Turning bad photos into good photos

Every once in a while I get bad results from a roll of color film - this just happened.  Not sure what the problem was.  The solution is to turn the color image into Black and White.  Here’s an example I just got the film back from TheDarkroom.com and it…

Prairie Photography Continues

I continue to add to my portfolio of the Prairie.

More Alfie Shots

I’ve had more time with the Alfie, Half Frame camera and even with the aperture of f/125 the pictures are not very sharp.  I can whine about this OR change how I think and use this camera.  If you think of it as a crappy plastic camera in half frame…

Alfie Half Frame Review

I recently received via Kickstarter my Alfie Half Frame camera.  It has a rechargeable battery ( via USB), several different lenses mounted on a rotating lens turret: 33/8, 30/8, 25/56 and finally a pinhole 25/125.  It has a mechanical winding mechanism with rewind without having to set a rewind button.…

Adobe Love / Hate

I’ve had for a number of years a love hate relationship with Adobe.  When they went to a monthly subscription model I was not happy.  So I switched to Capture One which is a great program.  According to August Dering who teaches on the web - it has one of…

Happy Little Accidents

I went out today to test a new half frame camera and I screwed up the exposures big time and the focus was way off Bur then I realized that I’ve been looking at some photos of Josef Sudden - famous photographer of Prague and his early stuff looks like…

Hogg House

 Hogg House in detail.  It has been featured in some of my other posts.

Hexar RF

I finally broke down and bought this camera again.  It is a rangefinder film camera that was made by Konica.  It took M Leica lenses although some folks back in the day said it didn’t focus right.  Many people have had zero problems with this.  It has standard 35 mm…

MISC Folder - what’s in there?

Kentmere 400 Film

Advertised as a budget B & W film it clearly does a nice job.

Hogg House is Sad

In my travels thru rural eastern Colorado I travel thru several small town.  Joes, Colorado is one such town.  I noticed that right on Highway 36 there was a motorcycle club.  I stopped and talked with two guys for the better part of a half hour.  Unfortunately the man on…

Bad Weather Photos

Which is not the same as bad photos of weather.  These were shot on my way home from Goodland, KS.  While it is the middle of September we can still experience pretty violent weather.  Fortunately no hail just wind and rain.

Dashcam Photography

Some images from my Garmin Dashcam Mini-2.  To be sure they have been manipulated - tone, contrast, cropping.  I like the Mini-2 because you can voice activate the camera while driving ( be sure to turn down your radio first).

Pixii Camera Review

This is a rather unique camera that I purchased several months ago and I finally wanted to review it.  I’ll be honest it has taken me this long to decide if I like it and how to best use it.  This is a departure from most of my camera purchases…

Weather on the Road

Interesting shots taken from I70 with the iPhone 14 and then converted to BW

CPAC Lectures Completed

Finished my two lecture series on Black and White Photography at CPAC ( Colorado Photographic Arts Center).  This was the first lecture at the new CPAC studios. While I only had 4 attendees it was fun to just sit and talk photography.  It was daunting because I put together this…

It Lived a Good Long Life

After over 20 years of faithful service my Nikon Coolscan 4000 has gone to scanner heaven.  It had malfunctioned in a way that I’d seen once before - it wouldn’t release the film strip module.  I remembered taking the cover off and messing around and eventually got it give up…

B and W on the Plains

Prairie Future Goodland Kansas Storm on the Road Cope, CO Cope, CO Shot a roll of Kosmo Agent Shadow - a film stock that I have no idea where it comes from and who actually makes it.  But it does a nice job.  ISO 400, HC110b for 5-6 minutes. Prairie…

Perfect Saturday Morning

Started off with a stop at Starbucks  - not something I do on a regular basis so it’s still considered a treat Then off to the Denver Botanic Gardens for a 4 hour seminar on BW photography given by Scott Dressel- Martin a wonderful lecturer and a professional photographer.  The…

Scenes out East

Wheeler, KS Akron, Colorado Coming into Atwood , KS The first three photos are from Wheeler, KS - down K25 going south from St. Francis.  It’s a small cemetery with some interesting things to see.  Next photo is downtown Akron - If you have grain elevators in your downtown then…

Random Sightings

Car Photography

Sites on the way to Kansas

Easter Sunday finds me traveling for work to Kansas.  I frequently travel on Highway 36. which takes me thru Cope, Colorado.  This small village has seen better days but for things to photograph it can’t be beat.   U.S. Route 36 (US 36) is an east–west United States highway that travels…

Nikon F2A

This is the predecessor to all the modern film Nikons: Nikon F2 is a 35mm film professional, mechanical shutter SLR system camera by manufactured by Nippon Kogaku K. K., Japan (Nikon Corporation since 1988), introduced in 1971 using Nikon F mount for interchangeable lenses. It is the successor of successful…

Master Photography Printers

Interesting YouTube about those that still print.  I object to the first part of the video where they imply that if you’re not in NYC you’re no where.  They clearly focused on photographers who are New York -centric.  So much great photography is being done in all parts of the…