Exploring Creativity Later in Life
I had been getting film from the Casual Photophile Film Club monthly until I decided to quit the club back in the spring. My main reasons for quitting were that I was starting to get a backlog of film, and I also … Continued
I have long been fussy about my notebooks and pens. This trait developed during my college years, although, back then, I couldn’t be too fussy since I was limited by what I could afford. Regardless, I developed preferences within my … Continued
Back in July, I wrote about taking photos with my Minolta Celtic 135mm f/3.5 lens on my Minolta XE. As I mentioned, I don’t often shoot at longer focal lengths (not that 135mm is that long), so any outing with anything beyond … Continued
Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana on Sunday, August 29 and then made its way north and east, hitting Philadelphia the late afternoon and night of Wednesday, September 1. Although we were expecting a lot of rain, Ida produced historic flooding … Continued
After a fairly quiet summer, things got a little busier in August, mainly because Holly and I returned to campus for the first time since March 2020. We’re fortunate that we still don’t need to go back every day, especially … Continued
I shot a roll of Kodak Color Plus with my Canon AE-1 over 2 outings. The first was a walk Holly and I had taken west of where we live. We started off walking along Walnut Street and then wended … Continued
I recently shot a roll of Lomochrome Purple with my Flexaret Automat VII. I wanted to try the Purple with one of my medium format cameras since a 120 roll of film has only 12 exposures. I wasn’t sure if … Continued
July was a pretty quiet month. That was mostly due to the weather, plenty of hot days and plenty of thunderstorms. The increase in Covid cases the second half of the month didn’t directly affect our activities, but it did … Continued
Around this time last year, I posted my favorite photos up to that point in 2020. At the end of the year, I posted my favorite photos from the rest of the year. As I mentioned in those other posts, … Continued
For the most part, I tend to shoot with either 28mm or 50mm lenses. Part of that is due to taking a lot of pictures in the city where everything is close so the 28-50mm range usually suffices. Even when … Continued