Jason 
December 6, 2014Doing portraits is one way I’ve connected with people. Using a large, slow camera and explaining the procedure really brings the subject into the process. These images are about to resurface. My friends Dave and Anna recently got in touch with me, asking if I’d take part in a new show about artists. Of course, I accepted. Continue reading →
Jason September 26, 2012This past weekend was Folsom Street Fair. It’s an annual BDSM and leather subculture fair with fundraising events, parties, exhibitors (crafts, art, pornography, etc.), music, and general mayhem. For a consistent event like this, it’s increasingly difficult to come up with fresh ideas or photograph unique scenes. For me, it was a chance to get Continue reading →
Jason June 1, 2012(2048×1631) Last weekend was SF Carnaval in the Mission. The parade starts at 9:30 (usually later), but the interesting parts happen before, around 8:00-8:30 when the performers and floats are preparing for the event. Of course, with each passing year more and more photographers show up early for this unfettered and intimate access to the Continue reading →
Jason January 6, 2012I decided to start this new year shooting film. I took these at Scott and Andy’s house. It was our first Monday Night Dinner of the year, plus our friends Jonathan and Adrian were in town from Sydney, so they decided to invite a bunch of friends over. It’s always nice to catch up with Continue reading →
Jason January 5, 2012(2048×1617) Meet Paul, he’s a film shooter like me. He approached me last weekend, saying he wanted to meet “the guy with the Crown Graphic”. He shoots street portraits in b&w and color and we had a lot to chat about. I tend to make a lot of film shooter contacts on the street. I Continue reading →
Jason October 22, 2011(1655×2048) It was Travis’s idea to do a family portrait before their family increased by one. I’m glad he called upon me to do it; I’m always looking for portrait subjects. We shot this in the plaza at California/Davis streets. I don’t often shoot more than one person at once in Large Format because the Continue reading →
Jason October 22, 2011(1653×2048) This is another portrait of Eva. We decided to try one on California Street on one of the cable car lines. In the distance you can see the cable car line going up a tall hill, though in this print you can’t see it. Still, I think the 12″ Carl Meyer makes a great Continue reading →
Jason September 24, 2011(1656×2048) I had the privilege of photographing Eva a couple weekends ago. We met in the morning to do some family portraits downtown. I did a mix of LF shots, Ektar 100 with an old 210mm Tessar, 8×10 320TXP with a Carl Meyer 12″ Apo-Process, and my favorite portrait lens – the Gundlach Rapid Rectigraphic. Continue reading →