Well I finally got my book out there in the world! It is currently for sale in both softcover and hardcover. I have not seen it yet, so I am not sure what the quality will be. I'm guessing it should be pretty good, blurb has a great reputation. Anyway, check it out here, there is a book preview option so you can get a little sneak peek!

On my Sunday excursion at the Brunswick Flea Market, I found a Windsor WX-3 (pictured at top) 35mm camera. I had never heard of one before, but I could not pass up it's tiny little body and simple controls. Also, the one I found was just about as clean as the one pictured. The guy sold it, and a tiny flash attachment, to me for $5. I did not have my hopes too high for what I would get out of the thing, but I am more then happy about the actual results! These were all taken at the photo cook out at my house, a perfect time to try it out. This is a great little purse camera if ever you should find one. This week I am going to try some color film in there, I cant wait.

More 2 1/4 work. After working so exclusively with a 4x5 for years I am amazed at how much more work I make with a portable camera. My favorite image on this roll is the one of Daniel smoking a cigarette on the top. I have made quite a bit of flash work with this camera but I have not digitized it yet.

This is another image from my family album project. One of the responses I got was "oh, you used that Photoshop filter"....and I was like, damn it, no, I didn't but there is really no way to tell that these effects are done in camera. I am hoping that as I continue with the project the qualities will vary enough that they wont look "Photoshopy".

On another note, this is my mom and dad. It is the only image I have of them together. The photo itself has become an object that I cherish as it is a memory I do not have. I was really happy with the long exposer that made their faces unrecognizable because them together is a phantom of my imagination and past. I have no recollection of my parents being together and I love the way this image begins to illustrate that wishing to remember.

What a weekend it was in Portland, ME. I can easily remember April's where it snowed, and this weekend it hit 80 degrees, twice! It was time to till the garden plot and add seeds to the soil. I hope to make many images of the garden this year as it grows wild. These are simple images for sure, purely a documentation of me digging in the dirt. Digging in the dirt feels so good, it was worth making pictures of. I especially love the one of me wiping my forehead with my cow manure encrusted hands.

Four images from a roll I took this weekend. A project is definitely begging to take form.

I have been working on a book, 20 Something. When it is complete it will be available from Blurb. I am still proofing images and editing. These two images will be in it as well as some of the images from a few posts back. I am so excited for it to be done. It was a super fast and sloppy project, which is just what I wanted to do. No over thinking it here!