As he got filthier and filthier from the charcoal, I finally had him take his shirt off and rub the soot all over himself. Being an overcast day, the light was great for some stunning images of him climbing in the rubble. My brother-in-law Kenny Jensen made the comparison of these images to Andrei Tarkovsky’s legendary debut film Ivan’s Childhood (watch the intro). Now that is flattery!

Trey’s Childhood is a post from: William Haun Photography, Video, and Web Development

Earth Day Photoshoot is a post from: William Haun Photography, Video, and Web Development

Last week, I pulled my old Holga 120s down from the attic and a roll of 120 medium format film out of the fridge – both had been in those locations for nearly four years. I exposed the roll and turned it in to Coke’s Camera, the only local camera shop in Macon that still develops 120 film (a format introduced in 1901 for the Kodak Brownie). I paid them a mere $3 for the development when I picked up the negatives today. I brought them home and scanned them into my computer.

Wow! I realized there are three key things I’ve really missed since I switched to digital:

• The pressure of realizing every shot counts.
  My 120 film in the Holga only gives me 16 shots. Each one has to be composed and exposed properly to turn out. I found myself holding my breath each time I pressed the shutter.
• The suspense of waiting to pick up my developed negatives.
  I’m spoiled by the ability to snap a photo on my dSLR and instantly see not only the image but its histogram and gazillions of other bits of information about it.
• The imperfections of film.
  A Holga is a plastic camera with all sorts of defects so it greatly exaggerates the imperfections of film with its vignetting, chromatic aberrations, and light leaks. My photos had all sorts of light leaks because my camera doesn’t wind the film very tightly. …and I love it!

Of the 16 shots I exposed, only 9 turned out – here they are. The only digital modifications I made were color correction (including two that turned to b/w). I hope you like them as much as I do.

Sweet Film, How I Have Missed You is a post from: William Haun Photography, Video, and Web Development

I’ve given them the following image I made in Haiti earlier this year. It is a ready-to-hang, 16″x24″ canvas print that was exhibited in May at the Douglass Theatre in Macon, GA.

You can use the form below to submit a bid to them for the art work (or to just ask a question). They will write you back and give you some more information about the adoption. For security reasons I’m not posting their names or email address here.

**Auction Now Closed** Thanks to all who bid!

Silent Auction for Adoption is a post from: William Haun Photography, Video, and Web Development

Even before Haiti’s devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake, the word “Grangou (Hungry)” was a common response to “Kòman ou ye?” Now it is even more and more common – especially among the oldest of Haitians.

In West African culture, the elderly are well-respected and cared for by their children and grandchildren. Haiti is no different but the earthquake has made food hard enough to come by for one’s own immediate family, much less to provide for one’s elderly relatives.

This grangou man lived in a small, wooden shack with is wife and sister-in-law in the village of Paskèt, just outside of Jacmel. They hadn’t eaten for days and it was obvious. The man was so weak that after walking down the hill to attend our clinic he nearly passed out from exhaustion. We had to carry him back up to his house in a chair.

As a medical team we were not equipped to distribute large quantities of food to this neglected community. We did however purchase $800 of rice & beans (that’s still a lot) and the doctors treated the food like medication – prescribing it to those that needed it most.

This family was one of the grateful recipients of the food. “Halleluiah, Peace from Jesus” the sister-in-law proclaimed when I visited them again later in the afternoon. The food was already cooking in a tiny pot on an open fire on the dirt floor of their kitchen. When I told her I would pray for their family she held her hands up to the sky and said that we would meet again in heaven.

The rice and beans we shared will only sustain them for a week or two, but their faith in Christ will sustain them for eternity.

Portraits of Napoleon & his Army is a post from: William Haun Photography, Video, and Web Development

I just found out that it won 3rd place in the end-of-year “Print of the Year” competition. It’s exciting not only to have my work appreciated and recognized but to be able to share the beauty of West Africa with folks here in Middle Georgia.

The Veil is a post from: William Haun Photography, Video, and Web Development

Heidi has been doing a rotation at Moffitt this month and through her contacts there I was invited to display my It Pains O’ Why portrait series at the final event of NMCAW at Moffitt. Though the specific focus of the event was on the health issues of American minorities Moffitt realizes the need for health care and education reaches beyond our nation and around the globe.

I was very honored to display my photos in such a prestigious health center and enjoyed sharing the work that BMC has been doing in Ghana. You can support BMC’s work by purchasing a print of one of my photographs and the profits from the sale go entirely to the George Faile Foundation.

Photos displayed at Moffitt Cancer Center is a post from: William Haun Photography, Video, and Web Development

Another FACE is a post from: William Haun Photography, Video, and Web Development