Greetings!

[Imaginaut]

I have found these forums to be invaluable as a repository of useful information, but have not participated to date! In the interest of correcting that...

Hello everyone. My name is Andrew, and I am a photographer in San Diego. I shoot digital for work, although I am not a full-time photographer nor am I interested in pursuing that, but when shooting for myself I prefer film. I primarily use 4x5, but will use 35mm or 120 or digital as the shot requires, or as available!

 

[albada]

Those photographs are excellent! I live in Escondido a bit north of you, and was wondering where the top photo (rocky beach) was taken. I can't think of any such scene in San Diego County.

Mark

 

[Daniela]

Welcome! Lovely work!

 

[koraks]

Welcome aboard, @Imaginaut ! Happy to have you here. Beautiful photos, too!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Welcome to Photrio!

Please show the Photrio members of the wonderful things in the San Diego area such as Anza Borrego and the Calcite Trail.

 

[mshchem]

Welcome, nice work. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Imaginaut]

Those photographs are excellent! I live in Escondido a bit north of you, and was wondering where the top photo (rocky beach) was taken. I can't think of any such scene in San Diego County.

Mark

Escondido! I grew up in Hidden Meadows, right between Escondido and Valley Center. I have family there, and love to hike the Daley ranch.

That photo of the ocean and rocks was taken at the La Jolla tide pools and I would agree, it doesn't seem like a place that would be part of the San Diego coast!

 

[Imaginaut]

Welcome to Photrio!

Please show the Photrio members of the wonderful things in the San Diego area such as Anza Borrego and the Calcite Trail.

I love Anza Borrego! It's been a long time since I've hiked the slot canyons, including the Calcite mine trail, but it's always a treat to wake up in the desert. It's a real pleasure to photograph, as well.

 

[albada]

Wow! It's obvious that you have the unusual ability to see what you're seeing, and to foresee how it will look at a different contrast.
I took some photos of wildflowers in Daley Ranch after the fires of 2003. Here's one:

I don't know whether this shot has any artistic merit, but I intended it to show the contrast between death from fire and fresh new life. My camera was a Taron U.

Mark

 

[Mike Lopez]

This one is outstanding!

 

[Imaginaut]

Wow! It's obvious that you have the unusual ability to see what you're seeing, and to foresee how it will look at a different contrast.
I took some photos of wildflowers in Daley Ranch after the fires of 2003. Here's one:

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I don't know whether this shot has any artistic merit, but I intended it to show the contrast between death from fire and fresh new life. My camera was a Taron U.

Mark

That's a generous compliment, thank you Mark. I've found that shooting black and white film forces contrast choices at every step of the process, forcing some visualization in that regard.

That's a lovely picture. It's interesting, being burned seems to emphasize the manzanita bark's natural tendency to flake and fragment off the trunk. Lovely!

 

[Imaginaut]

This one is outstanding!

Thank you Mike! That is from inside a small adobe church in Warner Springs, a really beautiful adobe building.

 

[dalahorse]

Welcome!!

That's a generous compliment, thank you Mark. I've found that shooting black and white film forces contrast choices at every step of the process, forcing some visualization in that regard.

That's a lovely picture. It's interesting, being burned seems to emphasize the manzanita bark's natural tendency to flake and fragment off the trunk. Lovely!

I absolutely agree. This is fantastic!