Ned's photos

22 June 2014 through 4 July 2015. Press "z" You can also see a Solargraphy Map

Kodak moment....

Salt Print from calotype. Printed 27 June 2015. Lana Aquarelle HP paper Toned with gold borax toner.

Oak Tree at Luther Burbank's experiment farm in Sebastopol, California I had difficulty with the paper becoming wavy in the holder, and this lens works much better if stopped down a bit. That is why the photo is soft and the edges are not straight and clean. But this is my first full-size calotype on vidalon vellum paper. I'm pleased because some hard parts of this process went smoothly. The paper is 8x11 inches. A salt print is currently washing and I'll probably post it tomorrow. Camera is homemade foamcore fixed focus, lens is one element from a B&L Rapid Rectilinear. Exposure was 14 minutes at f/11. This is a calotype made with the process used by Alexander Greenlaw .

At Crane Creek Regional Park, in Sonoma County, California. Printed 2 June 2015

This bridge goes over Sonoma Creek, along the Northern shore of San Francisco Bay in California Printed 27 May 2015

Christmas Eve on Dillon Beach road, overlooking Tomales Bay, in Marin County, California. Printed 24 May 2015

Walking on the beach at sunset Printed 21 May 2015

The next day was pretty great too :) Printed 19 May 2015

Wonderful light at Doran Beach on the Sonoma Coast in California Printed 19 May 2015

Point Reyes in the misty distance. Printed 3 May 2015

Low Tide at the Beach Printed 3 May 2015

Lovely day at Doran Beach. Printed 3 May 2015

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.