Doug Boutwell the occasional odd thought or image
Totally Rad! Dirty Pictures Sneak Peek
Since we’re getting close to having all the gremlins ironed out, I thought it would be a nice time to post a little update on just what the hell I’ve been up to for the past couple months…
New TRA Recipes Site
The best thing to happen to the Totally Rad Actions in nearly a year just went online at www.trarecipes.com. We’ve showcased over 160 awesome ways to use the Totally Rad Actions (and counting!) with before and after examples, step-by-step recipes and instructions. Browse recipes by the actions used, by genre, or by the action set [...]
12 Frames of My Family
We just returned from a trip to Santa Cruz, where Chenin had an engagement session. I still love using the Rollei as a vacation camera, because I never do any “serious” photography with it, so it doesn’t feel like work to shoot with it. I also like shooting 120 because you have few enough frames [...]
Lost Sole #2
So this is the basic concept I want to play with in this series… somehow, though, the look of this just isn’t right. Something feels “off” to me. I think it’s mostly a composition / lighting thing. Probably going to re-shoot this pair later on down the road, but this shot sorta serves as a [...]
Lost Sole #1
The first scan of the first neg of a new project I’m working on.
Lost Sole #1
Edited later that day to add:
I’m never at a loss for amazement at how much detail an 8×10 negative holds… here’s a different lighting setup for the same shot, along with a 100% crop
At 1200ppi, we’re not even really getting [...]
TRA Recipe Contest Winners
First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who entered our TRA Recipe Contest this past March! We received way more entries than I thought we would, and to the extent that it’s taken a while to pick winners, that’s my excuse (well, that and a 2 month old baby boy and a hacked [...]
Bombay Beach | Salton Sea | Stuck In The Mud
While making pictures at Bombay Beach, on the shores of the Salton Sea, my Honda Element was nearly lost to the mud.
Salton Sea Photographs | Abandoned Naval Base | Bombay Beach
Another full day of photographing the weird and wonderful environs of the Salton Sea. This portfolio of images is mostly from Bombay Beach and the abandoned Naval Auxiliary Air Station.