Mother Seen

August 28, 2025 in MOTHER, PORTRAITS, FILM, SEEN SESSIONS

image of native american with raspberries and silver jewelry shot on film

One More Roll: Expired Delta 3200 Film

July 21, 2025 in SEEN SESSIONS, PORTRAITS, FILM

Jon gifted me a box of 10 rolls of expired Delta 3200 film for my birthday and I had a feeling I’d like it…

With a few minutes left in our session and a roll already shot I asked Janessa if I could shoot something a bit more experimental. Maybe nothing would turn out but maybe it would…

F22, Film as the Massage, and Images from "Lemme See" with Sadie Joy Muhlestein

July 11, 2025 in PORTRAITS, SEEN SESSIONS, THOUGHTS & SHARES, FILM

When I shoot film, I shoot more.

Pentax 645N with Alex Nibley

May 13, 2025 in FILM, PORTRAITS

I’ve been craving something a bit more nimble, more responsive than my so-slow-they-forget-me Rolleiflex, something not square, something more intuitive…

Found Yin Yang

April 15, 2025 in FILM, THOUGHTS & SHARES, PRINTS

A collection of yin yang nature iterations available for print purchase.

Cuba Film School Road Trip attendees laugh together photographers

Hold Your Own: Fav Film School Road Trip Cuba Pics by Jonathan Canlas

March 04, 2025 in FILM, THOUGHTS & SHARES, TRAVEL

Aesthetic pics yes, but also the ascetic micro of letting oneself love, rich and dripping like lobster tails in oily red sauce and yucca cooked over pork fat fires, vegetarians salivating. To speak truth through pyramids, to watch and be watched, to let the tobacco bury you- to sing and dance and wear red.

Free Treasure with Summer Murdock

February 13, 2025 in PORTRAITS, ARTISTS, FILM

…and the way the light hits her like it hits water is just one of them.

Utah Family Portrait Adventure on Film & Review

February 05, 2025 in PORTRAITS, FILM

We made our way up to Utah’s Snowbasin on opening day when the mountains were transformed to one of Sadie’s imagined snowy scenes and the location and togetherness made for a laid-back family portrait session adventure on film

Seen Session Polaroids

January 31, 2025 in SEEN SESSIONS, PORTRAITS, FILM

Polaroid magic from Seen with Stacie. The scene- new moon Aquarius in January’s freeze. The elements- wood, water, air, fire, metal, women, laughter. “Tell me, my love, do you feel right? Do you feel charmed?”

Self Portraits with the Rolleiflex Medium Format Camera

January 22, 2025 in FILM, THOUGHTS & SHARES

And also the Rolleiflex can be a pain in the ass of immediacy/fluidity. Yeah yeah not for everyone. Jon Canlas shoots this like a goddamned disposable camera in the 90s. But for me, its confounding nuances are a kind of entity that sets me on edge in flow with an obvious presence whispering through the scene as I fumble, grapple, focus, and coax its bassakward screen to get my composition right.

Medium Format + Fog

December 21, 2024 in FILM, PORTRAITS, THOUGHTS & SHARES

Inversion polluted Salt Lake offered surrealist inspiration for medium format portraits.

Gygi on Film

December 13, 2024 in FILM, PORTRAITS

Snowy drive, hot drinks, a winter walk to the meadow with Gygi. A lil talking, a lil crying, a little screaming in the trees.

These last few years Gygi and I have both lost our parents, connected already, we’ve seen each other deeper as we’ve stumbled at the threshhold of death and experienced the strange rebirth that has come in its wake. Her deep presence. Her deep love of life. The way she inspires me to be. I love you Gygi.

Yoga instructor Gygi Koster stand in snowy meadow surrounded by trees at fog at Sundance nordic center.

Woman walks in snow in full parka with fog and trees

Film notes:

Very foggy, snowy day- first snow. Shot rated at 200 pushed a stop on the Rolleiflex 6001.

Film notes:

Camera: Rolleiflex 6001 w 80 mm lens

Film: Portra 800 rated at 200 pushed 1 stop in development. So that means the ISO is set to 200 and then in development you do this THIS which adds a dollar to the cost. WORTH IT.

Lab: Standard scans at The Find Lab Scan with borders on Frontier

Seen Outside: Errin in the Aspens

November 07, 2024 in FILM, SEEN SESSIONS, PORTRAITS

“I loved the freedom of letting inspiration strike—of choosing the thing that felt right and not that was pre-determined. I loved the deep safety I felt while being completely exposed.

I am stunned and thrilled and think they are some of the most true images I’ve ever seen of myself.”

Artist Portraits in Studio with James Rees

October 31, 2024 in ARTISTS, FILM

Whether it’s a desire to collaborate with another artist or a very real world need for high value images for your website, social media, and newsletters my artist portrait session experience witnesses you in your work.