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13 December, 2025
A Summer Workshop and my Yashica Electro 35 G
In my previous post, I mentioned I teach Advanced Placement (AP) Drawing and 2-Dimensional Design. Over the summer, I attended the AP Summer Institute (APSI) at the University o...
12 December, 2025
How Nissan Crossing Has Changed Over Time
As a petrolhead, I always make a point of visiting Nissan Crossing whenever I’m in Tokyo, even if only for a few hours or half a day. Situated in Ginza, one of Tokyo’...
12 December, 2025
Towers – My favorite shot of 2025
Everyone’s wonderful posts here have inspired me to review my reel, and as 2025 comes to a close, I think I need to offer up my own favorite from this year. And what a year it w...
12 December, 2025
Ricoh FF-9SD Limited – Travails of a Transparent Camera in Central Asia
My grandfather had many cameras, he kept them in an old 1980s dry box, and it was only when he was spluttering with edema from his congestive heart failure did we even talk abou...
11 December, 2025
Panasonic C—D 2200 ZM – Round Two
Panasonic C-D 2200 ZM, repairing light leak
11 December, 2025
Scarborough – My photograph of the year 2025.
This picture was one of those happy instances of being in the right place when a subject placed itself right in front of me. The Mod couple were riding along the seafront at Sca...
11 December, 2025
In the Land of Fjords – Finding Scale with the XPan
Landscapes are a tough sell for me. I’m not a dedicated landscape photographer, and all too often, I find myself tiring of my own vista shots over time. My house only has ...
10 December, 2025
Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4 – A Demanding Use Case
For shooting Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Teatro Marrucino, I took a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 lens as a backup for long shots. Master Adriano Lolli replaced the origina...
