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...
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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...
A while back, I found this Spiratone 18mm f/3.5 T-mount lens at a yard sale. It proved especially valuable for shooting real-estate photos at one memorable "house with a problem...
31 January, 2023
A Photographers Vest – Better Late than Never!
A LONG time ago, Kate gave me this photographer’s vest for Christmas. I’m not a clothes horse, but it took decades for me to not feel self-conscious about wearing it.I finally d...
18 January, 2023
That Time I Built an “Air-Gap Meniscus” Lens – By Dave Powell
Long ago, I tried to shoot landscapes using a macro-close-up filter as a lens. I taped the filter to the front of two nested cardboard “focusing tubes” and attached them to my F...
In July 2002, Kate and I hooked up with friends, to hear the great American jazz pianist Dave McKenna play the grand piano at East Boston's Cafe Italia. Back then, I never went ...