Doing dishes on a Friday afternoon is not a time nor activity I would have thought where inspiration would hit. Yet that is exactly what happened today. I was finishing up the morning dishes and thinking about what I wanted to shoot this weekend. While some of the subjects that were coming to mind were... Continue Reading →
Scenes Along The Canal
One of my favorite places to visit and photograph is a small river town on the Maumee river named Grand Rapids. It is a quaint little village where all of the shops are decorated and painted in a very periodesque (is that a word?) way. I will certainly be doing a blog post on this... Continue Reading →
Nikon F4, Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 and Foma 100
Today I decided to shoot a lens that I normally don't take with me when I go out. That being the Nikkor 180mm f/2.8D. As most know, when I first started learning photography, nature/wildlife photography was my area of supreme interest. I read as much as I could about the genre every chance I got.... Continue Reading →
Early Morning in the Alley
With the threat of thunderstorms for the afternoon I thought it wise to try to get my weekend shooting done early this morning. I had initially planned on sticking close to home and shooting a roll of HP5 and Fomapan 100. I really had no detailed idea on what I wanted to shoot (do I... Continue Reading →
Never Leave Me Unsupervised
On the heels of the last two posts dealing with D23 and Barry Thorton Two Bath developers I present to you a post about the results of an unsupervised darkroom session I had today. A situation that sounds scary on the surface but actually yielded some surprising and pleasant results. While developing yesterdays roll in... Continue Reading →