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 →
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 →
How Low Will You go? Fuji Eterna-RDS
How low will you go? Before you start thinking too hard, I'm not talking about standards. I'm talking ASA (ISO for those of you not stuck in the past like I am). Last week I had the pleasure of once again shooting a roll of Fuji Eterna-RDS, or Fuji 4791 as I refer to it.... Continue Reading →