Kristie Cornell

My favorite part of spring woodland walks.

Thank you!

I spend a lot of time walking through my neighborhood. Some of my favorite photos are of the things I come across on these walks.

But then again, maybe that's just an excuse.

I often find myself photographing dead animals that I find on my adventures. I think because it feels like such a waste, especially when their death was caused by human activity. And maybe it feels like if I can make something beautiful out of something so ugly, then it isn't quite as wasteful?

thank you!

Getting excited to get back into some large format..

Indeed. And shooting while in costume and wearing a mask is 😵‍💫

I've been regularly photographing rural Cajun mardi gras traditions since 2007, and I've been brave/dumb enough to do it with film since 2020. This is one of the few things I still shoot in color. Here's a favorite from a couple of years ago.

I just use the Pyrex for developer. I flip the negative a few times in each tray and let it fix for longer than I think it needs just to be sure the ridges aren’t affecting it as much. Seems to work as far as I can tell. Maybe adds some scratches but I can live with them.

Back to comments so I can attach pics. First one shows the marks from tray ridges. My other mystery can be seen in both of these. What are the little dots that are scattered though both pics? Thought maybe bad batch of film but I got a second box and it was the same. Nearly all my photos have them.

I tray develop. I get weird flow marks (like my ghost in that one image..) and sometimes I can see marks along the ridges that are in my tray. I’ll send you one of those so you can see what I’m talking about. So I’ve been using a glass Pyrex dish or other flat tray to try to eliminate those.

Thank you!

Another 8x10 pinhole image, taken at Kisatchie Bayou, Louisiana. I love the spotlight like light leaks from the corners. I love the freedom from perfection that the pinhole camera and X-ray film allows me.

Yes!

Another pinhole from a year or so ago. Developing issues perfectly placed a spirit figure next to my favorite tree.

Thank you, Sarah!

In the last year and a half or so I’ve been shooting 8x10” x-ray film with a wooden pinhole camera that I made by hand. Have been loving the process and the results.

I’d love to be added!

Currently rereading Paul Vanderbilt’s “Between the Landscape and its Other.” It’s his explanation of how and why he organized and paired photos as the archivist at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. His thought process is kind of fascinating to me.

Thanks, Lisa!

Developing some of my film from last week’s snow. Not often you get to see Louisiana live oaks quite like this.

Scenes like this are why I bother dragging a bunch of heavy camera gear into the swamp in a kayak.

Thank you so much!

I’ve never been there but it’s been on my list for such a long time. Looks so beautiful there.

This is my favorite kind of paddling. Early morning in a quiet fog, meeting up with friends like this guy.

Same.

Thank you! That means a lot.

It does feel nice to have a chance at a new start. Makes me kind of reconsider a lot of things about my approach to sharing images. In the end, I know that it exposes me to amazing work and amazing people I’d never have found otherwise, and for that I am grateful.

It’s a weird place to be. And yes, I’d hate to lose all my saved recipes, too! I hadn’t even thought of that. 🤣

I love your work so much. Hope you find the right place to continue to share it, because I sure want to keep seeing it.

Thank you!