Joan Ford Photography

Hope You Have A Happy Heart Today….

joanford — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:35:41 +0000

Hope you have a happy heart today…

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Heavenly Eva…

joanford — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:03:03 +0000

A friend’s daughter is 5 and getting her hair cut for the first time! (can you imagine?) They’re donating several inches to Locks of Love Meanwhile, I was asked to make some images of her before her big date with the salon. So here is lovely Eva, in all her glory.

All I Want For Christmas….

joanford — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:06:51 +0000

Well, I kinda got all I want, so I’ll just ask for more creativity in my work life and in general, more of an appreciation of the people I love and all that I have. I hope you receive all that you want during this Holiday Season too.

Cheers,

Joan

Christmas musings…

joanford — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:49:01 +0000

The tape dispenser is missing, along with several items from my desk. It looks like my kids (5 & 6 1/2) have mastered the art of regifting….

Argus Seventy Five – my first love

joanford — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:27:48 +0000

Now residing in my office, here’s the Argus Seventy Five. Only made from 1949 to 1958, it belonged to my Mom or Dad. I wish I could ask them about it. All I remember was I loved carrying it around on my neck. Here I am wearing it with my brother Mike, and another classic, our old Chevy Biscayne. Go ahead and laugh, it was the ’70s…

Canon 5D – the everyday workhorse

joanford — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:11:33 +0000

Canon’s 5D is always in the office, it’s the camera I choose for most assignments. Favorite lenses are the 17-35 and the 85 1.8. I’ll start every a shoot with one of them. The little red thing is a clown nose – never know when I’ll need that to loosen up a subject…

Cambo 4×5 – at f 32, waiting…for the children to get off the bus.

joanford — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:18:39 +0000

I got this from a studio photographer I used to assist in the ’90s. He was closing his studio to open up a restaurant (trying to find a harder way to make a buck?) Anyway I used it to shoot product in the old days and only some portraiture. I know I ought to dust it off and use the decade old Polaroid 55 in my freezer. But while I love portraits on 4×5, with their restrained and contemplative style, it’s never been my thing to do. So here it sits, like a piece of art or sculpture in our front room. Facing the window, at f 32, waiting, waiting….for the children to get off the bus.

My Cameras (and where they live)

joanford — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:46:17 +0000

I’ve got cameras all over the house, old ones, film ones, ones I’ve never used and ones I doubt I’ll pick up again. Like the island of misfit toys, they stand, waiting. Let me show them to you. Maybe this will inspire me to pick a few up again (there is still film and precious Polaroid in the freezer…)

Hey Jude…

joanford — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:15:30 +0000

My friends Vicki & Thad just had a new baby, Camille Jude. She looked alittle less happy to see me than I was to see her. But then again, at 3 weeks old, it’s probably the first time she’s looked into big camera lens. But definitely not the last.

Fall is here!

joanford — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:42:01 +0000

We’re pumpkin pickin’ and celebrating the fall colors. Hope you’re enjoying the crispness in the air where you are (even if it’s only alittle crisper).