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I’ve been working on a series of photos about horses this year. I’m working with an 4×5 camera that I’ve heavily modified. I got the hacksaw out last night to make the camera do what I wanted to do.

This is a polaroid and I was happy enough with it that I went out and bought some type 55 pos/neg film to shoot with. It’s expensive stuff at about $3.50 a shot, but it’s shots like this that remind me that I’m an artist.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it on this blog, but I actually have a show up at my favorite restaurant, the Schezuan Noodle Bowl on 8th and Kind in the International District of some of my horse photo collages.

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November 27th, 2005

I’ve been working on a horse photo for one minute. I’m working with a webcam, QuickTime Pro and ImageWell. I made the camera do what I wanted with a few clicks of a button.

http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2005/11/horse-photos.html

November 27th, 2005

WOW! Amazing shot. Worth the $3.50. I wish I had a camera like that. A friend of mine has an old polaroid and I love playing with it. All the pictures have a great ethereal quality to them - but nothing like that. What did you do with the hacksaw?

I’ll have to do lunch at the Noodle Bowl sometime soon and check out the show!

November 27th, 2005

I put a plastic lens from a diana on the 4×5 and in order to make the focal distance shorter, I had to cut the rails.

If you go to the noodle bowl and want to get what I get every time, order the “13.70.” It’s a feast for two people!

November 28th, 2005

a beautiful dream.

November 28th, 2005

Wow! That is awesome! Reminds me of some Breyer horse model photos I took a few years back, except yours are 100 times better, and mine were of their shadows.

December 3rd, 2005

I’ve enjoyed looking at your photography!

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March 13th, 2006

i glanced through these and what a nice style-how about a trail ride on the live variety of equus sometime?
hight,mom

emily

March 8th, 2007

hey i love ur work but i need alot of horse pics ok ! thanks

Emily

September 29th, 2007

That photo is gorgeous! I have that particular Breyer model (Misty, right?). Never thought it could have an ethereal appearance. Thank you for proving me wrong!

kaitlyn

June 21st, 2008

the horse looks so cool i would love to here how you did it.

Felicia

June 25th, 2008

That picture is amazing. I love it!

kasey

August 25th, 2008

thats an amazing photo, it’s beautiful but how did they get it?

August 30th, 2008

i love it all.

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