Taking a photo vs. savoring the moment

No Parking? North Tabor, 6 Nov 2022 Minolta Hi-Matic 7s/Ilford HP5 If there's one thing that people can agree upon in these divisive times, it's this: There are too many images out there. Digital cameras plus internet plus social media means on any given day there may be more photos taken in the world then...

Coffeeneuring 2022, Ride 4: Futura Coffee, Thurs 10 Nov

Last time we checked in with you fine folks I was complaining about the weather, how after a hot and dry first two thirds of October we moved straight into winter. It was a good three weeks of much rain. Yeah, there were a few breaks, but dark and damp dominated. We basically got all...

Coffeeneuring 2022, Ride 3: Human Bean, Sat 5 Nov

As I stated in my last Coffeeneuring post, it's going to be catch as catch can for the remainder of this year's challenge. Maybe I'll get in all 7 needed by November 20th, maybe I'll get an Honorable Mention. After a dry and actually hot start to October, the last third of October saw the...

Coffeeneuring 2022, Ride 2: Rosebridge Coffee, Thurs 3 Nov

As the Coffeeneuring Challenge moves towards its conclusion on November 20th, I've resigned myself to the fact that I might not get in seven rides before it's done. I started pretty late, my first ride happening two weeks after it started. And then a good week-plus of COVID and recovery meant that even more time...

When to keep, and when to let go

Self-portrait in the boudoir, 6 Nov 2022. Minolta Hi-Matic 7s/Ilford HP5 In the almost three years of my film photography obsession, I've tried out a bunch of different cameras and built a small collection. My stable hovers at under ten--more than a minimalist collection, but paling in size to some other people's assemblage. I don't...

Sick.

Time for leaves and puddles. SE Division, 22 Oct 2022 Olympus Pen EES-2/Kodak Ultramax 400 After almost three years of pandemic I've managed to avoid COVID. I social distanced when advised, masked up, and got my vaccine plus a booster. I wondered if I could keep outrunning the virus indefinitely, especially since it seems like...

“Getting it right” or moving on?

Foster Floodplain, 23 Oct 2022 Camera: Ricohflex Dia (Diacord) Film: Kodak Portra 800 It's been just about six months since Emee and I went to the Midwest to participate in this year's Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour. It was a lot of fun, as always. Despite telling myself that this would be the only one...

The Opulence of Time

North Beach, Orcas Island. 5 August 2022. Camera: Olympus XA2/Film: Fujicolor 100 Stasia over at Carfree Rambles finished up a coast-to-coast (and Portland-to-Portland!) tour with her partner a little while ago. Like many folks who go on a big adventure like this, she's found the readjustment to "real life" a bit tough. In her latest...