Yaum's Photo Diary

The great Yogi Berra passed away last night at 90 years old. He was famous for his yogi-isms: "When you come to a fork in the road, ...

I have not heard back again from my Swedish TV contact about the film rights deal, so that might be a dead end. Too bad I was also hoping t...

Well my grant application is done, just need to make sure everything is correct with a EAC grant persons help (thanks Justina). I am applyi...

Here is a quick walk through low quality vid of the current exhibit at the Akokiniskway Gallery in Rosebud Alberta. Here is a link to th...

While I was in Rosebud my two repaired Rolleiflex F cameras returned home. Harry Fleenor repaired the cameras and get them back to me right...

Here are some photos from the opening on Saturday at the Akokiniskway Gallery in Rosebud, Alberta. I am having 12 photos from the "Fam...

September 20 The best part of my time in Rosebud was not showing the work but instead the conversations I had with so many interesting an...

September 19 Today was one of the best days of my life. I got to talk about dad and the people of the dump all day. I did 2 shifts one fr...

September 18 Gosh I was getting lots of feedback on the work tonight. People here have been reacting very positively to the photography. ...

September 18 Went to the opening night for the dinner theatre play “Mass Appeal” this is an evening I will remember for a very long time....

September 18 To have any effect as a social documentary photographer I need to humanize my subjects as much as possible. I need to follow...

September 18 It is Friday morning, the morning before my artist day-talk in Rosebud. It is now 719am, I am in the van, cannot sleep, woke...

September 17 First thought about shooting the 5x7 in the field? Heavy, heavy, oh so heavy! Not much I can do about that except carry less...

September 17 Woke up after a long sleep, a long sweet sleep in the cool mountain air. Today will spend the day lounging around relaxing, ...

September 16 After a day of driving after visiting the Tyrel Dinasor museum in Drumheller am at Johnston Canyon campground. Am booked in ...

September 15  There is some question about some of the dad photos being too strong, too traumatic for people to view, especially the chil...

Rosebud week was from September 15 to September 20 Well am laying back in my camper van after a very long day. Getting up early was actu...

Back in Edmonton after a wonderful week in Rosebud. Updates to follow. Got a rejection letter as expected from the AGA Biennial people, s...

This is the camera I am strongly thinking of buying in the future. It is a Canham 12x20 (around $8800 USD). The really cool thing about the...

Gosh what a super cool looking museum, looks like a giant prehistoric bird, or a mythological schooner of some kind. Seems like a down to e...

This video is lots of fun. You got to love the dedication of these 2 French gentleman. Photos à la chambre 20x24 et 12x20

This would be a dream camera. Wish I could find one of these used somewhere. If I ever did decide to go 7x17, this might be my #1 camera op...

Now that the 11x14 Korona deal has gone belly up I am wondering what size film format should I go for next? 11x14 is a nice size but it is ...

Last night I came up with an idea to do better more interesting videos. I want to try mounting my small digital photo-video camera to my fi...

Well tomorrow it is time to pack up the van and head to the Rosebud exhibition. I am going to take extra prints just in case there is room ...

Unfortunately my 11x14 Korona purchase on eBay fell through. I immediately paid for the item via paypal but then the seller said he did not...

Working on my travel grant submission. Here is the project description I am submitting. The bold sentences are questions the EAC wants answ...

These photographs are largely credited with changing the way the world looked at AIDS (at least in the West). The compassion, love, loss, a...

Made it up to 8 chin-ups for the first time last night. It is strange how some days your stronger than others. As soon as I started I thoug...

To bad the Rollei Fs are arriving way on Wednesday I would have really liked to take one on this weeks nature trip. The Rolleiflex F will b...

My 2 Rollie F cameras have been repaired by Harry Fleenor in California. The cameras were shipped out today and should arrive in Edmonton t...

Brought Ansel Adams book "Examples" to work tonight for a bit of inspiration. I not a big fan of zone system landscape work as it...

Got kicked in the balls today, the repair cost for the van is $6100 CAD. The big problem is a new transmission which costs $3000. I knew th...

Here is the last exhibition photograph (I managed to just finish off this last one) for the  coming Rosebud "My Fathers Last Days...

Well I got a 2nd email from the Swedish company Eyeworks TV about the usage of some footage I shot for my dump exhibition show video. After...

I combined the two vids from today on bleaching and toning into one longer higher quality video and added it to my Vimeo channel. The video...

Here is another very short and rather boring vid of me toning the 16x20 "Dad Stare-Hand" print. I toned around 9 16x20 prints in ...

Here is a quick little video of my bleaching work today. I am working on the not so nice Ultrafine Silver Eagle versions of the "Dad S...

Early next Tuesday I expect to be on the road to the Rosebud Exhibition. On Tuesday the prints will be hung in the gallery. Tuesday night, ...

I have seen rats sold on the road for food in Northern Thailand before but have heard of this level of factory like commitment to the meat....

Just woke up, eyes still blurry and my thoughts foggy. I had another dream-nightmare about dad during a short nap I just took. He was sick ...

The 138S requires you to change out the condensers depending on your film format. With 5x7 they recommend 2 - #240 sized condensers. When I...

I was not getting the contrast I wanted with the Durst 8x10 diffusion 184 enlarger, so I changed off to to another enlarger option for 5x7,...

I was not terribly happy with the dried look of the Ultrafine Silver Eagle prints from yesterday (to muddy and dark). I like Ultrafine for ...

I have decided to get my old camper van out of storage. It has been sitting in my dads garage for the last 5 years. I want to use it to tra...