The Good Stuff.

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9.20.2022

Taking a look back as I work on a new style and new projects. Nothing particularly interesting to talk about today. I'll let the photos carry on the conversation. Amazing how many different cameras are represented here.

Canon 5mk2, Canon 1DS mk2, Canon 1Dmk3, Nikon D800, Nikon D2H, Nikon D810, Fuji XH-1, Fuji XT3, A Contax G2, Various Leicas, Hasselblad film cameras, Rollei MF film cameras, Samsung Galaxy GX,  Phase One, iPhone, Olympus PenFT film camera, Olympus EP series cameras, Panasonic GH cameras, Sony New-7 and various other Sonys, and more.  

I'm taking a few days off here to relax and play. We're photographing live theater at Esther's Follies tomorrow. Got some portraits to do on Friday but I'm just coasting through to the end of the month. No big trajectory yet figured out. Just swimming, fun shooting, dinners with friends and other chilled out activities... enjoy the snaps.


















































































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22 comments:

  1. Chuck AlbertsonSeptember 20, 2022 at 11:15 AM

    That's Billy Frank, Sr., in the second photo.

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  2. Kirk, Photographer/WriterSeptember 20, 2022 at 11:42 AM

    Good eye! And....yes.

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  3. Bob F.September 20, 2022 at 1:11 PM

    They are all wonderful, but I've always thought the Kinky Friedman portrait was absolutely superlative. I love the tilt of his hat and the angle of the cigar!

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  4. RichSeptember 20, 2022 at 1:39 PM

    Tour de Force

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  5. Eric RoseSeptember 20, 2022 at 2:02 PM

    What an awesome greatist hits collection! Some I've seen, some I haven't. All are wonderful!

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  6. Jon PorterSeptember 20, 2022 at 2:24 PM

    Wonderful portrait portfolio. I especially like your photos of Martin and Renae.

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  7. Don KarnerSeptember 20, 2022 at 2:49 PM

    OK. Very interesting. But now we have to know about your "new" style!

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  8. crsantinSeptember 20, 2022 at 5:25 PM

    Wonderful portraits. That's quite a diverse range of cameras. I found myself not really caring which camera was used for which shot. I've been studying Henry Wessel lately and I'm inspired to try a softer, lower-contrast approach to my black and white photography. Apparently, he used one camera, one lens and only tri-x for most of his career. I don't care for some of his work but I am learning a great deal from his approach and his thought process.

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  9. Chuck AlbertsonSeptember 20, 2022 at 5:39 PM

    Sorry, that should have been Billy Frank, *Jr.* A statue of him will be soon placed in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol, as one of Washington's representatives. The state arts council issued a RFP for it in May.

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  10. Jon MaximSeptember 20, 2022 at 8:06 PM

    As usual I am in awe of your portraiture. However, nothing comes even close to how much tenderness comes through in your portraits of Belinda and Ben.

    Thank you so much for sharing,
    Jon

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  11. Steve BSeptember 20, 2022 at 10:45 PM

    WOW!!!

    Wonderful, Kirk

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2022 at 6:38 AM

    A remarkable and fun retrospective, proving yet again that the best portrait photo is taken with the most expensive camera, the photographer being merely a button pusher.

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  13. Anton Wilhelm StolzingSeptember 22, 2022 at 2:27 AM

    A wonderful gallery.

    In admiration

    Anton Wilhelm Stolzing

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  14. Tom BarrySeptember 22, 2022 at 6:33 AM

    Each of these is worth a thousand words!

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  15. RichardSeptember 22, 2022 at 7:46 AM

    Great collection. The Italian guy with the espresso is my pick.

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2022 at 1:59 PM

    I recognize Michio Kaku, but not the others.

    Jeff in Colorado

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  17. Kirk, Photographer/WriterSeptember 22, 2022 at 2:29 PM

    Good eye Jeff. I have photographed Dr. Kaku a number of times as he's been a speaker for several different tech corporations. He's ultra interesting...

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2022 at 9:16 AM

    By its self this is an amazing body of work. So human and warm. Very intimate. You've done well.

    R.A.

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2022 at 2:21 PM

    It’s great, thanks for sharing.
    Kudos. Respect, Regards.
    Helmut the Austrian.

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  20. jp41September 23, 2022 at 3:21 PM

    I was expecting (hoping?) you were going to include the image of the resting butterfly on the child’s finger in this series.

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  21. Kirk, Photographer/WriterSeptember 23, 2022 at 5:28 PM

    Ah, the butterfly on the little girl's finger. I thought to include it but I've gotten so tired of trying to convince people that I didn't just glue a prop butterfly there... sadly.

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2022 at 9:43 PM

    Great stuff. Especially coupled with the portrait portfolio from this gallery: http://kirktucksportraits.blogspot.com

    Ken

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