Matthew Mayfield

I've been MIA for a while it seems (to me) but at least for good reasons. Lots of running around town making photos. Lots of trying to put out other weird little fires (it's the little crap that takes so much time).

One of the _good_ things that has taken some of my time lately was to photograph Matthew Mayfield for his upcoming full length release. We had a specific goal and to my delight it called for shooting film and working with a bare bones setup. I love, love, love simplicity.

He had a specific idea in mind. Think old. We shot on the rolling white wall with the Crown Graphic, RZ, and Leica. On the large and medium formats we shot instant film as well (mostly to scan the negatives of them...as it lends itself to the feel we were going for).


Above is a photo of the setup, mid-shoot. Talk about simple. Wall, subject, camera, north light in the studio. Done.

Day 353

Day 313

its official. the blue cut robbery kick ass. best described by josh as "the bastard children of led zeppelin and rage against the machine".

Day 308

matthew shooting pool

Day 304

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!


yes, i do mean in the upcoming election, but i ALSO MEAN:

ramble:

so yesterday i mentioned i debated which image to post....so today i'm posting the other one and asking YOU...which do you like better? do you like them at all? do you eat meat? can i borrow your bike?

here, today, is the 4x5 frame of a similar shot. my scanner sucks so i couldn't "really" scan it with the 4x5 rails in it...i wanted to but after scanning bob and getting every so slight moire i decided if i REALLY want something scanned fully intact i'll wait till i have a better scanner. so many scanners i desire. [cue drool....Now]

/ramble


SO...first im posting the one shot by itself, then LINKS to the two photographs at a slightly larger resolution. i find bigger can often be better.





So there is that!


LARGER VERSIONS:

First shot (day 303)


Second shot (day 304)


VOTE IN THE COMMENTS

(and vote on tuesday as well.)

Day 096

i have a few rolls i need to get processed. note to self: get on that.


yet another one of matthew. i've been shooting but i need to get the images ready to post..then..i will. for now you're stuck with matthew...which isnt so bad.

Day 092

so apparently matthew broods enough that people really enjoy seeing photos of him smiling, and rightly so. he looks super awesome while smiling.

smile more. you.

Day 067

the long project is drawing to a close. its been a blast. Eventually i'll be able to post stuff from it.

for now here is matthew Again. deal with it!

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Day 060

Day 042

so yesterday was a blast and i'm sending the film out today to be returned to me in a fortnight. cant wait to see how it comes out

today im shooting megan and steven (i may shoot something else too, just...because why not)

tomorrow starts the first day of shooting for the big feb project. i cant decide if i am going to post dailies from that or other work that is unrelated. i suppose it doesnt matter a ton.

anyway here is matthew from a couple of nights ago