Photographs by Mark Howard Webster

Family unit at our daughters wedding in 2020 — Us and our kids

30 second time exposure, New Years eve, top of Chasm of Doom, Joshua Tree — Chasm of Doom

Vladimir with a glow stick. 30 second time exposure, New Years eve, top of Chasm of Doom, Joshua Tree — Glow stick

The sunsets in the desert can be breathtaking when a storm is approaching, Joshua Tree — Desert evening

Friends around the campfire after a long day of climbing — Campfire music

I invent and build phone cases. Communication for $6 a month on a dumb phone paired with an iTouch wifi phone. And then Republic Wireless and Ting did it better — dumb phone

A friend let me borrow his high end wide angle lens at a party — Wide angle

Lisa at Thanksgiving. She ignores me now when I get out the camera...Oh, that's just dad — My daughter

Clint at Thanksgiving a couple years ago. He has a nice camera of his own now. I hope he carries on the family photography tradition — My son

My friend needed a professional portrait for her business on short notice on a weekend. We met and made it happen — Portrait

My friend Aaron took this with my Canon 6D up at Squamish on a weekend climbing trip — Mark Webster

Fletch shot with 1.8 aperture for shallow depth of field. We have a little band of friends who play live music every couple weeks — Guitarbcue

There are some amazing glass sculptures in the bridge of glass over highway 705 in Tacoma — Glass Museum

My hand built video camera slider. It is patterned after the juicedlink slider, which is no longer available — Camera slider

I took my camera to a restaurant and found a pretty candle holder — Candle holder

I had a view camera for 15 years and shot 4 x 5 transparencies of my paintings. Loading film was entertaining — Speed Graphic

My Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro lens shoots excellent closeups. I spent extra time diffusing the light to avoid hotspots — Macro watch

Water droplet photography is a fun way to spend an afternoon. This is a cream drop — Cream drop

With an external flash and a macro lens you can go hunting for insects. I got lucky with this one outside my office — Grasshopper

A macro lens lets you into another world. I jumped when this guy turned toward me — Grasshopper

Time exposure at Hidden Valley campground in Joshua Tree National Park. Climbers in the space station — Night at jtree

Photography

Dad was a newspaper photographer and taught me to take pictures in 1968. When I began painting 20 years later I wanted to photograph the good ones in large format for my records. Back then you had to pay a lot of money to a professional photographer to shoot 4 x 5 transparencies. I bought a used Korean War Speedgraphic and taught myself to shoot my own transparencies.

Capture

I feel like I've witnessed the entire range of image capture in my life. I started with painting, progressed to film using a wide variety of manual cameras from Pentax to Speedgraphic. I got on board with the very first digital cameras last century and continued investing in the latest technology until I bought my current full frame Canon 6D. Selling your old cameras on craiglist or ebay is an essential skill for a modern photographer.

Mark Howard Webster
Paintings

Menu

Photos