Wow, I thought 2021 would never come to end. The upside, I actually shot more film than the previous several years. Jobs have been slow going, but street photography has kept me sane. I found that [...]
A Successful Fundraiser. The Troupe raised $23k to buy toys for OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital. A decade ago a couple of friends realized there was need for toy donations at the Doernbecher [...]
E3 November 2021 This month’s grid is close to my place, so I know the area pretty well. West 11th Avenue is a dividing line. North of 11th is industrial businesses and warehouses with some [...]
E7 September / October 2021 This was a pretty good grid in Springfield, Oregon with a lot of variation in scenery. The Willamette River runs right through the grid, and generally makes for a good [...]
Grid D7 September 2021 This month Blake and I took a trip out to D7. We had a fun time. We traveled around a park and a school. We discovered a heavily weeded drainage ditch that went through a [...]
D3 July 2021 This months grid is in the north side of Eugene. It’s slightly industrial. I photographed along Highway 99 and Bethel Drive. There were tons of stuff to photograph. I shot on a Nikon [...]
These days, zoom lenses can have a long range. In fact, Nikon currently has a 28-300mm AF-S lens. That's a significant zoom range. In 1963 Nikon released what would now be considered an odd 43-86mm [...]
I have always appreciated square format. I have always loved twin lens cameras. When photographers think TLR, Rolleiflex immediately comes to mind. When I saw this camera in the case at my local film [...]
My old friend Paul past away almost ten years ago and he left me this Pentax Spotmatic F. I was told it belonged to his dad, and he knew I would appreciate it. I immediately admired this fully manual [...]
Well, almost... Late Friday afternoon at the G-Spot, Gadsby hosted the popular Eugene band, Creep Creep Janga. I spotted a cryptic Instagram post by the band stating they were playing on the second [...]
