I am out of here with you Graham after over nine years. I cannot tolerate this woke crap. All those that support Graham should do the same. Adios!

I enjoy reading UHH everyday. I don’t post much because I just analog print images and my analog interests are different than most here. But I have come to love the personalities who do post. If Admin starts to listen to these kooks who are easily offended I am done and will find somewhere else to spend my time.

You go Graham!

These people going around talking about c*****e c****e have made it into a money making endeavor for themselves. Never mind everything else they have caused as you so well point out. Reminds me of the same phenomenon with the c***d shot. Greed is a deadly sin and it sure has cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives.

I have been photographing the Southwestern US for twenty years and have to say southern Utah is the best of the west. It has it all from ancient petroglyphs/ruins, numerous National Parks and small towns like Thompson Springs. In fact I am Co-leading a photography workshop with Master Photographer Lynn Radeka in October. We will be concentrating on Capital Reef NP and it’s surrounding areas. Should be a lot of fun.

Jerry

GreyOwl,

There are also some of the best petroglyphs you will ever see nearby. It is a very famous panel called Sego Canyon. Well worth the trip.

Jerry

I love Thompson Springs. Was there a few months ago. They are rebuilding some of the structures and bring the town back to life. The cost of living has gotten out of hand in Moab so Thompson Springs is a good alternative is what I was told by a local. Too bad for us photographers but good for them.

I love Thompson Springs. Was there a few months ago. They are rebuilding some of the structures and bring the town back to life. The cost of living has gotten out of hand in Moab so Thompson Springs is a good alternative is what I was told by a local. Too bad for us photographers but good for them.

What do you folks do with all these image files? Do many get printed and hung on a wall? Or a digital frame maybe? What is the percentage of images taken to printed do you think? My film ratio is about 10:1.

I am posting this just as a comparison for what most all of you do. Knowing some of you have shot large format before this reply is really for those that have not. I shoot almost exclusively with an 8x10 large format camera. Don’t even own a digital camera (besides an iPhone). My subjects hold still. No birds or bees for me.

I have a threshold for taking a photograph; is it worthy of hanging on the wall? If the answer is no I pass. If the answer is yes then the process begins. A lot of effort goes into producing each negative which costs $6.80 per sheet of Ilford, Tri-X is double that. But the decision to shoot an image is more about the effort of getting the camera out, putting it together essentially, getting under the dark cloth for framing the scene and focusing, using a light meter to determine exposure, making the lens adjustments, putting the film holder in the camera, exposing the film and then taking it all apart and putting it safely back in its backpack (which ways about 55 pounds). I recently got a smaller 4x5 camera for those hikes more than three miles; it’s backpack only weighs 25 pounds. I just got my Medicare card and don’t want to endure those long hikes with the 8x10 setup anymore.

I can be gone for a week to Death Valley or Southern Utah and come home with ten to fifteen of sheets exposed. Then comes the labor of mixing the chemicals and developing the film in the proper temperature water while you have your fingers crossed you got the exposure and composition correct in camera. If you did and it’s what you wanted then it is on to printing the image on paper. I am fortunate enough to have a darkroom with an 8x10 DeVere enlarger and all that goes with it right down to a mat cutter. But the best part is I have a wife who leaves me alone when in there!

I can work on an image for over a week or a month even to get it just right. It is certainly a labor of love. It comes down to this; each photograph is precious. Seeing an image of mine hanging on someone’s wall is what it is all about to me. Just last month a large format photographer friend sent me an image of a photo of mine hanging between a John Sexton and Lynn Radeka print on his living room wall. The ultimate compliment.

Yes I do on occasion. But then I only shoot film and print on paper in a traditional darkroom. A digital shooter would have no need to. Prints of prickly pear cactus blooms look beautiful when you color the big yellow flowers with the oil paint Made by Marshall’s. They are very popular with my friends and family. Not what I normally consider a fine art photograph but they are hanging in many homes. It is a relatively easy process but does require attention to detail just like everything else photographic.

[quote=cruise4two]Central Camera is narrow storefront but runs fairly deep inside…

Thanks for the reply. Sounds like a great place with a long history. Too bad for me it is a long way from Arizona.

I loved the story and your images. What a moving narrative from the long walk to freedom to the raising of Go Fund me money to the kids not wanting to carry on the stores legacy. The history of photography and the old ways of the process are intriguing to me. Maybe that’s why I shoot exclusively with film/glass plates; mostly large format, and have a darkroom with all the chemistry in brown glass bottles just so I can hear the clinking of the glass. So sad that this piece of photography history is on the precipice of dying out. Thank you for sharing this.

What is it like inside?

I don’t want to ruin it right away so let’s just say if you know what this is you should support the 2nd Amendment.

[quote=BobHartung]Thank you. I was a bit crazy to try my newest camera and went out with wind chills of -25…

Two quotes from some of my favorite photographers comes to mind after reading your reply. Arthur Fellig better known as Weegee coined the phrase, “F8 and be there.” You certainly were out there being there while the rest of us were keeping warm. Edward Weston said, “To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible.” You certainly did that too. Again I have to say this is a beautiful image.

Merry Christmas!
Jerry

I have to tell you that I rarely see any images here on UHH that I would consider to be fine art. This one definitely is. It stopped me in my tracks. Just beautiful!