An Itinerant Artist with multiple cameras and her Wheaten Terrier wandering through Europe.
I wander...it is simply what I do. Since I was a young girl, my parent's tried everything to keep me close to home, going to such measures as to buy me goats. Though I loved my goats, my heart still wandered.
Growing up in rural New Jersey, I was surrounded by dense woods and long stretches of farm land to fuel my imagination. I felt at home in the arms of the forest and spent many days laying upon the fragrant mossy soil staring up through the filter of leaves... watching the light dance. It is these experiences that I work to remember.
In adulthood, I discovered the joy of capturing those precious moments, through my camera's lens. Though the many years in between my youth and the present, I have enjoyed many wonderful adventures and am currently wandering in another people's land. For the past 10 years I have had the pleasure of living in Europe and learning to look at life in a very different way.
Through my images and my wanderings, I hope you will enjoy seeing the world around you... in a new way.
So...I invite you to "Come Wander Along with Me..."
There I was, incredibly excited after receiving a box full of newly processed color 120 negatives after waiting 6 months to view them. Opening the little boxes as if it was Christmas morning once more, the rolled up film inside. I prepared to ready them for scanning into my computer to view them properly. When...
February 3, 2010 - 06:32 - Now HOW cool is that! Awesome job!
February 3, 2010 - 09:08 - Nice way to recycle too. Plus it's just cool to have a light box made out of a wine crate. Bravo!
February 3, 2010 - 10:01 - Wonderfully inventive. I'm going to do something similar for when I'm working with 35mm and 12o film. Very inspirational!
February 3, 2010 - 13:41 - Very creative way of recycling and reusing. Nice images too from what I could see (no surprise there!). I feel your pain though. I have a box of slides I finally got developed after almost a year that I need to scan, but my slide scanner software decided to not run.. :( Thanks for the inspiration!
As a wet snow streams from the sky, my husband and I are dipping our toes deeper into the Alternative Process Photography pool.
Today’s science project, which is a great way to describe Alternative Process, as my cellar looks more like the laboratory of a mad scientist than my old laundry room. But I digress,...
January 24, 2010 - 14:03 - This is a fascinating process. Your experiment turned out well. There has to be a feeling of satisfaction when you are successful at doing it all. I did check the links you provided and can see the potential for Van Dyke processed photos. Your final photo shows the browns and on the link shows black and white. Is this a result of the choice of chemicals? Thanks for another good \exposure\ (sorry) to an alternative process. Phil
January 28, 2010 - 15:18 - Very cool. Man, nothing like old school photography!
This past Christmas Eve, my husband, dog and I all took a long walk through the National Forest here in the Heidelberg area. Nearing the end of our walk, I noticed my husband lift his hand towards the sky. I found it an interesting gesture especially so as he was holding the dogs leash with...
January 14, 2010 - 11:46 - Jim is taming a mockingbird by bribing it with the applecore. He eats his apple outside on most days and noticed a mockingbird hanging around. When he goes outside without his apple, the mockingbird becomes quite indignant. I am jealous of both of you. I have quite a "Snow White" complex and wish little birds would come land on me. :0)
January 21, 2010 - 22:57 - This is really touching--one of those special amazing moments of "connection." I think I'm a little jealous, too!
When I first moved to Germany I was fascinated by the symbols scribbled in chalk above most houses in the village. Luckily on e day while I was home around January 6th a group of children rang my door bell. To my surprise there were 4 children, 3 dressed like the Three Kings of the...
January 11, 2010 - 07:17 - I've always wondered what those chalk markings meant! Thanks!
January 12, 2010 - 15:12 - This is the first time that I have heard about this custom, but I like it very much. Laura, when I think back on all your stories and photos, you have added so much to my "education" about Europe!
All of us here at Boston Thek Imagery want to wish you great light and wonderful photographic adventures in this bright new decade!!
Happy New Year 2010!
January 12, 2010 - 15:14 - I hope 2010 is one of the very best for you and your family! (Looking good, Clover!)
Before the holidays I received an email asking if I would take some Christmas photos of a young military family before the Father deployed once again to the Middle East. I am not known as a Portrait Photographer but I was honored to be given the task.
It was very important to me that...
December 29, 2009 - 23:51 - There must have been a real sense of "mission" as you photographed this family at Christmas. My best wishes and prayers are with them in the days ahead. I hope that you all--whether the photographer or the family--had a warm and happy time. This is a good reminder of the precious gifts we have in family and our times spent together. Thank you, Laura Phil
When we started upon this journey into film photography it was my husband who was the real catalyst for this venture. He did endless hours of research and was fearless about putting this knowledge into practice. He decided that what interested him the most was an old process called Collodion Wet Plate, which produces an...
December 15, 2009 - 08:32 - That is a really cool process, but I think I will learn regular Black & White processing first. Way to go Erick, it looks like you are having fun and producing some really good work.
December 16, 2009 - 01:00 - It's so intriguing to see this process in action especially when compared to today's quick and clean digital workflow and ubiquitous retail photo processing machines. We are so used to our modern ways that we seldom look back into roots and histories and we lose awareness and appreciation for our foundations. Thank you for the eye-opening and mind-expanding article. Best wishes as both of you progress in the Collodion photography. Phil
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