Photographs: Hawthorne Lane #2
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Construction site on Hawthorne Lane. San Francisco, California. April of 2008.
April, 2008
Print Gallery Update: Chinatown, 2005
Monday, April 28th, 2008
Storefront on Stockton Street. Chinatown, San Francisco. Prints of this image are available from RedBubble as well as ImageKind. View More Fine Art Prints…
Photographs: Hawthorne Lane #1
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Construction site on Hawthorne Lane. San Francisco, California. April of 2008.
Fine Art Prints Update
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
After putting it off for entirely too long, I have finally gotten around to updating prints available through ImageKind. Currently all prints featured in the Fine Art Print Gallery are available through RedBubble, ImageKind and of course, as traditional silver gelatin prints as well.
RedBubble is an online service providing prints on demand for artists all over the world. Prints are made on a Durst Theta printer, a hybrid digital / chemical process, producing a fine high-quality alternative to silver gelatin prints at a very reasonable price.
Similar to RedBubble, ImageKind provides digital giclee prints on demand. Prints are made using the Epson 4800, 7800 and 9800 printers with the K3 pigment ink system for a high quality, lightfast and archival giclee print on various types of media.
As always, all silver gelatin prints for sale through this website I have printed myself, by hand, using traditional darkroom processes. Prints are made on double weight fiber base paper. All prints are signed and dated. You can be confident when making a purchase that you will receive a 100% archival photographic print of the highest caliber.
Peng-Kuei “Ben” Huang, Exposure Gallery
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Some years ago when Ben and I were in school together we were given an assignment in some class one night. The teacher handed everyone digital cameras and said go shoot up the city for an hour, when we were done, we would all go over the work together. Ben and I went to the coffee shop instead. I think I burned a few frames along the way.
When we returned to class, we began the tedious task of going over all these images. Someone actually came back with over 200 frames. Nobody told them that we were shooting still photographs, not movies. Most of it was just garbage.
So Ben steps up and plugs in the camera, and he’s got 4 frames on his memory card. No joke, 4 frames. I thought the professor was going to stroke out. But I swear that these 4 frames were 4 of the best photographs I’d seen in a long time. That’s the way this guy worked, one frame at a time. To this day those of us that knew him back them call him by the nickname he earned, Benny 4 Frames.
If you are anywhere near Vancouver, I would strongly recommend you check out his work featured in the upcoming show at the Exposure Gallery. If not, have a look at Ben Huang’s website, or he keeps a web log as well.
Photographs: Golden Gloves #8
Monday, April 21st, 2008
75th annual Golden Gloves, San Francisco, Ca. 2006
One more frame from the recently discovered phantom roll of color film from 2 years ago…
Jasper Sanidad Photography
Friday, April 18th, 2008
I’ve known Jasper for some years now. A fellow film shooter, his work has come a long way since we first met and has settled into a style all his own. He’s just launched his new website @ jaspersanidad.com. Well worth a visit.
Photograhs: Golden Gloves #7
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
75th annual Golden Gloves, San Francisco, Ca. 2006
Ever found an undeveloped roll of film that you’d completely forgotten about from 2 years ago? I did. What’s even more random is that it’s color, which I very rarely shoot.
Framed Prints Up For Auction
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Having put off a good spring cleaning for nearly 3 years I have found myself short on space and rather heavy on clutter. Knee deep in a good old fashioned house clearing I’ve decided to unload a some inventory, namely a large stack of framed prints that always seem to be in the way.
While it is fairly clear that Ebay just isn’t the greatest place for artists to sell their work, I have nonetheless started listing framed prints for auction. It’s not really much of a gamble, it only costs a buck and a half to list. I suppose it’s more of an experiment, with the hopes of freeing up a little much needed space.
I’ll most likely be posting more pieces throughout the week. Have a look at my Ebay page for the photographs up for auction.
And of course, feel free to bid…
Notes On Process
Friday, April 11th, 2008
Since the shift to digital I suppose a fair amount of people out there have never used film, let alone been in the darkroom. I must admit that I was semi-inspired to write this by Brian’s post about older SLR cameras. Regardless, here’s the run down.
Film and Processing
Ninety-nine times out of a hundred I shoot with Kodak Tri-X 400 film, rated at ISO 320 to give the negs a little more punch. Tri-X is quite possibly the best black and white film ever made. It has an amazing amount of detail even when printing 20 x 24 inches and larger, as well as a great deal of exposure latitude, which is good since I’m quite lazy with the light meter and tend to just guess. Tri-X can even be pushed as far as ISO 1600 with Acufine developer and the grain will hold up remarkably well. I normally develop with Ilford Ilfosol developer, which has a bit more acutance than Kodak’s standard D-76 developer, keeping the grain nice and sharp.