New Video: How to Load Film into an Olympus 35 EC
A quick demonstration of how to load 35mm film into the back of an early 70s vintage Olympus 35 EC rangefinder camera. While this consumer grade snapshot camera doesn’t give …
These black and white pictures of sunflowers aren’t that sunny
Black and white photographs of sunflowers by Keith Dotson I visited this lovely field of sunflowers with their heads bowed in the early morning, waiting for the sun to rise to perk …
Video: Ancient Native American Rock Shelter
“Indian Rock House” is a natural rock shelter that was used by local Native Americans up to 15,000 years ago. It’s located in the middle of nowhere on the Cumberland Plateau …
Cities on Film: Atlanta shot with a vintage Canon AE-1 on Fujifilm Neopan 100
Welcome to the first edition of my new series, ‘Cities on Film’ In this series, I’ll be traveling to various cities, spending a single day shooting one roll of black and …
Summer in the South: Kudzu Monsters
Summer in the south means the arrival of strange animals and monsters under a layer of kudzu. Above: Black and white landscape photo of kudzu over trees beside the road in …
Vintage Photograph of the Real New Orleans Streetcar Named Desire
Genuine New Orleans history — the real Street Named Desire, photographed in the 1980s Made famous by the Tennessee Williams play and the Marlon Brando movie, this is a toned …
Did you know that trees sleep at night?
Scientific experiment shows that tree branches droop at night, indicating rest A few months ago, scientists discovered that trees “sleep” at night. Using laser scanners, they were able to prove that branches of …
New on my website: 15 black and white photographs of abandoned places
Oh, the texture. The peeling paint, crumbling bricks, and climbing ivy. There’s something about abandoned places that are so evocative for photographers, especially those of us who shoot in black …
Toning Cyanotype Prints with Tea Tannins
Scroll to bottom for a step-by-step guide to the process, and for a list of supplies I spent this sunny Sunday making some new cyanotypes, some of which I plan …