Ned's photos

Taken from a floating bridge...

WPPD at Shell Beach, out of the wind!

otherworldly version of the beach...

Taking a pinhole photo on WPPD

Like an 1880 Mars rover view....

Tidepool along Sonoma Coast

These grasses were about 3 inches tall :)

Silly pinhole camera I made from a lunchbox today. Inside is lined with 120 film backing paper. Pinhole just poked through the back, tape shutter. A piece of photo paper will go in the lid.

Have Fun on WPPD, this Sunday 26 April! From WPPD last year, I just scanned it today: Clockwise from left: -Oatmeal tin anamorphic uses 5x7 paper. -Big Hello Kitty popcorn tin uses 11x14 paper -In the mirror is an instant film camera with a weird looking dude aiming it. :) -Black matboard box camera uses 8x10 paper. -1st ground level coffee can is for macro with a 0.15mm pinhole uses 5x7 paper -upper coffee can has selectable rise or fall, 5x7 paper -last coffee can was my first and probably still my favorite, also 5x7 paper.

Walking out of the Mt. Burdell open space preserve in Marin County, California. I sat down in the middle of the road to change film and before standing up I looked to the side and saw this sunlit oak. So of course it is the first frame on this roll! Printed 8 April 2015

The Mammoth rocks along the Sonoma Coast may have been "rubbing rocks" for mammoths. The place has a prehistoric almost timeless feel to it.

Gold toned salt print from calotype. Printed 6 March 2015 Sorry about the hot spots from my lighting... I'm still figuring out how to light these, but a digi-snap gets the color and texture better than my scanner. Too bad they whitewashed this neat old building. Details: Lana Aquarelle HP 2% Hawaiian Alaea salt, 0.8% gelatin, 0.5% citric acid Coated with 12% AgNO3 + 6% citric acid.

Bennett Valley Grange is the oldest still-active Grange in the United States. The hall was built in 1873. I would like to make a nice calotype and salt print of this Grange Hall to show at the California State Grange convention later this year. They have a craft exhibition, with a photography category. So this is a potential subject for a larger calotype. Greenlaw's process on Vidalon Vellum. Kodak 3A series II camera.

I made this for a fun activity over at APUG called the Monthly Shooting Assignment . The current theme is H2O isolated . Printed 22 February 2015

Salt print of a test calotype made in a Kodak 3A series II camera. Gold toned, and I think this was on Canson universal sketch paper. Printed in February 2015

Greenlaw process calotype. I wanted to make one with some water, and almost forgot that this wonderful nursery near my house has a lovely pond. The pond had some bluegreen algae growing which is why the reflections are muted, but I'm going to come back again with a big camera once I have this process under control. A real egret landed near the far trees just as the exposure was finishing. I'm aiming for more contrast and a denser negative and I think I'm learning how to better judge development. I believe this one will have good contrast for a salt print, which will follow soon. LV 11, F/8, 15 minutes. Kodak 3A camera, 122 format ( 3.25 x 5.5 inches )