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Audra McDonald at the Hale Center Theater

Ryan Muirhead — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:51:08 +0000

A couple of months back I had the opportunity to shoot actress Audra McDonald at the Hale Center Theater in Orem, Utah. Audra has won Four Tony’s and two Grammy’s. She was in town for a Q&A with lucky guests to promote her upcoming performance of 110 in the Shade.

A New Favorite

Ryan Muirhead — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:40:49 +0000

Sometimes it can be so hard to break away from what you know how to shoot and try something really new. I have had an idea kicking around about reading underwater and this was the first attempt to execute it.

Kodak Tri-X film (pushed 2 stops to iso 1600)/Contax 645/80mm lens @ f2.8

Kids and Candids

Ryan Muirhead — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:45:39 +0000

I love kids and have been spending some some super fun time with a few favorites lately.

Jonathan Canlas’ kids Ruby and Ila:

and Rebekah Westover‘s kids Violet and Rockwell:

All shot on a contax 645 with Kodak bw400cn film.

Film is blowing my mind

Ryan Muirhead — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:54:07 +0000

I just got my first roll back from my new contax 645 and it’s blowing my mind. A huge thanks to Jonathan Canlas for finding the camera for me. I got an almost brand new contax, the 80mm f2.0 lens (which has unbelievable DoF), the battery grip and an extra back for $1100. As far as I can tell it’s worth about 2K on ebay. Jonathan also helped me develop and scan the roll of film. Another huge thanks to Amber Weimer for taking some great shots, coming up with everything about the concept, all the wardrobe and doing my makeup! A final thank you to Rebekah Westover for taking a few more shots and being awesome in general.

These shots were all taken on the 80mm lens at f2.0 on Fuji 400H 220 film. My favorite thing about film so far is how it handles highlights. Blown out digital highlights are disgusting unto me and I love the texture film keeps in the brightest areas.

Anyone else out there giving film a try?