June 2022 Update
June was all about settling back into our normal lives after our great vacation in May. Writing 4 long posts about our trip to Arizona and California took up a lot of time at the end of May and early … Continued
Did My Olympus XA Survive Vacation?
One thing I didn’t mention about our recent Arizona and California trip was that, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, I tripped and fell with my Olympus XA in one hand. Other than a scraped knee and elbow, I was fine, but I wasn’t … Continued
2022 California Vacation Part 3
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
Minolta XE with Lomochrome Purple
Back in August, I shot a roll of Lomochrome Purple with my Flexaret Automat VII. Although I found some of the results interesting, I wasn’t overall thrilled with the images. Part of the problem was that I had read about … Continued
April 2022 Update
The big news from April was preparing for our vacation in early May. At the end of March, we decided we needed to get back out to California and started making plans. I wrote a post about preparing for our … Continued
Canon Rebel 2000 with Lomography Color 800
After the success of shooting Lomography Color Negative 800 with my Minolta X-700, I decided to give it a try in my Canon EOS Rebel 2000. As with the roll in my Minolta, I shot a portion of the images … Continued
Minolta Hi-Matic 11 with Ilford Delta 100
I have gotten off to a slow start with film photography this year. I didn’t get my first roll developed until mid-March and only recently finished a 2nd roll. As I had done with that first roll of film, I … Continued
First Film Photos of 2022
By this time last year, I had shot 8 rolls of film. This year is off to a slow start. We haven’t had a bad winter but what bad weather we’ve had has aligned with the days I’ve had time … Continued
Long Birthday Weekend 2022
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
February 2022 Update
February was another fairly quiet winter/pandemic month. The big news was my buying a new camera: a Nikon Z fc. I wrote a post about getting it and a post about my first lengthy outing with it. The weather started … Continued