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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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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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A Stop at the Canoe Club

Driving by the Cranford Canoe club one afternoon in late November and the shapes of the canoes were calling to me while the leaves were still somewhat alive and fresh fallen. I have had very good results at this local club when they store the canoes for the winter season. This time, it had rained quite a bit and there was an upturned boat with leaves that was pretty neat with the super clear water and leaves that had fallen to the bottom of the water waiting to decompose. I’ll have to come back when there is some snow. All

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Industrial portraits

So you have 5 minutes between running to get presents for the dog and cat and hurrying home to make baked goods for the holidays. AND you forgot your camera. But it snowed 2” and was pretty. But now it really mostly melted so there’s only a tiny bit left. So I pulled out my trusty iPhone and found a few photos. The first one from a local industrial building. The address is 544, LOL. I thought the echos of the numbers between the door front and the mailbox was pretty neat, as was the orange color. Maybe not a

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ICM Multi-Exposure in Boston

I’ve tried my hand at ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) for the past year or so and I see the attraction. If you work hard enough, you can get great images, especially when the subject is colorful. This image is probably my favorite of the one image ICM photos I took this year. I paused during the exposure a couple of times, so you see duplication of the fence at the beach BUT….I saw people taking images with in-camera multiple exposure mid year and fell in love with the results. While I love the one-shot, pure ICM images, I longed for

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Locked Up

One more image from my work on the road paving equipment a few weeks ago. This a wonderful red chain with a black, shadowed background. Nothing earth shattering. I kind of wished I had worked this subject a bit more, as there may have been a few more compositions……but alas, it’s long gone, off to another street Olympus EM-1 12-40/2.8

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