Portrait of Ruth

I met Ruth on an early morning, when my college ex boyfriend, The Reverend Stephen Hermann was giving a sermon at the spiritualist church at Camp Etna in Maine. Before the service, I went around to the congregation and asked the members if I could take their photograph and gave them each one of my business cards. Several days later, I received an unexpected lovely email from Ruth... how could I forget her striking Siberian Husky eyes? We made a connection and I asked her if I could photograph her and we made a 7am photo shoot date that week before she would go off to work. I took the following portrait of her inside the church. Oh, yes, there is more to this story with many more specifics and details. The time will come.

"Portrait of Ruth", Etna, Maine, Summer 2013. ©Juliana Beasley

Bethany, Celeste and Baby Guy

I took the following portrait of Bethany with her daughter Celeste and her baby Guy while I was up at Camp Etna in Maine working on a new project. They are sitting in front of their home where they live and which is still in the process of renovation. Bethany and her husband and her three children are the youngest residents at Camp Etna. This was my favorite of many portraits I took of them.

"Bethany, Celeste, and Baby Guy", Etna, Maine, August 2013. ©Juliana Beasley

Meditation of Interiors and Environmentals

Finally, after years of purchasing a beautiful titanium Gitzo tripod at B&H, I finally hunker down and get to work and put my digital camera on it. Amazing! I never had the patience to open up the tripod, find the right height, the right angle and take long exposures. Perhaps, the last year of sitting in lotus position on my pillows and chanting for a half hour for consecutive days on end has spawned this new found passion to be alone with my camera and my tripod and wait for my shutter to open and close for more than a split second.  Much more than a split second!

Here are some of the images I took with and without my tripod during my trip to Camp Etna this summer while working on a new project. And if things weren't getting crazy enough... no, flash!! I'm taking photographs without a flash and I am finding new challenges and learning new skills. And I love it!!

"Medium Steve Hermann", Camp Etna, Maine, Summer 2013. ©Juliana Beasley

 

 

"Inside Cafe", Camp Etna, Maine, Summer 2013. ©Juliana Beasley

"Inside Cafe 2", Camp Etna, Maine, Summer 2013. ©Juliana Beasley

"Inside Lodge #1", Camp Etna, Maine, Summer 2013. ©Juliana Beasley

"Historic Spiritualists", Camp Etna, Maine, Summer 2013, ©Juliana Beasley.

"Vacant House in Woods", Camp Etna, Maine, Summer 2013, ©Juliana Beasley.

"Sunset Ave", Camp Etna, Maine, Summer 2013, ©Juliana Beasley.

"Spiritualist Church", Camp Etna, Maine, Summer 2013, ©Juliana Beasley.