Jamie Orillion Photography & Design

Ok… So this post is not a poem or a song dedicated to Kodachrome, but I did want to do a quick post to simply remember Kodachrome. Kodachrome was a brilliant film that was produced for nearly 75 years. You may recall Steve McCurry‘s photo of the “Afghan Girl” with the stunning eyes shot for National Geographic Magazine… Shot with Kodachrome.  It has since been discontinued and the last location in the world to process the film stopped its development of Kodachrome this past December 30th.  Dwayne’s Photo was the last place in the world to process Kodachrome and I was fortunate to have a couple of old rolls which I shot with my Leica M6 and had Dwayne’s process for me.  These images were a few of my favorites from those rolls.

Camera: Leica M6
Film: Kodachrome

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Image was shot with film on a Leica M4.
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I had the great honor of having an image of mine published in the Leica User Forum Book along with many other great photographers.  The purpose of the book is to raise funds for Leica’s charity AICR (Association for International Cancer Research).  This opportunity has meant a great deal to me because my father was diognosed with cancer several years back.  Through cancer research he has recovered and is doing great.

If you are interested in helping support the cause you can do so by purchasing the book HERE.  The book is available for anyone to buy and AICR will receive £5 from each copy sold. So far over £7,000 has been raised just from the entry submissions alone!  Click here for a Thank You post from Leica’s Blog.

Here are a few images of the book and the image of mine that was published.  Unfortunatly they misspelled my name, but for the cause I guess I can let that slide :).  The last name reads “Orilion”, but needs to have two “L”s and read “Orillion”. Better luck next time I guess.

Camera: Leica M6
Lens: Voigtländer 28mm f1.9
Medium: Film – Ilford HP5+ ISO400
Location: Harbor Island in the Bahamas.

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“This photo book – the proceeds of which are being donated to the AICR (Association for International Cancer Research) – is an extremely successful illustration of the passion and dedication of a rather special Leica community. It leaves no doubt whatsoever that our customers are the best.”
- Herr Rudolf Spiller, Chief Executive, Leica Camera AG

James Charles has officially ROCKED his first year in school.  Don’t forget about those first day of school pics!  Pre-K is officially over and was a huge success.  We will definitely miss the teachers he had this year, but I’m sure we will have great ones next year as well.  I just wanted to share an image I took of him this past year in front of an amazing truck full of hood ornaments. Great job James Charles!  Here’s to Summer!!!

Image taken with Leica M6.

Here are some scans of the Salk Institute that I shot last year in San Diego, Ca.  I posted one of the images as a wallpaper a while back, but I’ve never posted any of the actual images.  These were all shot on a Leica M6.

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Last week I had the opportunity to spend a few days with the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows order in Shreveport, La.  These ladies had such an amazing spirit and joy about their lives.  The images are going to be used in conjunction with their new website design by Crucé which will be launching within the next month or so.  I was honored to be a part of it along with Jason Cohen.  The sisters were from all over the world and spoke many different languages which was really fun to hear and interesting to translate.

The first couple of images were shot with the Nikon D3 and the rest were shot on the Leica M8.

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My brother left today for San Diego. As I was thinking about my recent travels to and from there myself I recalled a few more images from that trip. These, as well as the previous ones, were shot with film. I wasn’t sure what the exact outcome of these images were going to be because I was shooting a pretty long exposure hand held without a tripod. It was the middle of the night so needless to say I was pretty happy with the outcome!
Enjoy!

Leica M6

I don’t think i need to explain.
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Leica M6

Leica M6

I had so many little wonderful experiences while I was in the Bahamas. One of the best parts was meeting and visiting with the locals. This gentleman was running a fruit stand with so many great native fruits. We must have spent 45 minutes just visiting and trying diffrent fruit. It was here that I was first introduced to “sugar apples”. I’m not one to really try crazy things, but it was really good. I can still imagine the unique taste. Anyway… Here are a few shots.
Enjoy!

Leica M6