Exploring Creativity Later in Life
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
As part of our long weekend at the end of June, Holly and I went to FDR Park. In my June 2021 Update, I posted a couple of pictures I had taken with my Samsung Galaxy S9+ and mentioned that … Continued
Over time, I certainly have used the same kind of film in different cameras, but I had never intentionally put the same film in different cameras at the same time. I had a couple rolls of Kodak Portra 400, and … Continued
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
It’s that time of the year to see what my top 9 most popular photos were on Instagram. Last year, I had a clear outlier which I knew ahead of time would be my most popular photo. This year there … Continued
Back in October, I went out twice with my Minolta Hi-Matic 11 loaded with Lomography Color Negative 400. I’ve mostly had good results with this Lomography film, with the exception of pictures taken with my Olympus OM-1. I have used … Continued
When we started out self-isolation due to the pandemic and before I realized that we wouldn’t be as isolated as I initially thought, I tried to think of photography projects I could do inside. Since I have shot macro photography … Continued
Prior to this latest outing, I had shot with my Minolta Hi-Matic 11 only twice since getting it back in October. I really enjoyed using the Hi-Matic those first couple of times. It’s my only rangefinder so it’s a different … 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
January was a fairly quiet month. The most notable event was that the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference was here in Philadelphia. I didn’t attend because I’m not actively involved in any groups right now, but it did give us … Continued