11 August, 2026
Vanishing Soon
This post features buildings near where I currently live that are scheduled for removal. I believe that all of them will be replaced by subdivisions of large houses laid out to ...
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28 January, 2026
Broken Machines – A Photo Project
Most all vehicles and heavy machinery come to an end of useful service, recycled for parts and valuable metals. It is an efficient reclamation process involving distant scrap m...
22 November, 2025
Mexico City with a Travel Camera (Olympus 35 RC)
Last spring the opportunity came up for a family trip to Mexico City. A week before our departure, I acquired an Olympus 35 RC from a camera show. I thought this would be useful...
12 September, 2025
Lines in the Sky
For most of the past winter we lived under heavy cloud cover. At our northern latitude, clouds and winter make for dimly lit days. As a practitioner of the “sunny 16” system of ...
The Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.8 lens in M39 mount is a heavy brass assembly weighing 270 grams. It is small, so the weight feels exaggerated in my hand. It has 10 diaphragm blades ...
2 March, 2025
One Shot Story – A Mallard Drake
Close to my home there is a small valley with a creek and 10 kilometers of paved trail. I have been riding my bicycle on the trail for a few years, witnessing a steadily increas...
27 January, 2025
Color is the Subject – Some Success with Color Transparencies
Over the past 50 years I have had periods where I was immersed in photography. First it was B&W darkroom printing, then a long period of color work, a brief time with digita...