Category Archives: California

Los Angeles, California – 1969

Posted on July 28, 2014 by John Durant

                                                         Burned Fender Stratocaster – Shrine Auditorium,  Los Angeles, 1969 1969 was an … Continue reading →

Posted in B&W negative film, California, Color negative film, color negatives, color transparencies, Film, Fuji RDP3, Jimi Hendrix, Kodak, Kodak P3200, Kodak Plus-X, Kodak T-Max, Kodak TMY, Kodak Tri-X, Los Angeles | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Why I Shoot Film – Part One

Posted on October 24, 2013 by John Durant

Roadside Gas Station (retired), National City California Film has built-in limitations – but it’s honest. It has reciprocity problems and grain, but it’s film grain – not noise. You can’t shoot a 16 bit digital frame and desaturate it to … Continue reading →

Posted in American Photographic Artists, B&W negative film, California, Color negative film, color negatives, f/64, Film, Fuji RDP3, Fujichrome, Ilford Delta 400, Ilford FP4, Kodak Plus-X, Kodak T-Max, Kodak TMY, Kodak Tri-X, National City, San Diego, Vintage cameras | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

On the Windward Side of San Simeon Point

Posted on September 3, 2013 by John Durant

Three frames of Kodak TMY 400 Inside the cove at San Simeon Point the wind is blocked by a headland planted with groves of eucalyptus and cypress. The ocean is calm and the air is still. Glassy waves rifle up … Continue reading →

Posted in American Photographic Artists, B&W negative film, California, Central Coast, color negatives, color transparencies, f/64, Film, Kodak T-Max, Kodak TMY, Kodak Tri-X, Photography, San Simeon, Vintage cameras | 3 Comments

Jim Hubbell’s Skunkworks

Posted on July 23, 2013 by John Durant

James Hubbell – in the workshop, Santa Ysabel California You could call Jim Hubbell an artist, but you’d have to stretch the definition to cover drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, stained glass work, mosaics, jewelry, poetry and philosophy – and that … Continue reading →

Posted in 6:19 Format, American Photographic Artists, Architect's workshops, Architectural Photography, Artist's studios, California, James T. Hubbell, Julian California, Modern Architecture, Organic architecture, Panorama, Portrait, San Diego, Santa Ysabel, Sculpture, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Simple, Reliable & Classic

Posted on June 25, 2013 by John Durant

Broken Hill – Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego California Whenever I get out of sync with the world, I go back to the basics. With surfing it’s always been a big single-fin pintail. For everything else there’s my Rolleiflex. … Continue reading →

Posted in American Photographic Artists, California, Fujichrome, Ilford FP4, Kodak Plus-X, Kodak T-Max, Kodak Tri-X, Rolleiflex, San Diego, Torrey Pines, Uncategorized, Vintage cameras | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ocean Waves

Posted on March 12, 2013 by John Durant

In 1937 Ansel Adams said: a great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. Continue reading →

Posted in American Photographic Artists, Baja California, California, Color negative film, color transparencies, Film, Fuji RDP3, Fujichrome, Mission Beach, ocean waves, Photography, San Diego, Santa Monica, Southwest, surfboards, surfing, Torrey Pines | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lance Carson, Malibu California

Posted on February 7, 2013 by John Durant

                      Lance Carson in the shaping room – January 21st, 2013 The outline of a hand-shaped surfboard is drawn directly on the foam using a rigid template as a guide … Continue reading →

Posted in 6:19 Format, B&W negative film, California, color negatives, color transparencies, Donald Takayama, Jacobs Surfboards, John Durant Photography, Kodak P3200, Kodak Plus-X, Kodak T-Max, Lance Carson, Los Angeles, Malibu, Skip Frye, surfboard shapers, surfboards, surfing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

World War II in California

Posted on October 17, 2012 by John Durant

                                                                                … Continue reading →

Posted in Architectural Photography, B&W negative film, California, color negatives, color transparencies, f/64, Film, Hollywood Sign, Modern Architecture, National City, S. Charles Lee, Steamship Moderne, Theater Design, War in the Pacific, World War II, Zig-Zag Modern | Leave a comment

Sound Check

Posted on October 10, 2012 by John Durant

  One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don’t know what’s going to happen next.                                             … Continue reading →

Posted in 6:19 Format, B&W negative film, Bossa Nova, Cal Tjader, California, Canon F-1, Charlie Byrd, color negatives, color transparencies, f/64, Film, Ilford FP4, Jazz, Kodak Tri-X, KSDS Jazz 88.3, Latin Jazz, Photography, Stan Getz, Storm | Leave a comment

Hollywood, California

Posted on October 9, 2012 by John Durant

Mt. Lee, looking southeast toward downtown Los Angeles My mom met my dad on the MGM lot in 1945. He was a film editor and she was a Goldwyn Girl. They were married in 1950 and both continued working in … Continue reading →

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