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
Original Photo with Color Degradation. © 2019 Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. As I mentioned in my earlier post, The 35mm Project, I’ve been busy restoring old 35mm photos I took back in the 1970s and 80s. While it’s been a really fun trip down memory lane, the colors in… 0
© 2019 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. As some of you know, I’ve been doing photography for most of my life. At the risk of dating myself, I’ll admit to having used film cameras much longer than digital cameras. Like many “old school” photographers, I was skeptical of digital… 0
Portrait photography is new to me, and I really am enjoying it. Here in Arizona our hot summer temperatures make outdoor photography impossible. However, now that I have my own studio, I can do photography year round. One of the secrets to good portrait photography is finding the right models.… 0