Exploring Creativity Later in Life
As I mentioned in my August 2023 Update, Holly and I took a walk to The Painted Bride Art Center. We wanted to get there before the planned removal of the mosaics on the building. I already shared some of … Continued
On our second-to-last full day in Carmel-by-the-Sea, we took a walk along the aptly named Scenic Drive to get to Carmel River State Beach. Last year, the river didn’t reach the ocean. After a very rainy winter, we were curious … Continued
Day Eight (Thursday) We drove to Monterey for breakfast at First Awakenings. We had been there on our past 2 trips and have enjoyed it enough to make it a priority this time as well. After breakfast we drove to … Continued
I will be posting more specifically about our recent California vacation, but I took so many photos that I decided I want to have some separate posts about my film adventures. I brought along the Rollei Giro 105 point and … 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
At the beginning of the year, I bought an Olympus Pen EE-3 to replace my broken Olympus Pen EE. I had been out with it once to test it and was glad that I have a functioning half-frame camera again. … 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
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
There was a trend recently of people posting the last normal photo they had taken before the pandemic started changing their lives. The Saturday before we self-isolated (March 14), we went for a walk along the Schuylkill Banks, and I … Continued
When I started shooting film a little over a year ago, I needed to find somewhere to get it developed. Luckily, I live in a big city and found a local photo place located between where I live and where … Continued