Bob Keefer
Is a writer and photographer who lives in rural Oregon.
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Scenes from a reception
The reception was this evening for my show at Don Dexter’s office. Around 100 people turned out, in all manner of costumes, to sip cider, eat gelato and talk art.
Large format!
I bought this old Burke & James 4×5 view camera a few days ago from a starving student in Eugene. Film gear is sooooooooo cheap these days….
I have worked my way through just a few sheets of film so far, from a box of HP5+ that came with the camera, which also included film holders, dark cloth, shutter release and a photo backpack to carry it all in. Did I say film gear was cheap? $110 for the lot.
The process, as a friend says, is do deliberate that it’s “ceremonial.” The very opposite of digital. I love it already.
Now I just need to find a cheap 4×5 enlarger….
photo: the camera, 2009
Another show in Eugene
A show of my new and old hand-colored photographs is on display at the office of Eugene dentist Donald Dexter, 2233 Willamette St. Suite B, Eugene, during October and November.
The exhibit includes landscapes of the Northwest as well as a few bird photos; most work is 11×14 inches, framed to 16×20, but it also features a few small hand-colored prints, matted and framed to 8×10 inches.
A reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
Dexter is an unusual dentist and regularly displays work by local artists. Read more about him here.
photo: Fern, 2009