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Who’s gonna ride…

lawrence — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:57:27 +0000

Snapshot from Eastern Washington.

Olympus OM-4, Fuji Acros in Xtol

Got behind with commenting on some of the great work that’s been posted in the past week. Will catch up shortly.

Also, bought a new (second hand) camera. A Pentax 645N… pretty excited. Glass is reputed to be v good (and cheap) but it actually takes my Pentax 67 lenses which is even better. If it works out, this could basically spell the end of my 35mm affair.

Secrets

lawrence — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:24:02 +0000

Olympus OM-1, Olympus OM 500mm f/1.4, Ilford HP5 in DDX

Last of Montana

lawrence — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:33:07 +0000

Last shot – been an interesting experience reviewing and selecting images. I prob took only 50 shots so had a very high hit rate but of all the images, there are a few in particular that I like. I gotta admit that a classical landscape style probably does not suit my tastes v much. I like the images but it’s hard to find originality or newness in them. The ones that I managed to shoot in my newer style however stay with me longer. I’m going to continue to explore that for the rest of the year.

This shot was an utterly amazing scene. i don’t think the photo does it justice – a lack of dynamic range as i was shooting slide (and your experience will vary depending on your monitor). still, a nice idea.

Glacier National Park, MT, USA

lawrence — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:55:37 +0000

Back to BW. Just a few more shots and then I’m done with this series.

Glacier National Park, MT, USA in Colour

lawrence — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:13:29 +0000

Couple of velvia shots.

Mountain Goat, Glacier, MT, USA

lawrence — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:58:10 +0000

Some mountain goats walked past us. My only wildlife shots when I was there. Cute these little fellas.

An initial portfolio

lawrence — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:18:20 +0000

First of all, spent some of the weekend giving Pixel Post a run through (as mentioned by Angshu in a response to Raul’s post)… Here’s the result:

http://lawrenceripsher.com/pixelpost/

I’d love some feedback on this. To put it together, I had to think long and hard about my portfolio – how I wanted it arranged, presented, what images, etc. In the end I was able to boil it down to 4 categories, or projects – named:

- Fragments
- Horizons
- A Natural World
- The Infinite Sadness

No portraits, dog photographs, commercial work, ballet, action, contender shots. Just a collection of ‘fine art’ images, things I consider to be my more creative work and perhaps most importantly the work that I’ll be focusing on moving forwards.

I’d love some feedback. Don’t worry about the text or writing – I’ll do all that properly later. Main things are the site itself and most importantly, the image selection. Goes without saying but criticism is appreciated also obviously

BTW, if you notice, “blog” will now point to my author index on Lost in Focus. When I put up my new site, I’ll be putting a bullet in the head of my review based blog at lawrenceripsher.com. That means I’ll be spending a lot more time on this site, improving it with enhancements, etc. Will be cool.

Oh and I made a commitment to myself this weekend to get a book and exhibition together for LIF. So stay tuned.

20 rolls of Ektar

lawrence — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:29:44 +0000

Despite my ambitions to enter competitions I didn’t really get around to it (and am reconsidering anyway). I did send in two images earlier this year though – one was to the Sony thing, another to some Ektar competition sponsored by Kodak I ran across on Flickr.

I had only shot one or two rolls in 35mm at the time, but submitted a few images. Anyway, I recently heard that this image:

made it as a finalist and was awarded one of the 4 ‘honorable mentions’. As a prize, Kodak sent me 20 rolls of Ektar in 120 format which I just received. The cool thing is that the image will be part of the Kodak jumbotron display in Times Square later this year.

Anyway, pretty cool – now I’ve got to think of something good to shoot with the film.

Incoming Storm, Glacier, MT, USA

lawrence — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:07:08 +0000

Pentax 67ii on Kodak TMAX 100 in Xtol

First of Montana shots

lawrence — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:25:39 +0000

Processed the bulk of my Montana pics. Here’s the first few. First images I think i’ve posted of this genre so has been an interesting experience.

Pentax 67ii on Kodak TMAX 100 in Xtol