Dry plate photography

There are two basic controls at the photographer's command--position and timing--all others are extensions,

peculiar analogKiribane PhotographyJune 21, 2021creativity, Flaneur, dry plate, analog, alternative processComment

Moonwalking Mt. Ulap

Of all the paths I like to take in life, I make sure a few of them are dirt. Making photographs along my hike is a way of imprisoning reality for a later time.

Travel, PhotographyKiribane PhotographyJune 17, 2021creativity, Fine Art, Flaneur, Black and White, 8x10, analogComment

In times of pandemics

Large format photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

peculiar analogKiribane PhotographyJune 7, 2021creativity, Flaneur, Fine Art, large format, Black and White, born to filmComment

View Camera

There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.

peculiar analogKiribane PhotographyMay 31, 2021creativity, Flaneur, Fine Art, large formatComment

Fuji GFX 100S Trial

Great photography should be about the depth of feeling, not the depth of field.

PhotographyKiribane PhotographyMay 29, 2021Fujifilm, GFX 100S, creativity, Flaneur, StreetphotographyComment

X-Ray and caffenol

Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think.

peculiar analog, PhotographyKiribane PhotographyMay 26, 2021creativity, Flaneur, large format, Black and WhiteComment

Large Format View Camera

“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.”

Kiribane PhotographyMay 22, 2021creativity, Flaneur, Black and White, large formatComment

Carmen 2890 Gramm

I'm still astonished by myself. It makes me realize that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.

Photography, Story tellingKiribane PhotographyMay 20, 2021creativity, Flaneur, Fine Art, 8x10Comment

Becoming a Father at over 60

A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.

Story tellingKiribane PhotographyMay 19, 2021creativity, Flaneur, Fine ArtComment

Hong Kong - Neon Sparks

“Give Hong Kong to an Artist. He can use it. It can be poetized.”

Travel, PhotographyKiribane PhotographyMay 14, 2021Flaneur, Hong Kong, photography, creativity, Fine ArtComment

Peculiar analog - a journey into large format photography

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask "how," while others of a more curious nature will ask "why."

PhotographyKiribane PhotographyMay 8, 2021Flaneur, analog, large format, paper negative, dry plate, alternative processComment

Berlin seen in 4x5

There is something about the name Berlin that evokes images of men in hats and long coats standing under streetlamps on rainy nights. So I got out to shoot something else.