stevenlouisray

stevenlouisray, 20 days ago to photography

Calandrinia Grandiflora (2018)

Shot in our garden with a Speed Graphic 4x5 large format camera. I think the film was Delta 100, just by looking at the notch code plainly visible in the upper right corner. If anyone can verify that, I'd appreciate it.

Calandrinia (also called Rock Purslane) is an easy to grow succulent which produces gorgeous magenta flowers. I've seen this plant referred to as Cistanthe grandiflora as well. Very low maintenance, just give it room to spread and it'll be happy.

#photography #blackandwhite #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowers #largeformat #ilford #fediphoto

stevenlouisray, 1 month ago to photography

Rock at Bean Hollow (2017)
(specifically, Pebble Beach at Bean Hollow State Beach)
Pescadero, California

Taken with a Bronica S2 on Fuji Acros film near lovely Pescadero. If you visit San Francisco, I recommend taking a little road trip along the coastal highway (Highway One) south to Pescadero, or a little further to Santa Cruz. A lot of the area is sparsely populated and is quite charming, with several beaches to explore.

I submitted this print for consideration for a gallery exhibit in Portland, Oregon, to be held in that city's Blue Moon Camera and Machine, a great camera store in the city's northwest quadrant. Maybe some of you know it.

They accepted it for the exhibit, and that was the impetus for my road trip between San Francisco and Portland that September. All of the images I've posted here of Oregon and far northern California are from that trip.

I believe that exhibit was arranged by the Film Shooters Collective, which I was a part of back then.

#photography #darkroom #fediPhoto #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #nature #beach #westcoast

stevenlouisray, 1 month ago to photography

Tree at Gabriel Park, Portland, Oregon (2017)

Taken with a Bronica S2 camera and Fuji Acros film, printed using Moersch Easylith chemicals. I believe I used old Foma paper for the darkroom print, but I don't remember the specifics.

I only printed perhaps half a dozen (or fewer) images using the Lith process; this was the most successful one. I've always intended to do more. I love the way Lith prints look. So much texture.

#photography #fediphoto #believeinfilm #bronica #fujifilm #lith #darkroom #printing #portland #oregon

stevenlouisray, 3 months ago to BelieveInFilm

Rockaway Beach, Pacifica, California (2016)

Bronica S2, Fuji Acros film

I've always liked the tonality of the rocks in this image. Acros does such a wonderful job in that regard. You can also clearly see each row of waves as they approach the shore in all of their frothy inevitability. I can almost hear them.

#believeinfilm #blackandwhite #fujifilm #darkroom #beach #california #fediphoto

stevenlouisray, 3 months ago to darkroom

Lone Tree, Drake’s Estero (2015)

Taken during a walk on a foggy winter’s day. Bronica S2, Fuji Acros film.

#darkroom #blackandwhite #mediumFormat #photography #analog #believeInFilm #fediArt #fediPhoto #california #nature #bronica #fujiFilm

stevenlouisray, 4 months ago to darkroom

Drake’s Estero (2015)

Today feels like this image looks. Taken during a hike in Drake’s Estero, just north of San Francisco on a winter day in 2015. Cool, wet, quiet, very still.

Bronica S2, Fuji Acros film (my favorite).

#darkroom #blackandwhite #mediumFormat #bronica #photography #analog #fujiAcros #believeInFilm #art #fineArt #fediArt #fediPhoto #california #nature

Ambivalena, 4 months ago to photography

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stevenlouisray, 4 months ago to BelieveInFilm

A Path of Contrasts (2015)

Taken during a quiet winter walk in the fog, Drake’s Estero just north of San Francisco.

Mamiya 645AFD II, Fuji Acros film.

#believeinfilm #mediumformat #mamiya #fujifilm #landscape #nature #fediart #fediphoto #peaceandquiet #california #sanfrancisco

stevenlouisray, 4 months ago to BelieveInFilm

A quietly serene photo, taken this time of year at Drake’s Estero, just north of San Francisco. (2015)

Hoping peace and fulfillment are both present for you in 2024.

Mamiya 645AFDII, Fuji Acros film.

#believeinfilm #photography #serenity #blackandwhite #landscape #fediphoto #nature #beauty

Ambivalena, 5 months ago to photography

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stevenlouisray, 5 months ago to BelieveInFilm

Mount Shasta, California (2017)

Paper negative from Graflex Speed Graphic 4x5 large format camera. I think this was a one-minute exposure. I took several paper negs during this trip, and processed them when I got back home.

This was taken during the first leg of a three-day road trip from San Francisco to Portland, Oregon.

Swipe for a cell phone pic of the setup.

#paperNegative #largeFormat #largeFormatCamera #believeInFilm #blackandwhite #fediPhoto #fediArt #blancoynegro #landscape #photography #roadtrip

A color photo. The back of an old 4x5 black large format camera occupies the bottom half of the photo. Beyond is the scene from the first image, showing the ground, the evergreen to the left and the snow-covered mountain in the distance. The sky is blue.

stevenlouisray, 7 months ago to photography

Natural Bridges, near Secret Beach (2017)
Oregon Coast

Taken during a roadtrip between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. Six years ago this month.

