Long Birthday Weekend 2022
Holly and I took a long weekend early in March to celebrate my birthday. The time off was very welcomed since we hadn’t had a day off from work since our winter break at the end of December. Not surprisingly … Continued
February 2022 Update
February was another fairly quiet winter/pandemic month. The big news was my buying a new camera: a Nikon Z fc. I wrote a post about getting it and a post about my first lengthy outing with it. The weather started … Continued
E.M. Cioran on Aging
Last year around my birthday, I re-read E.M. Cioran’s The Trouble with Being Born. In my February 2021 Update post, I mentioned that I had I noted that many of his aphorisms were over-the-top bleak. Some of them are so … Continued
Schuylkill River Trail Outing with my Nikon Z fc
As I mentioned in my post about my new Nikon Z fc, I went on a short walk to test it out. More recently, Holly and I took a longer walk along the Schuylkill River Trail which gave me an … Continued
New Nikon Z fc!
Last April, when I wrote about the Olympus XA I bought in March, I mentioned how I was trying to be less impulsive about buying new cameras and being more intentional about what I purchase. After my purchase of the … Continued
Minolta Autopak 450Ex with Lomography Lobster
I’ll start by saying that I like a lot of Lomography films. I’ve had good luck with their Color Negative 400, Metropolis, Berlin, and Potsdam. I was intrigued enough by the one roll of Lomochrone Purple I shot to order … Continued
January 2022 Update
Between it being winter and the spreading of the Omicron variant, January was a quiet month. Early in the month, our wonderfully relaxing winter break came to an end. Unlike most Januarys when there are a couple of quiet weeks … Continued
Christmas Light Box Photos
Last Christmas, Holly gave me a light box which I have enjoyed using. It’s easy to set-up and use. I haven’t used it a lot but am rather glad I have it especially during the winter when going outside to … Continued
Canon Rebel 2000 with Kodak Color Plus
After my less than satisfying experience shooting with Ilford Delta 3200, I retreated to a safe place: shooting Kodak Color Plus 200 with my Canon EOS Rebel 2000. Both the camera and the film are entirely reliable so it was … Continued
Canon AE-1 with Ilford Delta 3200
Over the past couple of years, I had shot 2 rolls of ISO 3200 film. I have no particular interest shooting at this speed, but I had gotten a couple rolls of Kodak TMax P3200 from the Casual Photophile Film … Continued