Exploring Creativity Later in Life
Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana on Sunday, August 29 and then made its way north and east, hitting Philadelphia the late afternoon and night of Wednesday, September 1. Although we were expecting a lot of rain, Ida produced historic flooding … Continued
I shot a roll of Kodak Color Plus with my Canon AE-1 over 2 outings. The first was a walk Holly and I had taken west of where we live. We started off walking along Walnut Street and then wended … Continued
I recently shot a roll of Lomochrome Purple with my Flexaret Automat VII. I wanted to try the Purple with one of my medium format cameras since a 120 roll of film has only 12 exposures. I wasn’t sure if … Continued
July was a pretty quiet month. That was mostly due to the weather, plenty of hot days and plenty of thunderstorms. The increase in Covid cases the second half of the month didn’t directly affect our activities, but it did … Continued
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
For the most part, I tend to shoot with either 28mm or 50mm lenses. Part of that is due to taking a lot of pictures in the city where everything is close so the 28-50mm range usually suffices. Even when … 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
In April, I posted about the Olympus XA I bought and the results from the first roll I had taken with it. I was quite pleased with the results and was looking forward to shooting with it again. During the … Continued
June seemed to go by in a flash. I guess that is what happens when you can actually leave your home and do things? We actually hung out with friends a couple of times during the month. Once intentionally and … Continued
A little while ago, I tried Lomography Berlin with my Canon AE-1 and wasn’t all that thrilled with the results. Based on that experience, I wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about trying the roll of Lomography Potsdam I had, but, luckily, I … Continued