Exploring Creativity Later in Life
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
One thing that gives me an inordinate amount of satisfaction is putting a new roll of film in one of my cameras, going out to shoot, and finishing the roll in one walk. I had gotten a roll of Ferrania … Continued
At the beginning of each month, I do 2 things with my photos. First, I create an archival (tiff) backup, and, second, I go through and rate my favorites. I don’t have any real criteria for selecting favorites, just whatever … Continued
Thankfully, our self-isolation hasn’t been so isolated that we haven’t been able to get out for the occasional walk. I had been out a few times with different film cameras and still had some undeveloped film from Before. I recently … Continued
Part of shooting film is the lag time between finishing a roll and getting it developed. I recently got three of my remaining 2019 rolls developed and want to highlight two of them here. The third roll is something different, … Continued
Overall, I felt that 2019 was just so-so regarding my creative interests. I may write more about that later, but I first want to mention that one area that flourished for me was my interest in and practice with film … Continued
It’s always interesting (to me at least) to see which of my photos were the most liked on Instagram by the end of the year. I used the Top Nine app to generate the content and grid to share on … Continued
I have been working at Temple University Libraries for nearly a year. One of the appeals of the position when I interviewed late spring of 2018 was the fact that they were in the process of building a new library. … Continued
April was a bit of a busy month. One weekend, an old friend, who I’ve known since grade school, was in town, and we got to spend some time together. He had seen my posts on Instagram of pictures I … 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