While visiting my in-laws up north in Marinette Wisconsin I got to work on some personal work, relax, and experiment. One thing I was working on while up in the north woods was some abstract photography. Here is one of the shots I like…
More to come soon.
As a thank you gift for shooting his wedding (coming up real soon) my friend, and partner in crime, Simon McConico and his fiance, got me a Fujifilm Instax Mini 7S Instant Film Camera. I took a week off with my wife and headed down to Mexico, and they thought I might be able to use it down there, so they gave it to me a little early. It was also my birthday on the 26th of Feb, so this was a very pleasant surprise. I took a lot of instant images while in Mexico, and learned a lot about the camera, as this was my first time using one. The main thing I learned was similar to the lessons learned while shooting with a Holga: Let go, loosen up, and don’t take things to seriously.
So here are some of my favorite images from the trip:
And since I am feeling good from the vacation I am going to give away 10 prints of these scanned images. So these won’t be the original instant film, but they are the next best thing. They will be printed on a 5×5 archival photo paper, signed by me. All you have to do is leave a comment below with the image you would like, and I will get it printed and mailed out to you. I will take the first 10 comments here on the blog. Make sure to leave your email when commenting (you dont have to leave it in the comment area, but there should be a spot to enter it so only I can see it). I will then email you to follow up, and get your shipping address. So here we go… first 10 people.
Jake Rohde
Valo Photography
I had a bunch of Holga films that I have been trying to get to scanning… I finally did…
Jake Rohde
Valo Photography
Milwaukee WI
I am having a selection of some of my “void” work on display at the BYOstudio this gallery night and day. The show runs for 2 weeks: July 24 – Aug 2. Stop by, I will be hanging out Friday night, and most likely Saturday as well.
Part of a group show including photography, painting and sculpture called “Reflection on Recession”
Join BYOstudio for the Exhibit Opening Event
Milwaukee Gallery Night: Friday, July 24, 2009 – 6pm to 9pm
Milwaukee Gallery Day: Saturday, July 25, 2009 – 1pm to 5pm
BYOstudio
2246 South Kinnickinnic Avenue in Bay View
414-699-7033
info@byostudio.com
http://www.byostudio.com/Home
The photo of the week this week is of a man reading his newspaper. Nothing special, nothing groundbreaking… I just like this image. Sometimes as I am walking around I wonder why I take certain photos… Sometimes it is just a reaction, you see something, somewhere the brain says, hey snap a picture NOW, and before you can even think about it, there is a new photo captured in your camera. It is usually these types of photos that I love best. The moments where you don’t even have a second to think about it, you just make the picture…
“Man Reading”
Jake Rohde
Valo Photography
This weeks photo of the week, “Drops with Night Lights”. This photo was taken late at night as I was sitting in my car. It was raining outside, it was peaceful and there were city lights in the background. It was one of those moments when everything seemed peaceful, just for a couple of seconds… So in that moment I took out my camera, quietly as to not disturb the moment, and snapped a few photographs of raindrops collecting on the windshield of my car.
“Drops with Night Lights”
Milwaukee, WI
Canon EOS 3
Arista Premium 400 @ 400
Jake Rohde
Valo Photography