Sing your hearts away

Posted on January 12, 2021 Posted in cyanotype, StuffTagged Arista Ortho Litho, Crown Graphic, cyanotype, flowers, Post-apocalypse, still life, toningLeave a comment

I needed a break from all this uptight pushing and shoving. So I brewed some tea.

Living together

Posted on September 8, 2020 Posted in StuffTagged ilfordhp5+, nikonfm2Leave a comment

We got a COVID kitten.

Finally some new flowers around here

Posted on January 31, 2019February 3, 2019 Posted in StuffTagged Diana, flowers, Grain, HC-110, ilfordhp5+, still life, Stuff4 Comments

Kris finally got some new flowers–lilies. Shot them with my Diana set up on Ilford Hp5 pushed to 3200. Looking forward to printing some of these!

That’s a knife

Posted on December 20, 2018 Posted in Stuff, UncategorizedTagged Grain, HC-110, ilfordhp5+, nikonfm2, still life, StuffLeave a comment

I’m pretty sure I’ve owned some type of Swiss Army knife since I was a teenager. I got my current knife sometime in the late 80s or early 90s. So almost 30 years. That means countless boxes opened, a bunch of IKEA furniture assembled, some light switch plates screws tightened, a few bottles of wine uncorked, and dozens of beer bottles uncapped. I don’t think I’ve used the awl tool that much. I know I used the long blade for something I shouldn’t have since the tip is broken off. The toothpick is long gone but the tweezers stuck around.

I was looking at it and thinking it might be time to get a new one. Then I got sentimental. There’s really no point in getting a new one. With all its issues, it still works. With a little luck, I will die owning this knife. Of course then it will probably end up in the trash. I can’t see my kids keeping it around.

I shot these pictures of the knife with an even older Nikon fm2 loaded with Ilford HP5 plus pushed to iso 3200 and developed in HC-110 dilution B

First Snow

Posted on November 15, 2018 Posted in Stuff, toy camerasTagged D-76H, Diana, flowers, Grain, IlfordDelta3200, snowLeave a comment

Around the Globes

Posted on November 12, 2018November 13, 2018 Posted in Stuff, toy camerasTagged D76H, Diana, ilfordhp5+, StuffLeave a comment

I bought a pair of globes at the Resource Exchange. They aren’t earth globes. Not sure what they are. But, they make a fun still life.

Every Day Is World Toy Camera Day

Posted on October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 Posted in Stuff, toy camerasTagged box camera, Diana, ilfordhp5+, StuffLeave a comment

Yesterday was World Toy Camera day and I spent it in bed sick. But I’m shooting toy cameras every day, so there’s that.

Here are a few of my latest shots with the Stellar (Diana clone) and the close-up filters.

Carnations and bottles

Posted on October 20, 2018 Posted in StuffTagged diy lens, fomapan200, MC-Tea, speed graphic, StuffLeave a comment

Spent some time today with the opera glass lens again. We had a vase of carnations around the house so I grabbed them to shoot. I also added a few liquor bottle to round out the still life.

Such crazy narrow depth of field and blur around the edges. I want to take this lens outside to see how it does landscapes.

Ed Keer

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