Whatever the reason, my telephone fell off the wall regularly, and I used tape and gum to effect repairs. When the handset gave up, I used my stereo headphones for the receiver. The phone wouldn’t ring anymore after I hard-wired my cassette player into the thing. I had my reasons. Eventually, there was no other …
I sometimes feel a fear of falling off. It once occurred to me that looking up at the moon was like looking over the edge of a chasm except that while there may be an edge of some kind preventing me from falling, there is no such safety net outdoors between me and the moon. …
To kind of half-quote my favourite TV show: You best put seatbelts on your eyes Roy, because I’m about to write a long article. ( If you know which show I’m quoting, then you’ve automatically gained points in my imaginary points book that doesn’t really exist and I just made up to try make this …
Huaxia 822 – Jumping into the Analog Deep End – My First Foray into Film Read More
For the longest time, I owned only one camera. When I bought a new camera, I just donated or gave my old camera away, and I usually hung on to a camera for years. In fact, I wasn’t really aware that many photographers bought and sold gear fairly regularly, or that used cameras were much …
I have a confession. I rarely read the camera manual. Yeah, I know. Pretty dumb. That’s why I confessed. Recently, though, I have reformed. I dug out all my camera manuals, and lens manuals, and sorted and placed them in plastic sleeves, arranging them alphabetically into a large notebook binder. This works for the small …
