Wowie zowie that was a big post! All I can say is that me and the ol' Yashica twin lens had a great weekend. I have really loved working with this camera. I recommend that everyone interested in photography own a twin lens. The way you shoot is just very diferent. The square format was originally developed for designers and when you get one in your hands you understand why. The square frame leaves no room for inconsistency, which I think compliments my concept perfectly!

I have been letting a little project brew in my brain for a little while. It might end up being called Humans' Nature, but that could be cheesy, so I have to think on it. I have become so interested in the way it seems apparent that humans want a connection with nature, or the natural, but due to out modern lifestyle and our need to control our surrounding's we end up creating our own natural environment, we make things to do outside, we construct our interaction with the elements. I still need to do more thinking on it, but that's where it is going.

Here are some more images from my little junk camera. These are from a roll I took in VT. I just love this little camera and how it feels so tuff, I can drop it, throw it in the purse, and care less about the quality of the image. Sometimes I am amazed I used to be a 45 snob.......well I guess I still am, but I have learned to enjoy other mediums as well!

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.