“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
— Ansel Adams
 

My latest work is shown below. It’s a mix of mobile shots and film, ported from my Instagram feed. For a better representation of my film work, take a look at the links on the navigation pane on the left.

Latest Work

By happenstance, I stumbled upon a Lightroom mobile feature that exports photos with the 4:5 aspect that Instagram forces you to conform to! This is the view from the apartment we stayed in last week.
A cloudy day with a clear horizon makes for beautiful light magic
What I am after is the ideal balance between wisdom and curiosity. I want enough experience to know how to accomplish things, but not so much that I fall into the trap of doing things the same each time.
This place was visually stunning! With a potential photograph everywhere you look, I had to exercise discipline—otherwise I’d quickly run out of film.
This building caught my eye because it reminds me of a building I saw in a Texas small town years ago
I got tired of Instagram’s dumbass aspect ratio for portrait-oriented photos, so I found a workaround. This is one example where that stupid crop would severely mess with my composition. 📷 Mamiya 1000DTL, 55mm 1.4 🎞 Kodak Proimage 100
The original plan was to photograph El Morro, but for some reason the lighting never turned on. Instead I turned the camera around and got these cool buildings. Exposed for 30 seconds @ f16 📷 Mamiya Press Universal, 100mm 3.5 🎞 Kodak Portra 160
For two years I’ve held this concept in my head, waiting for the right time and right mindset. Last night, I dragged myself out of our comfy airbnb and made the short walk to the fort, angling for the right place to set my camera down since I d
Digital always looks great until you zoom in
A hazy sunset over the walled city
I can’t recall, but I really hope I grabbed this on film! The array of colors and the angle is a delight to my eyes.
I only managed to conduct one photoshoot in Cartagena. I must say, it was the greatest challenge I’ve ever been faced with as a photographer. I wasn’t hampered by one thing in particular, but rather by a volatile combination of oppressive
The seams between fiction and reality can be best observed in places where the income inequality is most extreme
I was headed back to the hotel when I happened upon this scene. With the heat approaching its prime ferociousness, I had to stop and capture this.
If you study and do your homework on things to photograph, you end up finding your way to all your spots organically during exploration.
It’s a continuous audition, not a race. 📷 Mamiya 1000DTL, 55mm 1.4 🎞 Fomapan 400
Freezing time happens to be my specialty 📷Mamiya DTL1000, 55mm 1.4 🎞Kodak Proimage 100
Although I’m not a morning person, I am definitely a morning photographer. 📷 Mamiya C220, 55mm 4.5 🎞 Kodak Gold 200
The level of detail is astounding 📷Mamiya 1000DTL, 135mm 2.8 🎞Kodak Proimage 100
The combination of light, steel, and glass, combine into a treat for the eyes. Seeing how this series of photographs turned out, I’m reminded of the iron work seen in the lobby of the original Penn Station. 📷 Mamiya 1000DTL, 55mm 1.4 🎞 Foma