Summer Road Trips

Once upon a time before I became a College Photo Lab Tech I would look forward to Summer. Summer was when I would take a 6 to 10 week ROAD TRIP by myself to Photograph and see New Things in America and Canada. One Summer I drove to different Major League Baseball Cities to watch games and to also take some Photographs along the way. This Photo is a Multi Exposure on 120 B&W Film in a Holga Camera. I went to see The Detroit Tigers play a game in the old Stadium before it was torn down for a modern one. Baseball has always been a way to know that summer was here. Growing up in Los Angeles my Dad always took me to see the Dodgers every summer and we always sat at the very top of the stadium because that was all he could afford. Those were GREAT TIMES.

Happy Birthday Magenta

Today Jerry Burchfield Would have turned 63. This Image is from a trip I did with Him and a few others from Cypress College a Few Years Ago. He Took us out to EL TORO MARINE AIR STATION which was no longer in use and is destined to be The Great Park in Irvine . Jerry always talked about how light and color worked in tandem along with many other factors that made up a photograph. Well Jerry you are no longer walking among us but all the lessons and wisdom and Friendship you gave me will Live on. I too share the things you taught the many students you touched. Jerry you were always a wonderful Photographer and Teacher but most of all You are still a valued FRIEND.

Graciela Iturbide on Polaroid 600 Film 7-24-2010

I went to see Graciela Iturbide's latest Opening at the ROSE GALLERY in Santa Monica last Saturday. The show is called asor. My Friend Veronica got to work with the gallery on this show and also drove Graciela around Santa Monica on Saturday too. I met Veronica at the Gallery Opening and was able to take a photograph of the Two of them on Polaroid 600 Film. I also took a PORTRAIT of GRACIELA !!

I asked Graciela to sit on the planter thats full of white roses by the front door of the gallery . I had seen her sitting there smoking earlier and thought it would make for a good location. I only took the One Photo you see above. It came out better then I hoped, along with the Polaroid of Graciela & Veronica. I Did a 3rd Polaroid of Veronica by the Roses that I like too!

Overall It was a GREAT NIGHT OUT!!!

Thank You Veronica for getting me out of my funk and out of the HOUSE!!!

One Eyed Wonder

It always amazes me how much women put themselves through just to impress us men.

LOCATION-LOCATION-LOCATION!!!

Sometimes you look and look for a cool location and end up with NOTHING! Then you find something GREAT ! This Polaroid is from a empty office building in Orange next to a Pipe company. This was Done on a Saturday when all the surrounding offices where closed. Wish I could find more Locations that worked as well as this one!!!

It Died

This is what happens when you use LONG EXPIRED POLAROID SPECTRA FILM.. All the colors are GONE ! I was left with yellowish and brownish tones only. I do enjoy the way this image works but it raised hell with some of the other objects I photographed. Oh well I didn't pay for this box of film so its a WIN FOR ME!!!!

GOING GOING GONE?

Color Negative Printing used to be my speciality back when I taught Part Time at a Community College. Now I sit behind the counter at CSULA and Run the Lab. Very few students today want to make color prints using the enlargers and color negatives or the color processor. They want to have someone else make them a LIGHT JET PRINT or make a INK JET PRINT off a DIGITAL FILE that was made on the computer. Color RA 4 Printing at college is a thing of the past and we here at CSULA will join the Digital Color Print only Future Soon. For me it will be a SAD DAY but for the vast majority of Photography Students they will not miss it.