I have been working on a series of floral portraits for a few months now. All shot on black and white film. I’ve been using film in most of my personal work. The film approach is very different from a digital process. The film camera I use most often is a totally manual, medium format camera that uses the beautiful 6×6 negatives. I believe that’s more than 4 times the size of regular 35mm film or the full frame digital sensor. The results of using a negative this large are images rich with tonality and fine detail. I love images that you can stare at for some time and pick out all the different details that make up the bigger picture.
I have been doing some traditional darkroom printing for sometime now in a community darkroom. I’m still learning, since I haven’t done traditional printing in a long time. My goal is to get this series and the other film series I’ve been working on beautifully printed and exhibited in a local gallery show.
February 18, 2010 – 12:51 am
Nicole hired me to do a series of photographs of her during the three key phases of her pregnancy. I really like this pairing of photographs.
Lately I have had calls from past clients where I photographed their engagement sessions and/or weddings, looking to schedule a maternity session, or have me photograph their newborn baby. It’s both a privilege and an honor to be a part of my clients lives in this way.
January 21, 2010 – 12:23 am
© Flor Garduno
Although this is a wedding blog, I like to share the people and images that influence me as photographer. I first saw this photographer’s work in a bookstore in Buenos Aires. I was immediately struck by the beauty and grace of her images. The tonality is fantastic. Her images are rich in beauty, texture and sensuality. The particular book I was leafing though Inner Light contained some of her gorgeous nude photography. The images are rich in symbolism and mystery, the flesh and bone of her models perfectly juxtaposed with objects that can sometimes be strange but surprisingly fitting.
