by John Crane | Feb 2, 2020 | Black and White, Destinations, Inspiration
No matter what time of year you visit Utah’s Arches National Park you know you’re in for a treat. Having visited frequently over the past 30 years I’ve seen the Park in many different weather conditions – but mostly some variation of hot and...
by John Crane | Jan 10, 2020 | Black and White, Destinations, Inspiration
Arches National Park, January 2020. Having just returned from a long weekend to Arches National Park, I’m beginning to work through my film. Shot a good bit of 35mm and 120, both color and monochrome this trip, keeping with my New Year’s...
by John Crane | Jan 1, 2020 | Film, Inspiration
The D3s and F6 have worked side by side for 10 years. It’s time to say goodbye to one of them – and it’s not the F6. It’s January 1, 2020. Not just the beginning of a new year, but a new decade. Tonight in the local news (well, not exactly...
by John Crane | Jul 10, 2019 | Black and White, Inspiration
Why do we need to say something – anything – about our images? A few weeks ago I was in Chicago looking at a display of student work at Moody Bible Institute. There were two different exhibitions: one with very nice photographs, printed on canvas and...
by John Crane | Mar 4, 2019 | 4042n, Black and White, Inspiration
How honest do I want to be? How much of myself am I willing to reveal? I’m not a minimalist. At least not in the photographic sense of the word. While I occasionally admire the photo of a mostly empty hillside with subtle tones and a single, isolated tree positioned...
by John Crane | Oct 6, 2018 | Color Photography, Destinations, Inspiration, Road Trippin', Slide Film
OK, so maybe I jumped the gun a little. Maybe I still do have something to say regarding the F6. Allow me to explain. Over the past several years I’ve enjoyed shooting with a variety of cameras, including all the Nikon single-digits F-series, as well as a...