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
December 2021 Update
The tentative optimism that developed from the time Holly and I had gotten vaccinated late in the spring withered when we hit December thanks to the emergence of the Omicron variant. Luckily, we had gotten our booster shots in November … Continued
Fall Color 2021
We tend to have at least a couple good weeks in Philadelphia for fall color, and this year was no exception. In fact, we still have some lingering color even late in November. Some of these picture have appeared, or … Continued
Canon Rebel 2000 with Kodak Pro Image
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
Remnants of Hurricane Ida
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
Canon AE-1 with Kodak Color Plus
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
Favorite Photos from the 1st Half of 2021
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
Practicing with Longer Lenses
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