Not far from my house there is a lone oak tree on a hill in a field. I first discovered the tree in early 2012, and in the years since it has become a regular photo subject of mine. If I am testing new equipment, or new a technique, I will often end up taking another photo of that tree.
A few days ago I posted a recent image of the tree on various social media, and got thinking about all the various images of the tree that I have made in the past 5 1/2 years. Interestingly (for me anyway) all the photos are taken from basically the same spot. I am rather limited in where I can go in my wheelchair, and I haven’t found another perspective of the tree that I like, so I just keep going back to the same spot.Even though the photos are all roughly the same composition, because of the different seasons, different weather, and different cameras/lenses/film, each photo still has its own unique character.

I wasn’t ever really intending to put all these images into a collection or series, but in looking through them all I realized that they make a really interesting set. I’ve taken well over 20 different photos of the tree, but there are 15 that I personally like.

February 2012
Digital SLR 

April 2012
Digital SLR

May 2012
Digital SLR Infrared

May 2012
6X7 Medium Format Film

April 2013
Digital SLR

January 2014
6X7 Medium Format Film

March 2014
6X6 Medium Format Film

November 2014
6X6 Medium Format Film

December 2014
Panoramic 35mm Film

January 2015
6X6 Medium Format Film

December 2015
6X6 Medium Format Film

January 2016
35mm Film

January 2016
4X5 Large Format Film

March 2016
4X5 Large Format Film

May 2017
4X5 Large Format Film