I decided to write this article because I mentioned on my instagram that I often took my cameras with me to appointments as a therapy camera. Kind of like a companion dog. I received many messages from people saying that they suffer from anxiety as well and they were going to give this a try.
Category: Crohn’s Disease Awareness
Testing Cameras on Location: Canon 7, Nikon F, & Kodak Premo No. 2
I’ve been feeling extremely tired lately I think from the medication I am on for Crohn’s Disease, and just from the disease in general. It’s been really challenging for me to go out in the summer heat to take photos. I can’t really explain the type of fatigue that comes with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It’s… Continue reading Testing Cameras on Location: Canon 7, Nikon F, & Kodak Premo No. 2
5 Photobooks for the Quarantine Life
In this uncertain and anxious time in our world right now, a time that will surely be in the history books in the future, we as film photographers and storytellers almost have an obligation to record what is going on around us. So I have decided to put together a list of 5 photo books that will hopefully help you to get motivated, and recording the world around you.
Photography and Mental Health
A lot of people have asked the question, "Can getting into photography as a hobby help mental health issues?" The short answer: yes.
My Top 19 of 2019 – End of Year Blog
In this case, this year I have been processing a lot of sickness and death. As the year draws to a close, and I go through my photos from the year, I have discovered that I have expressed these struggles through my photos.
Ilford Ortho Plus 80 with My Mamiya 645 Pro and Nikon F
Last week we had a nice cool front come through here in Florida, and since I wait all year long for this weather, I just had to get outside. I went to Tradition, Florida, a small town nearby, to walk around and take some landscape pictures with the new Ilford Ortho Plus 80 film.
Life, Loss, and Photography – A Photo Essay
There’s just something about being outside in the solitude of nature and in the quiet that gives me room to think of them, and through the act of taking photos for even just a few minutes I feel as if I’m with them.
Solitude – What it Means to Me & My Photography
I’ve learned that I can’t stop the hurricane, so to speak, but I can deal with it, and prepare for what it leaves in its wake.
Street Photography…from my car
I want so badly to get out and photograph. There's only one problem. Neuropathy
The Argus C3 Matchmatic and a New Beginning
If you can't accept my flaws, you don't deserve my magic. — Bob Ross Like humans, every vintage film camera is going to have flaws, some many, but with some appreciation and ingenuity you can get a lot of magic despite those flaws. As someone with Crohn's disease, I relate to this so much. For… Continue reading The Argus C3 Matchmatic and a New Beginning