Old Florida

Miscellaneous still portraits of the town of Apalachicola, FL. This tin fish was hanging at a curiosity shop out front. It looks like a weather vane. It sold between visits, as there was another. The last time I go back this spring, I’ll have to spend time talking to the owner of this place A classic upside down photos of a house. Yes, It would have been nicer if the house had been more interesting, but you can choose your subjects sometimes. I like the image, especially how the house seems to be dissolving off the top. There are so […]

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Boat Dock Misellaney 2

I had so many pictures from the boat dock in Post number 1 that I had to have a second post. The details can be subtle, but by walking around when the light is soft, many opportunities present themselves. I spend 5-10 minutes around this water supply to find a composition that was interesting, but also showed the lovely patina’d red ironwork I think this one worked and the subtle colors on the faucet were also interesting. Obviously these marine power supply plug wear out. Interesting to see both the degradation of the paint and the differences in color between

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Boat Dock Miscellany 1

Have spent time in the sleeply north Florida town of Apalachicola for many, many years as my family has been coming there since the 1960’s. Much of this fishing-village town has fallen into disrepair, but there is still a little industry, mostly surrounding shrimp, oysters, or fish. With the development of St. George Island, the community of 2,300 has seen a small influx of tourist dollars and had created a nice little downtown with restaurants, a couple of hotels, and some nice shops. Nearby is a fairly active commercial marina where shrimp boats tie up. The dock is fairly busy,

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Opaque with the XA

More OPAQUE images to compare/contrast with the ones on THIS PAGE. The photos here were taken with my venerable Olympus XA which I purchased new around 1979 when they were introduced. One of the smallest 35mm film cameras ever produced along with the Rollei 35 and the Minox 35 series These photos were taken in Covington GA around the old Depot between Covington and Oxford. The film used, Rollei Retro 400S, lends a nice grittiness to the photos, in my opinion. This “building” no longer has a roof, so the slab floor and the brick walls are open to the

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Opaque Images

A now-closed dry-cleaning plant in Plainfield, NJ, G.O. Keller is just standing there, waiting for demolition and development. They had operated for 130 years since 1894 in the same location. The plant is slated for redevelopment into a mixed-use facility, as it is only a block from the lovely Netherwood Train Station. There are such nice textures at this site. The photos were taken with a Voigtlander Bessa-R Rangefinder camera made in the 90’s with a similar vintage Norton f/1.5 Aspherical lens. The other set taken with the Olympus XA is Here Wonderful black and white subjects at this place

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Pinhole Sprockets at the River

Panoramic Pinhole photos. So how did you do that? I have a couple of 6×6 pinhole cameras, but they both operate by the old fashioned red-window where you read the numbers off the backing paper. But you say: “35mm film doesn’t have backing paper”. For Medium Format cameras that have wind-on mechanisms that count the frames, you can just load 35mm in those cameras with adapters. But otherwise, you have to custom-load 35mm film. I cut bulk 35mm film to the exact length of 120 film and tape it to the backing paper in the exact right spot. I then

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A Fall Walk in the Park

Before the winter came, I went out as the fall leaves had just fallen late one weekend afternoon. I wanted to find leaves-on-water and I was not disappointed. I took most of these images with the Olympus EM1-2 and the not-used-so-much 40-150 f/4.0. That lens, which I bought a year or two ago, has been really underused. It’s super compact, so much so that you have to “unlock” it and extend the lens before you can use it. The nice thing is that the lens is internal focusing once extended and super sharp. I used it as a long-distance close-up

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Just shapes

Rented a Fuji X100VI for a week to gauge its suitability for me. The quick answer is Yes and as quick as I can find one without paying a premium, I will get it. It’s a great travel camera. A great family camera. It’s got great customization, maybe too much. But it is undeniable that the image quality is really good. Having only a 35mm lens, like I used to do with my Leica’s, really keeps you from worrying. I really shoot from 24-50 for 90% of my shooting on a M43 12-40/2.8 lens, so it’s not a big stretch

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Gems at the Beach

On vacation and when you have a few minutes very early at the beach (on Cape Cod) before the hordes of people get there, you can scurry around on a Sunday morning and get nice photos. The first one has been picked to be in an online Photo Magazine and has hung in a couple of photography shows already

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The Phone Booth

A representative photo of the times. A pay phone that says it works, but obviously does not. I remember these ubiquitous phone boots all over, it was the only way to call your office or spouse when you were on the road. Calling cards, collect calls, all a thing of the past.

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Urban Detritis

So I don’t have much time these days to take photos, so I just zip around between random errands to local areas before I have to either get home to fix dinner or get to a work call. These photos are from both decayed facilities and what was slated for demolition and redevelopment, the old Sevelle’s Auto Body in Westfield, NJ. As usual, all with the Olympus EM1.2 and the 12-40/2.8

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