Exploring Creativity Later in Life
Day Ten: Carmel After another couple of days with long walks, we decided to just stay in Carmel the next day. We went back to Carmel Belle for breakfast. This time, Holly got the avocado toast, and I got the … Continued
Day Seven: Relaxing in Carmel After walking and hiking a lot the previous 2 days, we decided to take things easy the next day. We had a nice breakfast at Village Corner, which we’ve been to on both our previous … Continued
Day Four: Flight to Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea Our flight from Phoenix to Monterey was our only flight that left on the early side. And by “early,” I mean 10:00 am. We were lucky that we were able to arrange our … Continued
As I mentioned in a previous post, Holly and I made our first vacation plans in 3 years. Obviously, the pandemic was the big reason why we haven’t traveled much in that span. We made out plans at the end … Continued
At the beginning of 2020, I wrote a post about the cameras I had as of December 2019. At that time, I was collecting film cameras rather quickly. I had some intention of writing subsequent inventory updates, but my camera … Continued
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
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
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
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
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