Portraits from Death Valley

I spent President's Day weekend in Death Valley. While I was there I ran into a couple older gentlemen that seemed to have a lot of character. Riley and his wife run a small museum just outside of Death Valley in a town called Beatty. Riley was out laying bricks and after chatting with him a few minutes I asked him if I could take his portrait.

Near the town of Beatty is a ghost town called Rhyolite. One of the more famous attractions of the town is a house made totally out of old bottles. Fred and his wife volunteer as tour guides at the bottle house. Fred was also kind enough to let me photograph him.


Fred - Rhyolite Nevada, Ghost Town - Shen Hao 4x5, TMax 100, 210mm lens.


Riley - Beatty Nevada - Shen Hao 4x5, TMax 100, 210mm lens.

Portrait of Dan

This is a portrait of Dan. He's a ski bum/biker with a thousand stories about the places he's been and the things he's seen. He was kind enough to let me take his portrait.

I used my 4x5 Shen Hao, 210mm lens, Tmax 100 film. F5.6 @ 1/125. Xtol developer.