There is a new local hangout in the Woodlawn neighborhood. It is called the Flamingo Lounge. This place is a gem! I am glad that I found it! I wanted to get in and capture the flavor before it goes electric. This place has the feeling of a Tom Waits song. It is both comfortable […]
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My Rollei Cleaned!
I had my Rolleiflex TLR camera cleaned. Wow what a difference that made. the ground glass was so dirty as was the lens both are back in business! I dropped off my camera at a cool but ancient camera shop in Portland, OR Hollywood Camera Store. This place carry only film camera and supplies. You […]
Landscapes and My Leica
Pushing the Limits of 35mm These images are from Montana where most of my family gathered for the Christmas holiday. I brought my Leica M7 and several rolls of film. I had just learned about Efke 25 film and was excited to give it a try with some sweeping Montana landscapes. I brought with me […]
Cross Processing Should I?
Mysterious Temptress I have always been sort of reticent to cross process my film. The colors are never true but they can produce very interesting results. If you are purist with color than cross processing will be uncomfortable for you. That may not be a bad thing. Pushing yourself into uncomfortable territory is sometimes a […]
Rowan and the Azalia Leaf
Birthday Suit Rowan on his 7th birthday wanted a suit. I have no idea why he wanted a suit, but he wanted one kept asking for one for a year. So we finally bought one for him and he loved it. So I figured that I would take a photo of him in front […]
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Vote For your Favorite Photo
To Choose or Not to Choose… I have been asked to donate again one of my photographs for an auction at the school where my brother teaches. I donated one last year and the selection was made by 2 of the women who were handling the organization of the auction. Here was the photo that […]
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Christmas Vacation Montana Part 2 (Landscapes)
We arrived at our destination roughly 12 hours later, actually 13 because of a GPS misinterpretation from my trusty navigator who frequently says “I Love my GP!” I do not love the GP. Anyway the rest of the family was there. It was a great time and such a refreshing time for me. Thanks to […]
The Man with a Hammer or (Pee on Someone else’s Property)
Montana Part 1 We started our road trip from Portland to Bozeman Montana at an ungodly hour, we left the house at 4 am. You see the rest of my family was already there and we (I mean my wife and kids) could not wait any longer to get there. She took the first leg […]
Efke 25 Old School Film Part 2
Efke 25 Film I shot and processed my first roll of Efke 25 black and white film. I did a lot of reading around the internet to determine just how to process this film. I have been shooting with Tri-X almost exclusively and processing with D-76. With this film I wanted to challenge myself and […]
Old School Film EFKE
Going Old School with Efke 25 I decided to shoot some old school film Efke 25. I have been doing some reading about this film for a little while. With all the information out on the web, and all the beautiful images on Flickr I decided to buys some of this film and give it […]