Category Archives: Black and White Photo

Pond Study In Infrared No. 3 – Photo For June 22

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I am continuing this series and intend to take some more photos today and have not yet edited some I took Thursday. This is one that I have taken advantage of the infrared look and Nannette added an interesting take on interpreting the photo.

Can this study be the start of a warm moist summer solstice in the north, or the beginning of a cold crisp winter in the south….

Move from the edge and enter into these waters, naked and vulnerable or heavily clothed and protected,

But enter your must, into the warm or cold season of your soul….                      Nannette

Pond Study In Infrared No. 3

Pond Study In Infrared No. 3

Taneytown, Maryland Feed Mill – Photo For June 21

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This mill first appears in one of my photographs in 1968, and I have returned in recent years numerous times to photograph this interesting structure. This photograph was taken two weeks ago. Last year I did a small study of old feed mills in this area, north of Hagerstown, Maryland. If you wish to see this study, click on the link below and it will take you to it in a book format:

Feed Mills 2012

Taneytown, Maryland Feed Mill 2013, No. 1

Taneytown, Maryland Feed Mill 2013, No. 1

Pond Study In Infrared No. 2 – Photo For June 20

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I have been taking regular walks up to the pond recently and took this photo a few days ago after some heavy rains, thus water coming over the dam.

The dam does not break but overflows,
like the heart so full of love, unable to hold back,
it pours forth powerfully and purposefully,
tumbling onto the rocky reality of life.                   Nannette

Pond Study In Infrared No. 2

Pond Study In Infrared No. 2

Pond Study In Infrared No. 1 – Photo For June 18

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This is a pond close to where we live. As I have expressed before at some juncture, that I like infrared photos because of the great contrast that can be achieved in black and white, particularly in the sky. Also I prefer photos that are not obviously infrared, where the greens are not a harsh white, although they all have their place. The deserted cabin adds contrast to the jet trail in the left portion of the sky.

After I posted this photo, I received this wonderful thought from Nannette Pierson:

We rush to cross the skies, 
to places far away, 
to capture a moment of peace and tranquility, 
while a cabin,
on a pond in paradise, 
remains as empty as one’s soul…..

 

Pond Study In Infrared No. 1

Pond Study In Infrared No. 1

Holga, Panoramic, Pinhole Photo – 2 Photos For June 15

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I just got my first Holga plastic camera. It is a pinhole (no lens), panoramic camera using medium format 120 film – for this post I used black and white film which I processed myself and scanned. If you don’t know what Holga cameras are, please Google them, or here is a Wikipedia link:

Holga Camera

The second photograph was lots of fun, it is a multiple exposure, and with film you don’t know what you have until you develop it, living on the edge in the digital age.

Deserted Railroad Engine - Holga Pinhole Study No.2

Deserted Railroad Engine – Holga Pinhole Study No.2

Deserted Railroad Engine - Pinhole Study No. 5 Multiple Exposure

Maryland Farm, Photo For June 11

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This for now will be my last post on the Maryland Farm that I photographed last week. I am continuing to edit photographs for this project and probably will update this post so that you can see more of them. I really like this Black and White version, so just posting it here today. Stay tuned for a new subject tomorrow.

Maryland Farm, Outbuildings No.1 BnW

Maryland Farm, Outbuildings No.1 BnW