Bang!
Bang! - <a href="/models/juno/">Juno</a>
Juno came back into the studio for with a bag of interesting stuff. She knows me well enough to know that interesting is a hat, a corset and a gun with a Bang! flag in it. As always she was …
Milky
Evoke - <a href="http://mcaleavy.org/models/milky/">Milky</a> | <a href="http://mcaleavy.org/techniques/cameras/nikon-d100/">Nikon D100</a>
On Monday I shot Milky for the first time in a few years, and took a couple of infrared images with my old Nikon D100. Looking at these images one thing is abundantly clear. Equipment really doesn’t matter. The model …
Taking shape
Camera bed
I’ve now glued sides and the bed onto the rear standard, and after a bit of a panic about the orientation of the crossbar on the top, I’m happy that everything is lining up as it should. The holes for …
Clamps
The Clamps!
Gluing has begun. First lesson: buy more clamps. This’ll be much quicker with more clamps.
Bulldog 8×10
Bulldog 8x10
So after many years of procrastination I’ve finally decided to get into 8×10 photography, primarily to shoot tintypes and wet plate collodion. After hunting for a vintage or second hand modern camera on eBay for a while, I decided to …
Gatsby
Gatsby - <a href="http://mcaleavy.org/models/hazard/">Hazard</a>
It was the first outing for my Gitzo carbon fibre tripod too. A great new toy that’ll make traveling with the tripod a lot easier.
Music
Hanzel Und Gretyl
In the last couple of months I’ve been getting back into music photography. I’ve shot Je$us Loves America, Hansel und Gretyl and the Nanobots. The lighting is challenging, but low light is kinda my thing, so hopefully there will be …
Habs
Proprioception - <a href="http://mcaleavy.org/models/habs/">Habs</a>
Despite vowing to do so I’ve not been keeping the blog here updated. Social media is the enemy to this sort of thing. So time for some catch up. Back in July, Habs came back into the studio to model …
Mac Drive Failure
Dave Boot
On Thursday the hard drive on my Macbook Pro failed. Not a problem. I run Time Machine regularly so I have a full incremental backup that’ll restore my machine back to working condition. Just need to buy a new drive, …
SPRLMNL – JLA
Image Series: <a href="https://mcaleavy.org/archive/performance/">Performance</a>
The full set is here: JLA