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Instagram/Techie Talk

Mary — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:56:33 +0000

Hello! I’m just back from a week away visiting with friends and family in Miami. I brought my “big” camera and my iphone. Guess which one I ended up using everyday… I love Instagram and seem to be posting more there than Facebook -so if you are on Instagram, feel free to follow me: marymchenry. I’d love to see what you are up to as well!

Here are few of my favorite camera apps. There are a lot of great ones out there, but these are the ones I seem to end up using the most:

Camera+ -for shooting and processing
Phonto -for adding text to your photo
VSCO cam -for processing

And other ways to stay in touch, in our digital world:

Twitter, which I’ve finally got the hang of and am having fun with.
Facebook page, lots of recent work goes here.

Oh- and if you one of the many who are obsessed with Pinterest, you can add my blog photos now! Just hover your mouse over the photos. Fun!

Have a great week,

Mary

At the VW Bus Show

Mary — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:21:51 +0000

Some more images shot with the LC-Wide, this time with (expired) Tri-x film.

Backyard Testing…

Mary — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:36:56 +0000

Playing around with the Lomo LC-Wide. This was my first roll -it’s a fun balance of intentional shooting and happy surprises.

Skylar on film

Mary — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:31:12 +0000

It’s fun to get film scans back from the lab -I’m enjoying the process of dropping it off and having to wait a couple days to see what I’ve shot. It’s how I started in photography and the pace is a nice change from how *instant* everything is today.

Funny thing, this roll had been in the camera for so long that I had forgotten it was color, I thought I was shooting BW. Anyhow, these are my four favorite shots from the roll. Actually, no- there were two others that I really liked but I underexposed them. Ugh. Don’t underexpose film.

Leicaflex camera, Fuji NPH 400 film

Film

Mary — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:08:13 +0000

Learning chess…

For more recent film shots, click here.

120 Fuji NPH 400, expired in 2006 but still works.

Chaco ~ Film

Mary — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:10:06 +0000

Good boy.

Fuji Pro 400H 120 Film

Test Shots

Mary — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:29:39 +0000

“Hey Skylar, can you sit still for one minute so mama can test her flash? Just look at me, you don’t need to smile or anything.”

This is her range of emotions in 43 seconds.

The Selby is in Your Place

Mary — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:08:18 +0000

Have you seen this guy’s work? I ran across Todd Selby’s new book recently -so cool. He photographs “creative individuals in their personal spaces”.

I love images of people in their own environment, I could look at this stuff all day long. Anyhoo- check it out!

Skylar at 1.2

Mary — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:21:08 +0000

The canon 50mm 1.2 was a “lens present” to myself. About once a year, I hold my breath, cover my eyes, and click “buy” at B&H. Slowly I am building a collection of lenses that I will be buried with.

I was looking for some other photos and came across these -I think this was the afternoon I got the lens and took Sky out to the back to try it out. They were all shot at 1.2 -which is so lovely AND so tricky. (As with anything that is worth the work.)

Rockridge Kids, Oakland

Mary — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:47:58 +0000

Check it out! I have twenty photos up in Rockridge Kids. When I first moved back to Oakland after 3 years in Miami, and was cruising around with my 5-month old Will, I found Rockridge Kids. At that time, the amazing Amy Perl was up on the walls -I pretty much ran home and emailed her right away, saying I loved her work and we should be friends. Over the years, many other photographers have come through the doors -last one was my awesome Little Bird School Photography partner, Kristen Policy. So it is with honor that I have had my rite of passage and now show my stuff there.

Stop in and buy some toys for your kids! It is a great establishment; I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the owner and all the cool people that work there. And… if you see my postcard at the register -read the back! You will get a cool gift from your portrait shoot.