by John Crane | Oct 24, 2014 | Destinations, Environmental
I’m excited to announce a new project – well, less “new” in terms of topic – but more “new” in terms of focused effort. The project is called Terra Firma, and I suppose like so many of my other “projects,”... 
by John Crane | Aug 22, 2014 | F6, Festival and Events, Film Photography
For the past 10 years now the city of Fort Collins, Colorado has sponsored, in conjunction with Bohemian Nights Music, the New West Fest; essentially a birthday party for the city and fall jamboree for Northern Colorado, focusing heavily on live music. The scale of... 
by John Crane | Jul 31, 2014 | Destinations, F6, Film Photography, Uncategorized
Memphis, Tennessee Memphis has been the subject of many a discussion between my son and I for a few years now. We love road trips and just being in the car together, so when ever we’re hunting for a just barely out of reach, crazy destination to spontaneously... 
by John Crane | Jul 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve been going through some old images for re-scan and really missing Kodachrome lately. I’ve also noticed how many more vertical images I made before the computer became the standard for viewing. Vertical images were desirable for publication covers.... 
by John Crane | Jul 9, 2014 | F6, Film Photography, General Information
In years past my eyes have been focused upward, searching the skies above for the real Fourth of July photograph. This year I chose instead to focus on what’s right in front of me. Attending the Allenspark Fourth of July parade has become an annual event.... 
by John Crane | Jul 7, 2014 | F6, Film Photography, General Information
I’ve devoted considerable thought over the past few years as to why we as people make photographs and frankly have come up blank. I don’t think I could explain to someone why I make photographs other than the simple truth; it pleases me to do so.... 
by John Crane | Jul 4, 2014 | 4042n, Film Photography
Pine (Bluffs), Wyoming lay at the extreme south-eastern corner of the state, a stone’s throw from Nebraska along the Old Lincoln Highway and I-80. My visit to Pine was late in the year with my dog Henry. Over the course of several months we’d seen Henry begin to slow... 
by John Crane | Jun 29, 2014 | 4042n, F6, Film Photography, Wyoming Basin
Little Snake River, Colorado I’d been wanting to explore the Little Snake River Valley for years. The Valley sits on the edge of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region and Wyoming Basin, straddling the Colorado/Wyoming state line. As the name implies, it’s... 
by John Crane | Jun 28, 2014 | 4042n, General Information
It’s very difficult to write well about an image. The power of the image is how it employs imagination; its ability to transport the viewer to a unique place or moment in time that – for all intents and purposes – is the sum of visual stimulus plus –... 
by John Crane | Mar 12, 2014 | Film Photography
Gypsy Alley, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2013). Kodak Portra 400 One of the greatest things about being a film photographer these days is the ability to create images both on film, then scan that film into the computer and have both analog and a digital versions of the...