As I have become more and more immersed into photography I have become more and more interested in the creative process and less interested in the mechanical aspects.  I do understand that the equipment is essential to the creation of most anything, but it is not all there is to creativity.

I have always kept records of my serious photography.  I have a 3x5 card file of my early 35mm work that goes all the way back to my first darkroom in the mid 1970’s.   When I began working with large format film I took evenmore detailed notes.  I settled on using a microcassette recorder to record my field notes, which are later transcribed to a notebook.   Later, after wearing out the little cassette recorder, it was replaced with a digital recorder.   I have detailed records of most every LF and ULF negative I have made for the last twenty plus years.  I record the basics, like f-stop, shutter speed, film size, film holder number, filter and such.  I also have notes on location, time of day, type of light, temperature and wind.

What I am going to attempt to do in this area is recreate the making of some of my images.  Each installment will be a recounting of the WHERE, WHEN & HOW involved in the creation of a finished photographic interpretation.  I will include technical, as well as creative descriptions for each image.  I will not attempt to translate any meaning or explanation of the finished photo, since that is something that cannot be put into words.

I hope that everyone will find something of interest in each story.

JB Harlin