Category Archives: black and white

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LIGHT

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

Oftentimes I cannot decide which variation of an image that I prefer to print and exhibit. I see two completely different statements with these to renderings. They each tell a unique story, and perhaps both tales are valid. The black … Continue reading →

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TWO VARIATIONS

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

I shared the black and white image today at the Redwood Camera Club meeting and critique. The image is of the Rogue River in nearby Oregon.

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HISTORIC HUMBOLDT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 1980 THROUGH 2018

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Over the coming days and perhaps weeks I will be posting images from my archives. I spent time photographing the areas around Humboldt Bay and the nearby cities of Eureka and Arcata. The imagary from 1980 through 2004 were either … Continue reading →

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ARTS ALIVE THIS SATURDAY

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Here is a sample of my images that are part of the exhibit at the F Street Foto Gallery (upstairs at Swanlund’s Photography in Eureka). Most of my images are scanned negatives and color slides from the nineteen eighties and … Continue reading →

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OCTOBER EXHIBIT AT F STREET FOTO GALLERY

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Here is an example of the images that I will exhibit next month. I took most of them in the nineteen-eighties. Some were color slides, and others were large format black and white. These locomotives were parked at Simpson’s Korbel … Continue reading →

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AWARD WINNER AT RAA

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

This image came in third place in the Redwood Art Association’s Fall Exhibit.

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ELK’S HEAD FARCASTER

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

From yesterday’s outing.

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Visiting Old Negatives

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

At the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum thirty years ago.

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UP COMING EXHIBIT

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

I am now directing some energy toward an exhibit of some of my legacy images. This is one that I am considering.

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AWAKENING

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Thomas Bethune

They can be easily overlooked and missed if one is not attuned to their presence.

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