the camera paints a mysterious picture

       Noting.
        Show up. Witness Early rising magic.
        The crispness of frost on grasses leads
         to the lushness of steam rising and rushing along the surface.
          Mix in just a little light....and sit still.

paintings happen

 

without photoshop layering

the way it was just twelve hours ago

love the looking back

reflecting on the reflections

the sounds 

the suggestions

and remembering soft shadings of greens through the veiling

Spring HAPPENS....whenever it wants

The last 'winter shoot' had to happen in the middle of the week and near the end of the day. Last Wednesday. March 21st. according to the calendar, it was official. very vernal. but not our usual weather...it felt more like summer, in the 80s, with bugs bugging me. hot. sweaty. it was nonetheless a sweet pleasure to veer off the worn path in these woods and find the light waiting, while i basked in the shade of the big old trees with the wicking of green.

twelve weeks of camera work. falling way in love with winter. weekend 'shoots' have been so exciting to me.
being up very early to 'catch the first light'
 found me throwing on my warm gear
and driving off to meet the group in 15 degree temps. 

that seems to have ended rather abruptly in Michigan. 

                     

WICK comes to mind from the book "The Secret Garden"

the drama of Michigan's seasons and seasonal surprises.

all beautiful when we stop and look

the Buddha and the Bridge

JUDITH'S BUDDHA

the original photograph

:

transformed by gum bichromate process:
sized arches paper, printing 4 times with negative
after coating first with ultramarine blue, then
transluscent yellow, again with black, and
another coat of blue...pigment added to gum
arabic solution...

and the Gorge Bridge...two printings, both with black...

first step is creating a digital b&w negative from the original

photograph...size paper, coat with layer of gum+watercolor

pigment powder, dry, expose with negative to ultraviolent light,

bathe a few times, dry, layer next coat of color, 

register negative in place, expose, and so forth. 

Learning new processes teaches me a great deal about myself.
I most likely will not use this technique again with all its
complexities, but it is intriguing. 

try /www.gumphoto.co.uk// for more on process~~~

CHANGE is Good

TIME TO TURN MY HEAD

TO PLAY IN A NEW WAY

                         what will happen to the Buddha above this weekend? 


I'll be taking that image into a 2 day workshop here with
 EE Smith...exploring what can happen using a
 19th printing process: GUM BICHROMATE. . . its alchemy and mysteries
   can make magic~ 


                                                         we shall see