Reflections on a month of darkroom class

I've just finished up my first three darkroom classes. I've still got more classes to go, as the weekly workshop wraps up mid December, but I'll be missing the first two in November. Now is a good time to look back on what happened so far. My first class was Wednesday October 5th. This is...

Coffeeneuring 2022, Ride 1: Wallflower Coffee, Sat 22 Oct

Another year, another coffeeneuring challenge! This year I don't have an overarching theme, but there are a few sub-challenges I want to incorporate into the main challenge: Ride all my bikes (currently four) at least once Do at least one #pdxcoffeeoutside and if that fails, at least one coffee outside of my own Hit up...

The unintentional watch collection

I'm on quite the roll of watch buying. For years, I generally only had one watch at a time. Then my comical attempts at watch maintenance earlier this year necessitated a new watch. After some pondering, I asked for an automatic mechanical watch for my birthday, a Timex Waterbury. This is the nicest watch I've...

On beards and longer hair

Sometime this past summer. Pentax IQZoom 928/Fuji C200 I haven't done as many self-portraits in 2022 as I did in 2020 or 2021. But from the shots of me you do see, you'll notice that I've had a beard all year. While I've played around with various configurations of facial hair since graduating high school,...

A look back at my 2022 touring season

The Bantam at Crown Point, during the Midweek Gorge group camping trip, 15 Oct 2022. Camera: Ricohflex Dia Film: Kodak Gold 200 As the first real rains of autumn hit the Northwest, and the chances of getting "one last camping trip in" diminish, now is a good time for me to look back and reflect...

Film photography featured on NBC Nightly News

Bikes and Film Cameras Club

The excellent Kosmo Foto shared this recent NBC Nightly News clip talking about the resurgence of film photography. Even more interesting: the clip was shot with a film (cinema) camera, the first time in over 40 years that NBC News did this. Enjoy!

After fading in popularity, film photography is seeing a major comeback fueled by younger generations and social media. @GadiNBC takes us inside the developing craze with a story shot entirely on film. pic.twitter.com/gO2GOdb0Cw

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 17, 2022

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On registration for bike rides

By the Columbia Slough, 2 October 2022. LOMO LC-A/Fuji C200 I've been leading bicycle rides for almost twenty years. Most of that time I've followed "the Shift/Pedalpalooza ride posting principle": Post a ride with a public start place and see who shows up. This method usually worked fine, with anywhere from a few people to...

Bikeartober 2022, Half-way through

As we hurtle towards the end of October, now is a good time to check in on my Bikeartober 2022 progress. I intended to have a drawing for each day of the month. So far, so good. Mind you, I haven't been drawing every day, sometimes I'll skip a day and make it up the...