Yaum's Photo Diary

Keep thinking about this quote from Jock Sturges. When I spoke to him the other night it just stuck out in the conversation, it seemed so ob...

I have been listening to some wonderful music the last few weeks. With the changing technology the older cassette tapes have lost much of th...

Doing a big 8x10 Tri-x buy, I am hearing mixed stories on the demise of this size of Tri-x so figured even thou it cost more than Ilford...

Well I got the grant submission to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts people today. The deadline for the grant is Sept 1 and I got it off A...

"The truth is beautiful."

I had a telephone talk with Jock Sturges tonight, he gave me his phone number in France and I called him as he was on the road, the talk was...

I am making up images tonight to include in my grant submission to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Several of the 4x5 Banarama 2  flash...

To create something larger than myself, something with important lasting value.

Over the last few days I have been studying the work of Jock Sturges, Sally Mann and tonight EJ Bellocq. One thing I have noticed is how wel...

My advertising for the site is up to $67, once it hits $100 I will be getting a check sent to me. My plan is to order 2 boxes of 25 sheet 8x...

It is so important to be open as an artist. You need to be devoted to your individual vision but its also so so important to be open to othe...

I am working on my 8x10 available light portrait technique. Yesterday I tried the Mido holders for the first time and used my 8x10 Deardorf...

"..to me the subject of art is the human understanding of the world. ....what can be more interesting than trying to make a picture or ...

Here are some more older scans I found on the hardrive, non people shots are not rally my favs but I like some of these. All photos are 35m...

Wanted to upload something and found these images on my hardrive all from old scanning sessions. The first  3 photographs were made wi...

Been thinking of doing a some multiple print layouts, diptychs and triptychs. The idea for the diptych is a topless nude shots of a girl Wea...

I have been studying the composition of Jock Sturges again in his book "Misty Dawn Portrait of a Muse" Looking at the simplicity...

I have a couple of things in the works now. Over the last few days I have being working on my second attempt (the first was rejected) at a...

I had another good night of printing last night. Spent 7 or 8 hours working on a number of prints. I still have to bleach and tone the print...

I picked up 3 Mido II clam shells and 27 Mido II film holders tonight (8x10). These holders allow you to carry more loaded film at a much li...

I just pulled the 11x14 prints from the archival washer, 3 very different subjects. 1) Harsh ladyboy sex worker laying on a bed in a short...

Well I danced the night away int the darkroom, I just put 11 or so 11x14s to wash. I ended up printing 3 negs over the last 2 nights and wil...

Well next week when I am doing my security nightshifts I will take my iMac and work on my second grant attempt with the Alberta Foundation f...

During the last couple off work periods when I have tried printing the whole week I had problems getting going, I have struggled to get into...

"By varying the position of his camera, his camera angle, or the focal length of his lens, the photographer can achieve an infinite num...

"The best way to know life is to love many things"

"I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and som...

"It is the faces of others that teaches me what mine is like."

Spent the night scanning 4x5 negs, some of the negs date back a bit, guess they can be classified as forgotten photographs. I migh...

Been in a photographic slump the last few days, I need to get back on the horse tonight. I plan on scanning work for a "Shots Magazine...

Some old negs I scanned a while back from the 2003 bargirl series, these are rather rough quick cans that I might spend more time on in the ...

I have been having a discussion with friends from my photo group lately and one member Jon made a very good point. I think that sometimes we...

I am trying to learn to read in Burmese. When I learned to read Thai I found it a bit difficult but in the end it was worth learning, readin...

Been spending lots of time on my nightshifts working on learning some Burmese, boy is that tough! I found a wonderful online source to learn...

Found out about this New Orleans photo festival today, looks great: http://photonola.org/ 2011 exhibitions: http://photonola.org/exhib...

Well the blog will hit 150 000 page views in the  next few days. I started this Yaum Photo Diary blog in November of 2007 so that means in 4...

I got a nice backup CPA-2 Jobo processor with lift tonight for a very good price of $165. I also picked up a darkroom timer, a older 165mm l...

This quote is from a book I am reading on Burma written by Karen Connelly a Canadian writer who was born in Calgary. The book "Burmese ...

Got my latest rejection letter today from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts folks. This rejection was for their Art Acquisition by Applica...

Ambrotype in Greek means immortal. That seems to fit because a great photograph is immortal, the print lives on forever (at least hundreds...

After developing negs for like 21 straight days I am going to print this week, all week printing! The only thing darkroom menu will be print...

'Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."  

From his suicide note, for the final 2 years of his life Mr. Eastman was in intense pain as a result of a degenerative disorder affecting hi...

"If any of you cry at my funeral,  I'll never speak to you again."

I feel bad, last week I only developed film each day off, did not make any prints. I will continue to develop film every day this week after...

I am getting a black line down the image whenever I scan a 8x10 negative, not sure why, guess the scanner is dying. I will have to hold off ...

I have been doing some calculating, comparing the 8x10 sizes of HP5 and Tri-x. If I buy a fairly large volume of the 2 films I can get the T...

Here are some more ladyboy sex worker images shot in 2012. I also included a before and after shot of Nui, a ladyboy I originally photogr...