I recently picked up a copy of a Canon Canonet QL17 GIII that showed up at my local camera shop. This is not a new camera to me. I have had and also wrote a KEH review for it in...
Previously, I described rather special experiences with birds– here, here and here. But this next one was just a bit different. Our 2018 tour of Newfoundland visited a Puf...
I got my first camera at the age of 6. It was a properly functioning toy camera, (hearsay your honor), love at first sight, and though I did not master photography, I did proper...
This past weekend I attended a rock concert, in one of the youth theatres around here. The reason of my presence there was twofold: the theatre is run by a good friend of mine, ...
This story began in 2012. I was told by a fellow worker one lunch time: “There’s a Nikon film camera for £15 in the Pawn Broker’s window!” I decided...
Every so often, if we’re lucky, we’re reminded just how important photography can be in people’s lives. I got lucky the other week when I received a message...
For several years, Kate and I rented booth space in a New England antiques shop that turned out to be very haunted. A delightful British woman (whom I’ll call “Mrs...
I am a denizen of thrift stores here in the USA. I believe the British refer to them as 2nd hand or charity shops across the pond. I was a bit surprised to see old photo chemica...