Ned's photos

At Riverfront park, that's the arm of a nice bench to sit and enjoy the view.

Valley oak at Crane Creek regional park in Sonoma County, California. Paper negative. Sometimes I like the negative better than the positive...

Valley Oak at Crane Creek regional park in Sonoma County California. The mid-afternoon light was flat, and I think I will come back and photograph this tree from the other side. Something I never noticed before, but makes sense if you think about it: as I walked around the park, I noticed that for every tree, if I stood where you could see the trunk and branches then I was looking into the sun. Of course the leaves grow and spread out more on the side of the tree that faces the afternoon sun!

Along Willow Creek near the Russian River in Sonoma County, California.

Along Willow Creek on the Sonoma Coast in Northern California. The creek itself is completely dry right now.

I've got a new toy. It's an Eastman No. 2 view camera for 7x11. I really like this format. I've been using a lot of 7x11 paper, and now I've got real film holders for that size! Using a well made holder is such a luxury compared to my homemade contraptions! Today I made this first photograph with it, a paper negative. The negative was a bit overexposed, but I had fun using the camera and I think it's going to be great for making paper negatives and calotypes for salt printing. The camera was made sometime between about 1914 and 1921. Lens is an 11" Wollensak velostigmat that I've been using for some time.

Lake Pend Oreille and Scotchman's Peak in the distance. Printed 16 August 2015

My family. We always stop at the peak locator near Madras Oregon on the drive home. They tried valiantly to keep Mango still, but it's hopeless and she ended up looking like a chihuahua :)

There's a ghost dog on the rock...

pinhole lake...

Deciduous trees in the forest near Lake Pend Oreille

Lake Pend Oreille in the Idaho panhandle. > 2hrs starting about 90 minutes before sunset, took it in after it was dark.

beach pinhole

Mango on the beach...

Ferry Arriving in Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, Washington

Over Lake Pend Oreille in the Idaho panhandle. 13 August 2014 through 9 July 2015. This one was made using unicolor positive color photo paper.

Gold-toned salt print made from a calotype. Printed 5 July 2015.

This is a calotype ( a kind of homemade paper negative ) made at Crane Creek Regional Park in Sonoma County, California. This kind of negative is slow! This exposure was 25 minutes at f/22 on a sunny morning. The paper is 8x11 inches.