i have hundreds of photographs like this that i took over the period of a decade. i haven’t looked at in a long time. seems a shame i don’t really post them anywhere anymore, but that whole period of my life is so disconnected from who i am now. 🤷 
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nice lighting!
even the way we interact with images is so disconnected from that period of all our lives now
did you have studio and do your own developing as well?
i miss that era of photography so much.
i did. i built a full studio, and had a trailer on the side of the house that functioned as darkroom, and editing room.
but i preferred to shoot outside in places i had never been before. and yes. i know what you mean…
the balance of planning, serendipity and craft with a camera in the wild was wonderful, utter magic
this old metal foundry in the south puget sound on the water had clear sun in the early evening, and the light would also reflect off of the water, so you got double the light exposure. plus there was sort of an unusual silver element to the light itself. 
for some reason this made me think of Edvard Brun’s (pseudonym) videos of lenticular clouds over Mt Ranier.
did you ever see these?
Great pics!
Happens. I’m slowly disconnecting from my actual life.
These are beautiful! ♥️
Sometimes we outgrownour hobbies and that's ok. 🙂
I totally understand. I live in the country now, far away from what I used to be.
These are so good. Please keep posting more.
As someone just getting into photography more as a hobby, I'd love to hear more about your approach: always curious about equipment/technical stuff, but more interested in anything you want to share on your creative process/intent.
thanks for the note.
here are some opinions that i haven’t really ever shared…
the least important part of photography is the camera, and the technology. learn how to use it well enough that it gets out of your way. all it is, is a recorder of what you see. therefore, learning to see is more important.
study light when you’re not shooting. watch how it moves when you’re sitting at a stoplight, when you’re walking…
when you shoot a person, hyper focus on what you find beautiful about them, inside and out. you will capture what you see.
reject fear. do not shoot reactively, trying to prevent mistakes. trust yourself, and trust what you find beautiful without apology, and go after it with enthusiasm.
emulate explorers and experimenters. stay away from experts. they will try to turn you into them. don’t fall for it. what you love is what you look for, is what you see. ❤️
