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28 February, 2026
Hokkaido, a historical perspective
This article brings together the history and development of Hokkaido together with some of the images I have taken over the last 20 years or so. Early Days Hokkaido is the secon...
27 February, 2026
The Miniature Camera Monthly
Above: Cover photo of the August 1939 issue of Ray Bolger for it’s feature article on the new about-to-be-released movie The Wizard of Oz My wife retired a couple years ag...
27 February, 2026
Nikon F in the Fog
Recently I traveled to a favorite part of Oregon, specifically north-central Oregon and the tiny town of Condon. As is sometimes the case, an icy fog gripped the area not too l...
26 February, 2026
Divided Development – An Introduction
Divided development is the use of two baths – “A” contains ‘developer’ and “B” contains an ‘accelerator’ – to develop film. This has benefits and drawbac...
26 February, 2026
Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
This empirical field test of a non exactly well-preserved Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4. Least of the ‘fogged’ glasses of this sample now under the care of master Adr...
25 February, 2026
Mid Flight on a Hot Summers Day with The Contax G2 90mm Sonnar T* and Ektachome E100vs – A One Shot Story
I haven’t taken many action shots with my Contax G2 but this was one of the few that I ever took. (I did photograph a Polo match with a wide angle 21mm and a couple with ...
It’s quite easy to justify staying in a comfort zone once we find ourselves there, and making decisions we know have achieved great results in the past is easy to justify ...
24 February, 2026
After the Lost Trees – One Shot Story
We bought the house we are living in now fifteen years ago. This small home, with a narrow creek flowing just behind it, offered us a place to spend pleasant moments during the ...
