JW Photography

2nd and Main

jimw — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:16:41 +0000

I was driving around recently and saw this abandoned gas station. When I walked around the other side of the building, I made this photograph. I had read an interview in PDN magazine with Stephen Shore and Gregory Crewdson a few days before and saw the parallels between this scene and Shore’s “Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue” photograph.

Isolette

jimw — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:01:17 +0000

This is my newest film camera- a 1950′s Agfa Isolette folder. I’m looking forward to using this.

Overexposed

jimw — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:42:54 +0000

Over the past year, I’ve been experimenting with different light. This is the full illumination of a magicube through the Fresnel lens on the Big Shot camera. I wasn’t expecting it to overexpose like this, but I like the result.

Taken with a Polaroid Big Shot camera using Fuji FP100B film and a GE Magicube.

Reflections of Winter

jimw — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:05:46 +0000

It’s been tough photographing outside with all the snow we’ve had in the Northeast. This is from one of the last snowstorms shooting from the deck. I thought the reflections of light off the windows cast an interesting shadow.

Taken with a Canon 40D.

It’s Been Awhile

jimw — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:34:04 +0000

Haven’t posted much over the past year, but I’m still taking photos. This is a shot from July. I was looking at the water and the flames and tried to capture them.

Taken with a Canon40D

“Glad Tidings”

jimw — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:50:48 +0000

Cartier-Bresson at MoMA

jimw — Sat, 29 May 2010 02:00:05 +0000

I was fortunate enough to spend today at the Museum of Modern Art to see the exhibit Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Modern Century. I was very impressed with the size and range of the exhibition. The photographs were amazing, most of which I had never seen before. It was interesting to compare some of the photographs on the wall with their appearance in a magazine layout. The exhibit runs through June 28th and it is well worth the time.

Here Comes the Flood

jimw — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:27:58 +0000

The Pawtuxet River rages through a waterfall near Main St. in Coventry, RI. The factory building to the left is battered and damaged. On the other side of the bridge I’m standing on, houses and businesses are flooded and the roads are closed.

Taken with a Canon 40D.

Holga

jimw — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:34:18 +0000

I recently scanned another roll of negatives from last year and found this photograph. I like the way it shows a sense of space and dimension. Even though I think it’s totally different from what I saw in the viewfinder. When using the Holga, I usually shoot the same scene with my digital. I didn’t with this one.

Taken with a Holga 120N using Kodak BW400CN film.

Beavertail

jimw — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:41:46 +0000

Here’s another Holga shot from Beavertail.

Taken with a Holga 120N using Kodak 400NC film.