Exploring Creativity Later in Life
One day early in December, Holly and I went for a walk to Philadelphia’s City Hall to check out the city’s annual Christmas displays. Every year, they put up a big Christmas tree, set up an ice skating rink, and … Continued
Early in November, I got a roll of Ilford Delta 400 that I had shot with my Minolta XE developed. I shot the roll over the course of a few different outings. One was just a general walk around the … Continued
Early in November, I finished a roll of Kodak Color Plus taken with my Olympus XA. I already posted some of those photos in my Fall Color 2021 post, but I wanted to share the other photos as well. I … Continued
The highlight of November was Holly and I getting our booster shots in the middle of the month. Getting our additional shot gave us a new level of comfort for going out into the world, although that enthusiasm has been … Continued
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
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 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
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
Back in July, I wrote about taking photos with my Minolta Celtic 135mm f/3.5 lens on my Minolta XE. As I mentioned, I don’t often shoot at longer focal lengths (not that 135mm is that long), so any outing with anything beyond … Continued
