Exploring Creativity Later in Life
My first experience with my Minolta Autopak 450Ex was fun, but the pictures were, as expected, just so-so. I enjoyed the novelty of shooting with a 110 camera, but I doubt the results will ever be anything special, except for … Continued
As I mentioned in my post about buying a Yashica Mat-124G, I had quickly shot a roll of film just to see if the camera worked. Luckily, it worked fine; however, the images were just ok. Some of them were … Continued
The centerpiece of October was out annual Staycation. For the past few years, Holly and I have taken off for the Philadelphia Film Festival. We combine that with trying new restaurants, visiting museums, going for walks, and other fun things. … Continued
At the end of October, Holly and I took a week off for our annual Staycation. I plan to write more in another post, but on one of the days, we took a long walk along the Schuylkill River looking … Continued
The last two rolls I took with my Olympus OM-1 didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped. One was shot on a cloudy day so it was easy to think that the weather conditions contributed to the poor … Continued
I have some mixed feelings regarding the films I have received monthly from the Casual Photophile Film Club. Joining the film club is more expensive than buying film so the benefit is getting to try films I might otherwise not try. … Continued
As I mentioned in my September 2020 Update, I have been working on a lettering project which has stalled because one of the things I want to accomplish with it is to do a version in Adobe Illustrator. My Illustrator … Continued
I’ve been so invested in my film photography recently that I sometimes forget that I also have a couple digital cameras. I went out last month with my Olympus TG-5. In October, I decided to dust off my Canon EOS … Continued
I think my big news for September is actually about October. I found out that there will be a Philadelphia Film Festival this year which has been great for my mood. Although it will be mostly virtual (and, actually, entirely … Continued
I bought my Minolta X-700 back in March and took a quick liking to it and was very pleased with the results I had gotten with the first two rolls I had taken with it. Initially, I used reliable color … Continued