2024 10 31
In the waning days of covid lockdowns, I drove out west for work. Afterwards, I connected with my sister and we headed to Sequoia National Park for a little exploration and visit with the famous General Sherman. It turned out to be a perspective-changing experience, as we arrived right at open and had the entire park to ourselves for hours! Standing alone among the worldās largest living creatives was an experience I will never forget and this image is one of the favorites Iāve ever made.
Lately Iāve been spending a bunch of time printing photos at the studio, so I was excited to release another limited edition on my ongoing series dubbed The Camera You Have. This image looks great printed and can be yours for free if you win my giveaway or if you simply purchase one via my online print shop. Itās a perfect time to get your holiday shopping started!
To enter, simply leave a comment on this post (make sure your email is accurate!) and/or like, comment, reshare the Instagram post on my @claytonhauck IG account. Good luck!
-Clayton
The Camera You Have #0015 āHuman For Scaleā General Sherman. Sequoia National Park, California. January, 2021. Ā© Clayton Hauck
In the waning days of covid lockdowns, I drove out west for work. Afterwards, I connected with my sister and we headed to Sequoia National Park for a little exploration and visit with the famous General Sherman. It turned out to be a perspective-changing experience, as we arrived right at open and had the entire park to ourselves for hours! Standing alone among the worldās largest living creatives was an experience I will never forget and this image is one of the favorites Iāve ever made.
Lately Iāve been spending a bunch of time printing photos at the studio, so I was excited to release another limited edition on my ongoing series dubbed The Camera You Have. This image looks great printed and can be yours for free if you win my giveaway or if you simply purchase one via my online print shop. Itās a perfect time to get your holiday shopping started!
GIVEAWAY! To enter, simply leave a comment on this post (make sure your email is accurate!) and/or like, comment, reshare the Instagram post on my @claytonhauck IG account. Good luck!
-Clayton
2024 08 09
Quick update, as Iām late to post today (busy, working, stuff, things) and dangerously close to missing my first day all year!
Potisitve: Ive been learning to print! Itās been fun, and expensive, and time consuming, and easy, and hard, and fun, and I like it. Most of what Iāve printed thus far is personal work which I havenāt shared anywhere yet. I also printed a new commercial photo portfolio, which looked great and ate up a ton of ink ($$). Hopefully it leads to a job or two to help pay for the time and expenses.
Negative: Money. Time. Just another thing to sink my limited time into for zero monetary upside (in reality, just a loss).
Positive: Iām getting excited about photography from a different perspective. I want to make zines and books and prints and do shows and print other peopleās work and have fun!
Long story short: as with everything, this new venture is a work-in-progress but one that Iām excited about. This post has been a reminder than I am behind schedule on releasing a new print into my The Camera You Have series. I am to do this next week and I will again give one away here on the ole blog. Stay tuned!
-Clayton
Some of my limited edition prints dubbed āThe Camera You Haveā photographed in my studio. Chicago, Illinois. July, 2024. Ā© Clayton Hauck
Quick update, as Iām late to post today (busy, working, stuff, things) and dangerously close to missing my first day all year!
Potisitve: Ive been learning to print! Itās been fun, and expensive, and time consuming, and easy, and hard, and fun, and I like it. Most of what Iāve printed thus far is personal work which I havenāt shared anywhere yet. I also printed a new commercial photo portfolio, which looked great and ate up a ton of ink ($$). Hopefully it leads to a job or two to help pay for the time and expenses.
Negative: Money. Time. Just another thing to sink my limited time into for zero monetary upside (in reality, just a loss).
Positive: Iām getting excited about photography from a different perspective. I want to make zines and books and prints and do shows and print other peopleās work and have fun!
Long story short: as with everything, this new venture is a work-in-progress but one that Iām excited about. This post has been a reminder than I am behind schedule on releasing a new print into my The Camera You Have series. I am to do this next week and I will again give one away here on the ole blog. Stay tuned!
-Clayton
2024 04 06
Self Promotion Clayton is back to let you know about another fun side project I kicked off last year. Art prints! Among my recent efforts to become more thoughtful about my artistic endeavors, Iāve been doing a limited run of really high quality mounted prints made from photos Iāve enjoyed over the years. The general concept of the series is to offer wall-hanging worthy works at affordable prices sourced from spontaneous photos Iāve made over the years, sometimes with my pocket Ricoh camera, sometimes with an iPhone, thus the camera you have.
This image was made in Phoenix at the Desert Botanical Garden at the very tail end of a trip to Arizona with my sister. The place is beautiful and, while I love desert landscapes generally, Phoenix is not one of my favorite places despite a few redeeming qualities such as the existence of this beautiful place. That said, considering I am a lifelong Chicagoan, itās highly likely I will one day call Phoenix home since it serves as the unofficial retiring place of most Chicagoans. Until then, itās just desert.
GIVEAWAY!
āJust Desertā (2019) limited edition print from The Camera You Have series. Ā© Clayton Hauck
Self Promotion Clayton is back to let you know about another fun side project I kicked off last year. Art prints! Among my recent efforts to become more thoughtful about my artistic endeavors, Iāve been doing a limited run of really high quality mounted prints made from photos Iāve enjoyed over the years. The general concept of the series is to offer wall-hanging worthy works at affordable prices sourced from spontaneous photos Iāve made, sometimes with my pocket Ricoh camera, sometimes with an iPhone, thus the camera you have being the seriesā name which is a saying Iāve always enjoyed (although donāt know the origin of).
This image was made in Phoenix at the Desert Botanical Garden at the very tail end of a trip to Arizona with my sister. The place is beautiful and, while I love desert landscapes generally, Phoenix is not one of my favorite places despite a few redeeming qualities such as the existence of this beautiful place. That said, considering I am a lifelong Chicagoan, itās highly likely I will one day call Phoenix home since it serves as the unofficial retiring place of most Chicagoans. Until then, itās just desert.
GIVEAWAY!
Each time I offer a new print from this series, I give away the first one. To enter, you can head to my Instagram account (@claytonhauck) and leave a comment on the post, like the post, or share the post to enter yourself into the drawing. Additionally, you can leave a comment here, below, to also enter yourself into the free giveaway (make sure I know how to contact you!).
Fine print: No purchase necessary. Winner chosen at random roughly seven (7) days after initial offer. Void where prohibited. Clue Heywood will automatically win a print if he somehow sees this post and leaves a comment.
-Clayton
PS - if you want to support the series monetarily, you can always buy one of these prints over on the website or reach out directly to inquire!