John Crane Photography: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

Grand Circle

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:09:00 GMT

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Shots from various destinations on the Grand Circle including Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Page, Arizona and vacinity, Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park and Moab, Utah.

Please enjoy the images.

Chicago

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:06:00 GMT

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I love Chicago and everything about it. The people, the food, the architecture, the culture, the museums, the sports, the food, the festivals, the shopping, the skyline, the Lake, the food, the energy, the sophistication, Michigan Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, the food, Wrigley Field, Millenium Park, The Bean, Comiskey Park, the churches, the food, the pilgrimage to Calumet Photo...

Every trip back to the Windy City a highlight is trying to schedule a day of just walking around, street photography in the City of Big Shoulders.

This gallery will change semi-annually. Please enjoy.

COLORADO

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:43:00 GMT

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Every day something happens. This gallery is dedicated to the things that happen every day in my home, Colorado. Without a camera to record them, they fade anonymously with the end of each day. This isn't a bad thing-but this gallery is my attempt to remember some of these things.

This collection is persistently updated to keep it fresh. At some point a photo may seem to work, then at some later point it may be realized it didn't work quite as well as I'd hoped.

This gallery is an exercise in the mechanical aspects of photography-learning the cameras, characteristics of film, a particular sensor's traits, the sweet spot of a lens, etc. And of course the aesthetic aspects-composition, exposure and light. It also attempts to explore the intangibles-the emotion, the moment and the feeling behind a person or place that's fleeting.

I hope you enjoy this ever changing collection of images.
-John B. Crane

Blog Photos

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Black & White Film

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:54:00 GMT

Why shoot black & white film in this age of digital cameras? I ask myself that question each time I pay for a batch of processing, or buy a brick of film.

Still, for some reason, I do it. Maybe it's the genre I'm trying to keep alive, the legacy to how things were... I don't know. Maybe it's the feel of my old, heavily used film cameras in my hands as a mechanical shutter reveals to the film plane another image. I don't know. Maybe it's the hours it takes to scan a black & white negatives into a computer-the analog to digital conversion-that makes an image feel more real, more authentic. I don't know. Maybe it's the fact that when a frame has cost equated with it, I tend to be more discriminating about releasing the shutter, and as a result each frame has more intrinsic value. I don't know.

What I do know is that I never stop looking for the perfect photograph-whether black & white, color, film or digital.

So what's my favorite camera? The one I'm holding in my hands when the world reveals an image.

Alaska Inside Passage-1984

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:59:00 GMT

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In 1984 after graduating from Colorado State University, my dog Maxine and I hitched a ride from Colorado to Seattle. From there, we sailed up Alaska's Inside Passage to the Norwegian fishing hamlet of Petersburg Alaska, where we settled in for the summer and worked the salmon.

It was a summer of travel and adventure, and something I'd dreamt about my whole life. I read poetry by Robert Service, stories of wilderness travel by John Muir, and dreamt of living an atypical lifestyle. By the end of a very wet, cold summer I was ready to return to the semi-arid warmth of my beloved Rocky Mountains and headed home.

These photos are nearly 25 years old at this posting, all shot with my Canon AT-1 35mm film camera.

New Patio

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Graphics

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:42:00 GMT

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Water Dog

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:58:00 GMT

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Action shots of Henry, our 5-year old Black Lab. To see more pet portraits please visit http://www.johncranephotography.com

Rock Creek Camping 08

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:03:00 GMT

The Iowa Archive

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:25:00 GMT

Mountain Goats

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:30:00 GMT

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Prints

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:28:00 GMT

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University of Michigan

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:28:00 GMT

Shots from a visit to Ann Arbor, Summer 2007

Mesa Verde National Park

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:22:00 GMT

Main Street Gallery, Littleton

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:05:00 GMT

Arches National Park, Utah

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:04:00 GMT

Antelope Canyon

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Canyon de Chelly National Monument

jbc@johncranephotography.com (John Crane Photography) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:01:00 GMT