I am on Etsy now..

I thought I'd set up a shop on Etsy in an attempt to sell some of my photography.  I only have one listing at the moment, so please come and check it out..

Brian L. Schiele (mtbbrian)

Thanks!
Brian

Salmo Trutta...

I have known for a while that in order for this project to be successful I need to have some photographs of and with fish in them, but it's challenging sometimes to put my fly rod down and just be there as a photographer.
So on my last outing, I really made an effort to do that and was able to come away with a photograph of a nice MP brown trout that my buddy James had landed.

I have some macro photographs of some flies on this roll that I will post shortly. I hope you like this photograph there will be more photographs of and with fish to come.

Brian

 

In the darkroom....

I spent the day printing in the darkroom today, it was the first time I had done so in quiet some time; it's a part of photography that I enjoy almost as most as going out with my camera.  While I don't have a darkroom of my own, I am grateful enough to know someone who does, and I must say Robert Hall's darkroom is one of the nicest darkroom's I have ever worked in.
Even though I have been wanting to print for some time, the big reason I did so today was because of the email I got earlier this week from another photographer and fellow angler Jason Morrison.  In his email Jason asked if I'd be interested in showing my photography along side his in the display space he had recently gotten at the up coming Wasatch Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo, without hesitation I said yes.  

I decided upon 10 different negatives that I would make five photographs to for  the expo, eight of which would have to be printed in the darkroom, and the remaining two I will print on the computer.

       

Robert is a gracious host, everything was set up by the time I got to his home so all I had to do was pull out my negatives and away I went. 

 

I got into the groove quickly despite having been in the darkroom last about a year ago, so I was able to figure out what I needed to do each negative without wasting a lot of time or paper. 

I am not quite sure which is more magical, doing all of the dodging, burning and other adjustments as I create the photograph or watching it all appear as the paper bathes in the developer. 

 

Before too long one completed print become two, then three, and so on... 

 

 Next thing I knew I was done with the first set of five photographs and moved on to the next set.  I love to see how a test print becomes a final print, the whole process really is magical.

 

From test print to final print. 

Before too long I had a print washer full of prints that had been archivally processed and washed and need to be emptied for the next cycle.

Not a bad way to spend to spend some time in the dark, wouldn't you say...

 

Despite having a goal of completing eight sets of five prints I was only able to complete seven in the seven hours I was printing today, so needless to say I am pleased with the work I did today.  

The prints from today's darkroom session will be available for sale at the Wasatch Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo April 1-2, so please come by and by one or two.

 

Thanks again for the use of your wonderful darkroom Robert!

 

Now you can read it here...

When the write up about my photography was first published I kept thinking about how I could get it out there for people that don't read Fly Rod & Reel.  I hoped that it would make it to the magazine's website, but for whatever reason it didn't appear in conjunction with the new issue; I am happy to write that you can now read the entire write up on the magazine's website. So without further ado I present to you, Old/New Photos written by Bob White, that first appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of Fly Rod & Reel magazine.  Read it HERE! Thanks for reading!
Brian

Something old, something new...

I went fishing this past week and was able to finish off a roll of film, Tri-X if you are wondering.  It's funny how much or little time it can take do shoot 12 exposures, This particular roll, was started back in September, it wasn't the best 12 exposures I have made in a while, but there were a couple that turned out well enough one of which I really liked.  I'd say up until this last outing I'd say that my priorities were split equally between photography and fishing, but this last outing I really made an effort to watch for and make photographs.

 

 I like this photograph,even though it was particularly warm for January in the Heber valley, the flare gives a good sense of the cold and fog conditions that occur on the Middle Provo.

This next photograph is one I made back in July, but never really considered much until I went over my negatives from last year recently.  It's only from three rolls ago too, I might add.

It's hard to beleive but looking at my negatives from last year, it looks like I only shot eight rolls of film, that's only 96 individual photographs, not all of which turned of course.  Since it is still January and all, I resolve to shoot more, to take more chances so I can make more great photographs...

Oh and if you haven't read the Winter 2011 issue of Fly Rod & Reel magazine, it should be out now.  Check page 18 for a write up about my photography.
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Angle On My Art...

I love social networking, just ask my wife, through sites like Face book and Flickr, not only have I met some great anglers, photographers and other artists, it's been a way for me to get my photography out there too.  Through these sites, I have met,mostly virtually, photographers like Lucas Carrol and Aaron Otto, angler  Cameron Mortenson, and painter Bob White, to name a few.
It was sometime back in the  late spring or early summer 2010 that Bob White announced that he was doing a new column in Fly Rod & Reel, called "Angle On Art", so I immediately emailed him about my photography.  Over the course of over several emails with Bob, and lots of waiting I am pleased to announce that in the Winter 2011 issue of Fly Rod & Reel there is a write up about my photography.

Needless to say I am ecstatic about the write up, the photographs are printed very well and Bob's writing is excellent.
I think that seeing the two photographs with the write up has given me a direction for the project; one of the photographs I submitted was a diptych that if you are familiar with my fly fishing photographs you have seen, but is shown as one of the two original photographs. So as much as I like the diptychs and other formats I have done, I think I will do single square photographs from now on. 
I am not quite sure what else to say so go and buy a copy of the Winter 2011 issue of Fly Rod & Reel and check out page 18.
Thanks!
Brian

Holgaramas and a Diptych

Life has been keeping me pretty busy these past few months, so there hasn't been as much time to for fishing or photography as I'd like. So I thought I'd post a few Holgaramas, that is a panorama made with a Holga, and a diptych that I have only had my Flickr stream.
I'll start off with this one, I did  it earlier this year, on the Middle Provo. I like how the bank and the mountains don't match up together, it creates a dreamy unexpected landscape. 

 

Every now and again things line up when do a Holgarama, as is the case with this one, which I think is just as effective.

Some people are put off by the overlap in the center, but I think it works, mostly because it's not you'd expect in a "normal panorama".

I also like to do diptychs, because I feel that sometimes a single photograph isn't enough to tell the story, and when combined with a second photograph and looked at jointly you can really get a better idea about the story being told.

That's all for now, I hope you enjoyed these photographs.  Watch for my next post where I will have some very exciting news to share.
Thanks for reading!
Brian