I’m an author who’s as passionate about photography as I am about writing novels. It all started when I was a kid and my dad bought me a Kodak Instamatic 100 camera. When I was in college I purchased a Nikkormat (Nikon) 35mm for a photography course. I ended up… 0
© 2017, 2020 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. It won’t make you a great photographer I’ve joined a few photography groups on Facebook. I’ve learned some helpful tips and tricks and seeing some good photography. However, I’m also seeing a subliminal message in many of the posts, particularly from… 0
© 1979 2020 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. I attended Arizona State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ASU was, and still is, a beautiful campus with impressive architecture and scenic landscaping. I revisited the campus in 2011. Some areas looked exactly as they did when I… 0
Restoring my old 35mm photos has been a fun trip down memory lane. This series, circa 1980, features the European Crossroads Chopping Center, which was located near Bachman Lake in Dallas, Texas. At the time I was going to an art school which was also a tenant at the European… 0
This past July I sold my home in Tucson, Arizona, (sort of like Jojo in that old Beatles song,) and moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. In the middle of a heat wave, in the middle of a pandemic. Yep, it’s how I roll. I bought a lovely home with… 0
The band Five Way Street. © 2020 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. Once upon a time, before Covid came along, I was a regular at The Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley, Arizona. It was a fun place. Several of my friends performed there, and I made a number… 0
I recently took a little mini photography excursion and did a shoot at St. Philip’s Plaza here in Tucson, Arizona. St. Philips is a small, upscale shopping center which is normally quite busy, but with the Covid-19 restrictions it’s now a ghost town, which meant I could actually find a… 0
It’s funny how a seemingly unremarkable photo can become iconic. Such is the case with the above photo, titled, Joy! A few years ago I had to go to San Diego to work on a video I was producing. I needed footage of a figure walking into the ocean, at… 0
I know I haven’t been around this blog lately, although I have been having some new photography adventures. I love to travel, and a photography excursion is the perfect excuse to take a trip. However, in light of current events, I’ve had to curtail my traveling, so I’ve rediscovered the… 0
As I mentioned in my earlier post, The 35mm Project, I finally invested in a film scanner and have been creating digital files from my old negatives, including some of the old black and white negatives from my college photography course. For reasons that make no sense to me today,… 0
© 2019 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. I recently did a photography studio session with model Krissy Kapp, including a costumed shoot depicting the 1920s. I used to do historical reenacting myself, so I love doing period costumed photos. Krissy was a great model to work with, and I… 0