Eric Patrick McCormack Photography

Christmas Comes One Time a Year!

 

I really  enjoy continuing the  christmas tradition, even though the younger ones are loosing the “faith”.  The whole preparation, getting the tree, putting the Red Wings player in the window. You know, all the proper christmas trappings, of course. The Holidays are super fun. Friends, family and fun all wrapped up into a nice box with a bow on top! Than you have to add parental controls all over the place add 3 hours of tech time, because of the new presents.

Anyway walking through the neighborhood always brings a laugh. You just have to look in the right places…

Vote for Pedr, ah Me!

I receive promotional  emails from Midwest Photo. I purchased things from them in the past so you know, you are going to receive these types of emails, for sure. I came across their email inviting me to submit to their photo contest. I thought sure why not, plus it gives me something easy to blog about.

Below is my submission. You can go to this link and vote for it, very cool!

My submission to Midwest Photo’s contest.

 

 

Grain or not too Grainy…

Well I just tried some of Kodak’s Portra 800. Nice stuff I would have to say. It does not seem too grainy from my tastes, I kinda like it. I could shoot in really low light and hand hold. The film also works for everyday shooting.

Old Car and an Old Camera How Fitting

The other day I was running to Safeway, the neighborhood grocery store, to pick up something for the dinner menu.  Parked in the lot with two spaces to the right was an old Chrysler DeSoto! They really do not make them like they used to. That auto really stood out! I had with me in my car my Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex camera. I fgure my camera and the DeSoto were made around the same time.

What a find!  There was another woman who took interest in the old car and was snappin’ away with her iPhone.

My camera still works like new, must be that German engineering!  I really love the images I get from it. Check out some other work by photographers who use old technology to make photographs here on Flickr. Here is a specific Rollei link. Here is another Rollei specific group. Enjoy Cool things happen when you least expect them.

Volvo For Sale

While driving or walking around my neighborhood there is usually something that catches my eye. Many times I have to take a mental note and go back to photograph what I saw. I may not have has my camera or possibly  I was en route or the light was not right.

This gem I found on NE Lombard close to where I live. It has been offered for sale this entire summer. Maybe if he brought it out from behind the fence he would have better luck.

Fall has officially arrived here in the Pacific NW although you would not not know it. It has been dry and very warm here lately. I think that autumn is the best time of the year. School starts again the days are warm and the evening are cool. Enjoy the weather.

 

I live in the Woodlawn neighborhood in NE Portland, OR. It is a neighborhood with a rich history and a checkered past.

The neighborhood is going through significant changes. There are new businesses and lots of activity. Woodlawn Park is full of people playing soccer and families at the playground and activities like movies in the park and Star Trek in the Park. It is a cool place.

The businesses that have grown over the last five years are The Firehouse, Good Neighbothood Pizzeria, Breakside Brewery, and Woodlawn Coffee and Pastry.

 

 

 

Cool Developments at Newspace Center for Photography

My first experience with Newspace was back in 2005. I displayed my series From the Shadows at Newspace back in May of 2005. It was a combined  show with the artist Liz Haley. Newspace has grown considerably since 2005. The  list of services include a host of classes to be taken,

a traditional black and white darkroom(for those of you still enamored with shooting, processing, and printing film), a gallery space and a digital lab dig deeper and you will find more.

 

They have also developed a pretty nice digital lab with a Nikon Coolscan 900, also and better than the “Supercool” scanner is the Imacon scanner. This is awesome if you shoot any format this scanner rules! I have scanned with this scanner and it produces great files. The photo at right was scanned with an Imacon scanner.

 

Industrial Landscape or Urban Landscape

I have been wrestling with the proper title for the series of images that I have been shooting lately.

I initially called them Urban Landscapes, however I felt like the images were more industrial than urban. As of now I am leaning toward Industrial.

 

 

 

 

 

Just Added

I have just added a new gallery page here. The gallery is a portfolio of some of my past work. Please enjoy!