So that’s it for shooting Kodachrome, the fat lady belted out a good one today, lots of high notes, a few lows. I will remain in Kansas until the last roll goes through the machine, which judging by the volume, could be as late as this time next week. I will have more blog posts as the next couple weeks pass, stay tuned!

The final week to use Kodachrome film is upon us, right in the heart of the holiday season. Grant Steinle and crew are working from 6 AM until 9PM to get all the film done that comes in on a given day, some 1,000+ rolls of still and movie film. I finished up in New Orleans, hung out in Grand Isle, LA for a couple days before heading North to Dallas to see dad and Grandma. Now I have a week, 130 rolls and endless subject matter to choose from…it is getting more surreal every day..

Whew…just over 14 days left to shoot a film that is now 75 years and 8 months old. Just sent another 150 + rolls off to the lab, will hand deliver the rest. After some 5 days and nights in New Orleans, I now have 172 rolls left. At this point, it is all fun, relaxing, great rapport with people, lots of new friends and incredible color. Hundreds of rolls, hundreds of days, hundreds of places and hundreds of faces. The Big Easy has treated me well, now into the Gulf spill areas and beyond…

So here we are, a month left. I am sitting in a Starbucks in DC near the Aspen Institute getting those proverbial ducks in a row. Sent 150+ rolls of Kodachrome to the lab…they made it, whew. A little over 300 rolls left and a month to go…no pressure. I used to worry about not having enough time to shoot all my film, now I am glad I have a seemingly bottomless bag of gold and red film cassettes, I can go crazy one day or keep it to the point the next….actually hope I have enough. I feel centered, not sad, not crazed, not tired, not blank. After a high energy day of shooting in Patrick O’Connell in his world famous kitchen, I will head South, to the color, the people, the warm juicy air and do it up right. The journey continues….

Acadia, last light…

Landscape Architect Dennis Bracale…

Fallen, Frozen Leaf…

Classical Guitarist Kevin Morse…

Diver Ed…

Dulles Airport Color…

I have been in New England a month now, pretty incredible place, rich in diversity from large cities like Boston to dinky Canadian border towns like Derby Line. I have followed the Fall colors all around the state, photographed small town fairs, life as it is in the region. I got into a theme of long distance viewers, one covered in rime ice on Mt. Washington, another on the day that followed with a classic Fall backdrop. In late mid October, Sarah came out to see me for 10 days, we had a great time shooting and exploring together, the photos of me are by her. 63 days left, it is coming soon so shoot that film up!

Every time I have been through Greensburg Kansas, the sky is swirling, the land churning….it is eerie..

It’s like they built the town on a burner on the stove in God’s Kitchen and something is always cooking. Greensburg had been rebuilt, but it still feels like it is on the edge of something..the edge of weather, the edge of time…

Yosemite Valley in May was a zoo. Tuolumne Meadows not so much and easy camping, non-stealth. In my early twenties, I did no more than 3-4 days in places like Yosemite, Mt. Whitney and Death Valley, so I am giving my self a present of not days but weeks on end in these places with Kodachrome. It’s surreal…

Need to wear more sunscreen, I am getting wrinkly. Warnings about Playa dust at Burning Man hosing cameras have me concerned, hoping Gaffers tape and multiple daily doses of canned air keep the rigs healthy…