Wessel Photography

07/10/2024

Just found this beautiful photo of my mother from a trip to Missouri in 2012.

10/16/2023

Photographed Sophia and Jordan Pilgers wedding Saturday. Here is a screen shot from my computer as I edited.

07/24/2023

Hello Friends,
Check out my newest View Camera video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/sFWwns9kKv0. This one took some time to make. Even if it isn't you thing, please check it out and "like" / "Subscribe". I am hoping these will help students of photography.

Welcome to our second video in our series. This video was underconstruction for a long period of time and was reshot due to some complications with the video...

11/30/2021

This is my newest video on View Camera. Working on completing more in the series, three more are mostly shot. Lots to edit.

This teaching video describes the various parts and basic setup of a view camera or large format photography camera. The camera used in the video is a rail s...

05/30/2021

I recently found some missing video I took of my friend Patrick Millard in 2011. As it is Memorial Day weekend I thought it appropriate to post the video to YouTube in memory of my friend. It is of a lecture he gave on his artwork at Virginia Western Community College. Some clips were missing at the beginning and end but almost all of the lecture is intact.

You are missed Patrick. You still live virtually in video and in our hearts.

04/15/2021

Created this in the studio the other day. Spring is here.

02/27/2021

The Banana Peeler and Floating Banana: a metal demo for Studio Lighting I.

02/27/2021

Here is an image from the Studio Lighting I glass demo the other night. The pink pickle martini.

12/01/2020

Photographs from my Thanksgiving visit to Broad Street in Richmond, VA

11/25/2020

Cyanotype and Van D**e Brown printing

10/03/2020

Did some experimenting in the Darkroom today with Cyanotype and Van D**e Brown chemistry. Turned out better than I thought it would.

09/15/2020

My Polariod Land Camera in cyanotype prints.