Memories are weird. Some fly out of one's head and into oblivion as quickly as they form. Some stay longer, but frequently morph with the years. Others remain burned-in for a li...
Dave Powell's Posts
15 March, 2023
The Jumping Bird (A One-Shot Story) – By Dave Powell
In May 2020, word went out that gangs of Baltimore Orioles had invaded Massachusetts. Fresh citrus is one of the birds’ favorite treats, and as you see, I strung a chunk of mand...
14 March, 2023
5(+5) Digital-IR Frames from a Roving CoolPix 990 in Paris
Before Kate and I went to Paris in 2010, a good friend visited one of my digital-infrared exhibits and-- the following Christmas-- gave me a Nikon CoolPix 990 that he’d converte...
8 March, 2023
Money from Mars (A One-Shot Story)
Obviously, this is a “One Nundred Minapools” monetary note from the “Republic of Mars.” It bears a beautifully wrought likeness of the planet’s “Capable Leader” (in a typically ...
2 March, 2023
The Ones that Got Away
Like the hearty souls who hunt and fish, most photographers can probably tell a story or two about “the ones that got away.” Loss can happen for any number of reasons:
Not ha...
1 March, 2023
Mesopotamia, Ohio (A One-Shot Story)
Though I grew up in Ohio, I’d never heard of the town of Mesopotamia. It’s on state routes 87 and 534, near Ohio’s “Mosquito Creek Wilderness” (which I also hadn’t heard of). No...
21 February, 2023
That Time I “Half-Framed” a cute Kodak Flash Bantam camera (Part 2 of 3)
Part 1 of this three-part mini-series detailed how I converted a lovely little Kodak Flash Bantam camera to shoot half-frame images. It was fun and (more-or-less) easier than ex...
14 February, 2023
That time I “Half-Framed” a cute Kodak Flash Bantam camera (Part 1 of 3)
I’ve long wanted a half-frame 35mm camera. Doubling one’s images per roll is especially great now that film costs more. I’m an inveterate tinkerer, though, and preferred to conv...