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Technical Details:

Equipment: 35mm and 120 roll film cameras are used: Minoltas in 35 until 1999, and now Nikons, and the Mamiya 645 since 1977. A few of the early foggy mornings were shot with a Zeiss Ikoflex twin lens reflex.  Starting in April 2003 digital was added to the mix with Nikon DSLRs.

Film: Mostly Kodak TMY-400, some TMX-100, and some early stuff on VERICHROME Pan. Why did I ever leave it??? TMY is great! I believe the GYG (Great Yellow God - Kodak) for all instructions, but I do "pull" TMY in development a bit (or a lot).

Paper: I love Ektalure and Portriga Rapid, but the watercolors I use go onto Kodak's RC E surface so well that these often become the papers of choice, especially if the prints are toned with (AGFA) Viradon (Life-threatening) Brown Toner.

The colors are primarily Nicholson's Peerless Watercolors. I also use watercolor pens, markers, pencils, or whatever. Many of my friends say that I have (only) a small box of crayons.

About the Photos:

These photographic pursuits of Early Mornings, Victorian Houses, and Abandoned Places are a passion. Each of these subjects or themes has its own special character. When properly isolated, they carry the visuals of the distant past and the mystery of all their years unencumbered by the present. These things stimulate the imagination and curiosity of the viewer. Such places and things are photographed to give a sense of place or time, augmented or contradicted by people in the photographs and to add some humanity or perhaps some romance. As such, these are neither documentary records nor portraits of either the places or the human subjects. These additions often cause the viewer to add his or her own personal values to the image. This distance from reality is consistent with the emphasis provided by black & white photography and may even be enhanced by the selective hand coloring used.

The people in these photographs are friends and collaborators. They have initiated my passion to "create" in these places and continue to help me find unique visual perspectives and feelings. These collaborators also provide vintage clothing and props for the images and are final product partners.

About the Photographer:

Bill Woody is a photographer from Beavercreek, Ohio who has been pursuing his art since 1972. He is a member and past president of Dayton's Tripod Camera Club. He has participated in international competitions and has many acceptances and awards of merit. He gives seminars and workshops on black and white photography, printing, and handcoloring, as well as portrait and model workshops. Bill also serves as a judge for photographic competitions for local groups and the Photographic Society of America Member clubs across the country.

He photographed the Dayton Ballet in the 1980's. His photos have been used in their promotional material and are part of their permanent collection. He has also contributed services, programs, and photographs to the Appalachian Institute for the Arts for their productions.

In the 1980's he co-produced with Craig Maynard of Centerville, Past, Present, and Future: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a two-hour docudrama with photographs of the Great Smoky Mountains and narration by the local mountain people.

More recently, he has worked on his personal "The Packard Project" in collaboration with the staff at America's Packard Museum in Dayton, The Dayton Downtown Arcade, and a project in towns of Globe and Miami, Arizona. 

His prints are in private collections across the country from Boston, New York, and Washington D.C. to San Francisco and Los Angeles. A permanent display can be found in the corporate office collection of Electronic Image Systems, Inc. of Xenia, Ohio. Prints are also in the corporate office collections of Sony, Hitachi, and Panasonic. His first one-man show was in Beavercreek in 1995. More recent shows have been in New York City and at galingales gallery in Yellow Springs, Ohio, The Blue Heron Gallery in Lebanon, Ohio.

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E-mail: Photowoody@att.net