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
Minolta Hi-Matic 11 with Kodak Ektar
Late in the spring, I shot a couple of rolls of Kodak Ektar: a 120 roll in my Yashica Mat-124G which didn’t come out that well and a 35mm roll in my Minolta X-700. I suspected that the former didn’t … Continued
September 2021 Update
September started off with some weather drama when the remnants of Hurricane Ida came through Philadelphia resulting, among other things, in the historic flooding of the Schuylkill River. Luckily, the rest of the month was less dramatic. The weather started … 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
Two Delaware River Walks
Earlier in the spring, when the weather turned nice enough for long walks, Holly and I twice trekked to the Delaware River. Walking along the Delaware isn’t that rare for us, but when we go, we usually visit the stretch … Continued
Favorite Photos from the 2nd Half of 2020
Back in July, I posted my favorite photos from the first half of the year. Now that it’s 2021, it’s about time to post my favorites from the second half of the year. As I mentioned in my July post, … Continued
Kodak Ektar Shot at the Wrong Speed
It was bound to happen sooner or later. I loaded a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 into my Minolta X-700 and totally forgot to reset the ISO on the camera. The prior roll was Fomapan Action 400. (ISO rates a … Continued
Olympus OM-1 with Kodak Ektar 100
The last two rolls I took with my Olympus OM-1 didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped. One was shot on a cloudy day so it was easy to think that the weather conditions contributed to the poor … Continued
Canon AE-1 with Kodak Ektar 100
I didn’t mention this at the time, but mid-year when I assembled Some Favorite Photos from 2020 So Far, I was a bit surprised how many photos I had considered that I had taken with my Canon AE-1. Only 3 … Continued