I’ve just shot my last frame on the Kodak H35 camera using Ilford HP5+ BW film this morning. Now I am looking for a local developing lab. I want to have the roll developed, receive the negatives and a contact sheet and…
Chris
I Don’t Like This About Film Photography
I don’t like overpaying for film rolls. Film photography is not a niche market anymore. It is resurgent. Time for the prices to come down. I don’t like the fact that I lose one roll due to loading issues inside…
I Like This About Film Photography
I like the science of film developing with the smell of chemicals in a darkroom. I like the magic of film developing when your image appears like an apparition after being immersed in those chemicals. I like the fact there…
Preservationists
“We’re all so frightened by time, the way it moves on and the way things disappear. That’s why we’re photographers. We’re preservationists by nature. We take pictures to stop time, to commit moments to eternity. Human nature made tangible. People…
Changes
For the past fifteen years, I’ve maintained a website dedicated to my photography. I have been an active photographer for thirty years. In those fifteen years my website has endured, it has seen a lot of changes in server hosting,…
Photography Workflow Using The iPad Pro M1
I had first published this guide in early 2019 in an effort to simplify my post-process photography workflow using the 2018 iPad. After decades of desktop and laptop processing, I wondered if the iPad was a solution for me. Previous year articles from 2021 and 2019 Can…
Kodak Ektar
With 35mm film costs rising like everything else, I thought I’d try the new Kodak Ektar H35- a new half frame camera. Instead of the standard 36 exposures I can get 72 out of one roll of film. Cannot wait…
Not A Quitter
Leaving behind something that worked for awhile to pursue something different takes courage. It isn’t quitting. It is a pivot to something more beneficial. I have been an active user of the internet since 1995 and have left massive breadcrumbs…
Things Can Only Get Better?
Websites and social media platforms are getting aggressive in the monetizing of their services because- who knew that providing a platform for free is not sustainable? No one wants online advertising either and we all live with it because these…
Time Off
It has been a little over a month since stepping away from my website- I needed the break. Before dusting off the HTML code though, I’ve had some time to reflect on a few things including my participation on the…
Digital Essentialism
How is your digital life? Feeling overwhelmed by all the clutter in your inbox, hard drive and cloud service? I know I was. Though I consider myself to be an essentialist, there does come a time when I get lazy…
Until Next Time…
After twenty-two years of owning and maintaining a website presence it is time to hang it up for now. There are a multitude of reasons behind this decision but I’ll keep most of them to myself. And yet after all…