: A portrait beneath the black-eyed sun of the 2026 eclipse, made on Instax Wide film with a modified Polaroid 180 Land Camera. The original was given to the sitter; this i...
11 September, 2026
One Shot Story – The Self-Portrait
I’ve always held a fascination with the self-portrait, whether rendered in paint or in print. I suppose it has something to do with my background in film theory. To me, th...
9 September, 2026
Windows, Tripods and Strobes: Lighting Indoor Portraits on Film
An overriding goal in my photography this past year has been to expand my ability to use lighting to create expressive indoor portraits, whether in a studio or on the fly. Pract...
22 July, 2026
Photochemical Graffiti – a rock ‘n roll photowalk
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in late May – perfect for a photo outing. For most of the late winter and early spring, I had been shooting street portraits, mostly on...