Roughly 1998, cobbled-together PC and Mac Performa While drinking my coffee this morning, I decided to take a look at Flickr. I’m pretty sure I’ve ranted about my love/hate relationship with Flickr over the years, so I won’t rehash it now. I was looking at stats, and this image is my second all-time most popular... Continue Reading →
Back in 2005 or so, I was doing a lot of photography at the company I worked for. Events, locations, products--you name it, i shot it. I stored all those photos on an external USB drive plugged into a Linux server I hacked together. I was relatively new to Linux, and learned most things by... Continue Reading →
Finding models in Central Montana is tough, yo. But, a while back I found Marissa. We've done a couple shoots so far, and we have a ton of ideas for future shoots. She's great to work with, and patient enough to deal with the fact that I'm a little rusty with the portrait shoots. Gotta... Continue Reading →
I first drafted this article in October of 2019. Since then, I've formed some new opinions, so I'll leave the original text, and add my thoughts from today, some 21 months later. Let's start with a little history My first point and shoot was an HP PhotoSmart R507. I bought it in October of 2005.... Continue Reading →
I just realized I hadn't posted anything about the 52 Portraits project for 2021. It's been a slow start, but as of today, I've managed to get 10 portraits. Slow and steady, right? The full gallery is at 52.daniel.photo, but here are the first 10 (11 if you count the self portrait to start the... Continue Reading →
Let's face it, 2020 was just a weird year. It was an uncreative one for me--I shot fewer photos than I ever have. So last night I decided I was going to start 2021 off right. I didn't care what the subject matter was, I just new I was going to start the day shooting... Continue Reading →
Well, 52 didn't quite pan out this year. I'd love to blame it all on Covid, but the truth is I slacked off. I mean, Covid had a little to do with it--especially when I was dealing with it directly. It was a good first experiment, though, so I'm not chalking it up to a... Continue Reading →
I was lucky enough to meet Meagan for happy hour while I was in Portland, and grabbed this shot of her before she left.
Maybe not the best time to visit Portland, but I'm here, so I'm trying to catch up on my 52 Portraits project. Ally and Paige were kind enough to help.
On a recent trip to Missoula, I had the opportunity to shoot with a new model. It was primarily a test shoot, but I ended up really liking what we were able to capture. The sunset didn't cooperate (does it ever?) but golden hour was outstanding. It felt good to actually get out and shoot something other than landscapes.
ArtsFest is going on in downtown Great Falls right now. I wandered around with Jason and Heather, looking at this year's murals, and ended up with 17 and 18 of the 52 portraits. COVID definitely threw a wrench in this project, but I'm still committed to 52 portraits this year...
If you live in or near Great Falls, and you've never been to Elevation 3330, go. Especially on Taco Tuesday. Last night, they were good sports and let me shoot their portraits for my 52 project.
Daniel Hedrick 