Yaum's Photo Diary

I got this lens relatively cheaply $202 USD plus shipping. I hope to use it on the "Oh Canada" wet plate project. I will try usin...

Am thinking of trying and possibly taking a new 8x10 film with me to Thai. Mostly interested in this stuff because of the vast cost differe...

"The other thing I'm fiercely opposed to is storyboards, the instruments of cowards who have no faith in their imagination and no ...

Been thinking that I need to streamline my camera choices a bit (no medium format cameras). The cameras I take for the 6 months might be as...

After working in the darkroom much of the night and early morning I went to the Art Gallery Alberta (AGA) this afternoon. This was my 5th v...

Been thinking all today about the 35x35 HF camera. Here is there face book page, they do quality work at reasonable pricing. https://www.f...

The 20x24 fiber exhibition print of the "Dump Family" for the "TRUMPET" show might be the hardest print I have ever tri...

Whenever I start to think of buying a new camera the dominating thought in my mind is what kind of unique photographs I can create with onl...

"Where you stand depends on where you sit."

Am looking into possibly buying a 35x35 inch wet plate camera. It would be handmade from a camera maker in the Czech republic and cost $555...

I got my news today on "TRUMPET". The exhibitions opening night will be held June 3, 7pm at Latitude 53. There will be a total of...

Am making slow progress on the dump family portrait. I worked about 5 hours this morning, making several test strips of different sections ...

Been emailing with a Czech camera maker who builds brilliant Ebony styled ULF gear. He is making a 35x35 camera for a client. I asked him h...

Am off and running in the darkroom today. It is 605am, I woke up and have just mixed the tray chemistry and an ready to go. Will have a bit...

Turns out I made a mistake submitting a second "Ten Voices" submission to VAA. There is only one submission allowed per person. S...

I got my  "German 50-60s Stratex Zeiss Stereopret Aerial Photo Stereoscope in Case"  today and the thing works for me, in fact it...

I found the neg of dad in bed (the linked bleaching video in previous blog). I might print it a second time for "Healing Process"...

I have found all the dump negs I need except 2 and those I believe are in a binder with  printing instruction sheets taped to them (from th...

I have two of the prints for "TRUMPET" ready made framed and matted in 16x20 form (part of an earlier Larry Louie gallery show). ...

I got a early Tuesday night weeks start on the ton of printing I need to get done in the next while. I dug out my gift (thanks Jack) 5x7 Du...

Well had my last major dentist appointment today. It went pretty well, no bad things happened. The dentist wants to take a look again at th...

Today spent several hours looking through negs trying to find the ones I need for the "Trumpet" exhibition. I found 1, the family...

After reading the Iris Feng article yesterday. I have come to believe that my sex worker portrait work is too important to stop. I need t...