TIME AND LIGHT, LLC
NAPLES, FLORIDA

Time and Light Photography by John Brady Back at my home in Michigan when I was about twelve my friends father helped us set up a dark room in his basement and taught us how to process film and make prints on an enlarger. I remember it being like magic when that first print appeared under the dim red glow. That was it, I was hooked!I was the yearbook and sports photographer for my Junior High, which allowed me access to film and the school darkroom. Soon I had my own darkroom at home, it was an oasis where I could experiment with different processes and ways of making images. My main inspiration was Ansel Adams, I read everything of his and studied every image he made. There was something about the tonality of his work that connected with me. I knew I wanted to be a landscape photographer like my hero Ansel.I was certain that I wanted to be a photographer. When faced with the fact that being a National Geographic Photographer or being the next Ansel was going to be about as easy as winning the lottery and knowing that most of the photographers I knew were making a living by shooting dogs, debutants and weddings, a path I was determined not to take, my photography stalled. As John Lennon said "Life is what happens when you're making other plans". I fell in love, got married had kids, learned to make money and provide for a growing family. It turned out I was pretty good at sales and built up a chain of retail stores, but somewhere deep inside was the soul of a photographer. Even when not photographing I still saw images and compositions everywhere I looked. I kept my Nikon around and took pictures once and a while, but wasn't devoting myself to it. Much of my work is done with an 8x10 wooden view camera with black and white and color film. I have been doing more work with some of the new high mp digital cameras and with the cost of my film being over fifteen dollars a sheet, I welcome the advancements in digital technology and look forward to the day I will be able to make more of my images with a digital camera. I process my own film and then scan it on a very high resolution film scanner, once digitized I am able to make all of the necessary adjustments such as burning and dodging, color correction, tonal adjustments and dust spotting, just as I had once done in the darkroom. The finished files are over one gig each and I am able to make finished prints as large as four foot by six foot with amazing detail. I print all of my limited edition prints with Epson HDR inks on cotton rag paper. I take great care to use only archival materials. With the right amount of Time and Light, anything is possible! John Brady Time and Light Photography by John Brady