Exploring Creativity Later in Life
August and September were strange and stressful months. The library where I work has been in the process of moving into a new building since well before I started there. The summer had been an odd experience of working in … Continued
I have good news and bad news about my current situation with my medium format cameras. Recently, I wrote an update noting that my Flexaret had stopped working and my Pentacon Six TL had film advance issues. The bad news … Continued
About a year ago, I bought a Flexaret Automat twin lens reflex camera. I had wanted a medium format camera other than my Diana F+ and had been curious about TLR cameras for a while. I had a bit of … Continued
It took a little while, but I finally got the last of my 2018 photos developed. The main reason for the delay was that I had some minor frustrations with my local photo lab. No major problems just occasional slow … Continued
One of the reasons I decided on getting a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV was because I already had two Canon cameras: a Canon EOS Rebel T3 and a Canon EOS Rebel 2000. I figured there would be less of a learning curve … Continued
One of the things we love about where we live is that our apartment is just a few blocks away from the Schuylkill River. When we worked together at Drexel University, we really enjoyed crossing the river on the way … Continued
As I mentioned in my 2018 Washington DC Trip post, Holly and I had gone to the Library of Congress one evening for an event related to the conference she was attending. I had just loaded new film (Ilford HP … Continued
Back in January, I posted some of my film photos from 2017 which had taken me a while to get developed. At that time, I still had a partially shot roll of Kodak Professional Tri-X 400 Black and White in my Canon … Continued
As I mentioned in my Washington DC post, I traveled with only my film cameras (my Canon Rebel EOS 2000 and my Diana F+) and, of course, my phone camera. One of the more photogenic sights was the William Howard Taft Bridge which … Continued
We had just been to Washington DC last summer, but we went back in February. Holly had another conference, and I once again tagged along. It was a short trip. I went down on a Tuesday afternoon and returned on … Continued