I have a fear of heights and had to crawl on my hands and knees to this location. The trail is narrow with cliffs to either side which plunge into the ocean.

Mamiya 645AFD II and Fuji Acros film.

#photography #fediart #fediphoto #blackandwhite #blancoynegro #mamiya #fujifilm #landscape #oregoncoast #roadtrip #believeinfilm #darkroom

RiversideBryan, 7 months ago to Florida

Saint Johns River Sailing

#Jacksonville #Florida #Photography #AmateurPhotography #Pixelfed #StreetPhotography #GalaxyS23+ #River #Boats #Sailboats #Nature

stevenlouisray, 8 months ago to BelieveInFilm

Windswept (2013)

Mendocino, California
Mamiya 645AFD II, Fuji Acros film

#believeinfilm #mamiya #california #blackandwhite #fediphoto #fujifilm #landscape

stevenlouisray, 9 months ago to photography

Seal Rock, Oregon Coast (2017)

Taken during a road trip between San Francisco and Portland.

Bronica S2 with Fuji Acros film.

#blackandwhite #photography #fediphoto #squareformat #bronica #fujifilm #roadTrip #oregon #pacificnorthwest #beach

stevenlouisray, 9 months ago to BelieveInFilm

South of Half Moon Bay (2015)

If you’re ever in the area, take a drive on U.S. 1 from San Francisco down to Pescadero or points beyond. The landscape alternates between farmland, forested hills and sand dunes. Wild and wooly in some places. Good for your mental health.

Far from the madding crowd, you might say.

#blackandwhite #fediPhoto #believeinfilm #roadTrip #california #norCal #fujiFilm

Bronica S2, Fuji Acros film.

stevenlouisray, 9 months ago to photography

McNee Ranch State Park (2017)

Bronica S2, Fuji Acros film

During a hike through McNee Ranch, near Montara, California. I believe this was taken from the fire road.

#blackandwhite #photography #fediPhoto #hiking #california #bayArea #norcal #bronica #fujiFilm

stevenlouisray, 10 months ago to BelieveInFilm

North of Gold Beach (2017)

Oregon Coast, during a roadtrip between San Francisco and Portland.

Bronica S2 with Fuji Acros film.

#blackandwhite #believeinfilm #oregon #oregoncoast #bronica #fujifilm #landscape #fediphoto #nature #roadtrip

stevenlouisray, 10 months ago to photography

Cove, Southern Oregon Coast (2017)

Taken during a roadtrip between San Francisco and Portland.

A nameless place, as far as I could tell, located between Gold Beach and Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor. I’d just stopped to take photos at a beach, then got back in the car, rounded the corner and was presented with this scene. I believe the beach had a name, but I couldn’t find it just now.

Go to the Oregon coast. It’s just breathtakingly gorgeous.

Mamiya 645AFD II, Fuji Acros film.

#fediart #fediphoto #oregoncoast #blackandwhite #photography #mamiya #fujifilm #landscape #nature #roadtrip

stevenlouisray, 10 months ago to photography

Oregon Coast (2017)

Taken during a road trip between San Francisco and Portland.

I really just pulled off the road where I saw a modest sign with the word ‘Overlook’. I don’t think there was any name given to the place, which was in southern Oregon. This is the view that greeted me. The photo doesn’t really do it justice.

Bronica S2 medium format camera, Fuji Acros film.

#fediPhoto #photography #blackandwhite #mediumformat #bronica #fujifilm #landscape #pacificnorthwest #oregoncoast #nature

stevenlouisray, 10 months ago to fujifilm

Tree, Oregon Coast (2017)

During a road trip between San Francisco and Portland. Mamiya 645AFD and Fuji Acros film.

#blackandwhite #fediphoto #landscape #blancoynegro #mamiya #fujifilm #roadtrip

stevenlouisray, 11 months ago to BelieveInFilm

Sheep Pen, Mission San Antonio de Padua (2017)
Jolon, California

Cambo SC 4x5 large format camera (my first LF camera), Fuji Acros film
Contact print

One of my favorite photos. Taken during a three-day large format photography workshop, where time was spent in Monterey, Carmel and Jolon, California.

#believeInFilm #darkroom #largeFormat #fujiFilm #california #oldWest #blackAndWhite #photo #photography #landscape

stevenlouisray, 11 months ago to BelieveInFilm

Rocks of Bandon (2017)
Bandon, Oregon

Taken during a roadtrip between San Francisco and Portland. If you’re ever near the Oregon coast, make the trip to Bandon. Its giant rocks (sea stacks) jutting out of the ocean and sand are phenomenal. Astounding, really. Go.

Bronica S2, Fuji Acros film.

#believeInFilm #mediumFormat #roadTrip #bronica #fujiFilm #squareFormat #blackAndWhite #oregon #westCoast #beach