Photography

I'm no Ansel Adams, but over the course of my life I've shot tens of thousands of frames. I operated one of the first major digital photography sites, and did a lot of shooting to demonstrate the capabilities of various cameras. For clients, I've taken pictures of houses for sale, products, and staff portraits. I am specializing in jury slides and other photography for artists working in smaller sizes, up to roughly three by five feet.

Digital images are currently created with a Kodak DCS-760, a high-end 6MP camera built on a Nikon F5 body, most commonly using the razor-shart flat-field MicroNikkor 60mm f:/2.8 lens. For economy, slides can be made from these files (35mm slides from digital files), for highest quality I shoot slides directly using a Nikon F3 with the MicroNikkor 55mm f:/2.8, the Vivitar Series One 90mm f:/2.8, or the Kiron 105mm f:/2.5 with ringlight depending on the size and surface of the subject. All my macro lenses are capable of 1:1 reproduction for details. All slides (digital or in-camera) are imaged on Astia, Fuji's fine-grained professional film designed for maximum color fidelity.

For artists with good digital cameras I am now prepared to create 35mm jury slides from digital files.

Three Dimensional Artwork

Here are a couple of charming boxes made by Mary Ann Burr of Coupeville, Washington.

This vase (or urn, maybe?) was made by a student named Lydia at a raku pottery class at the Grünewald Guild. If she had been a client I would have gotten her name, but this is part of the Van Horn permanent collection because she didn't like it well enough to make room in her luggage for it.


Lydia's vase

This doll, made by Karen Page of Port Townsend, is in our collection because I wanted it.

Doll by Karen Page

Quilts

Larkin's "Seeking Higher Ground"


Based on these shots, the quilt was accepted in the "She Made Her Mark" exhibit for the Quilters' Hall of Fame, where it won First Place.

Jewelry

Two of Larkin's pendants, with details:


Purple is the Color of Royalty

Assissi to Santiago de Compestela

These were shot for a client wishing to list the bracelet on eBay:

Portraits

Here are three recent portraits, all for web-development clients:


Holly Hilton-Jones, CPA Edwards & Associates in her office	Suzanne Sinclair, Island County Auditor, Congressional Candidate outdoors at a local restaurant	Larkin Jean Van Horn, Artist in my studio

35mm Slides from Digital Files

For those who need good slides from digital files, I've acquired and tested the equipment to provide this service: 35mm slides from digital

For more information: vanhorn at whidbey.com