Midwestern USA photoblog by a retired contractor. Author will share thoughts on darkroom technique, film photography, digital image editing and our culture in general.
So, yes, I am planning a large-format outing. Doing so is so much more deliberate than planning an outing with roll film. First you have to have a destination with a worthy subject. Making that choice is fraught enough that it is liable to stop you right there. The effort involved from packing to set-up to development and beyond is too great to be given lightly. Contemplating this--finding…
Yesterday, Ruth and I went north to escape the heat. Duluth and Lake Superior are only two hours away, and at least once a summer we go up for a day, or a few days, when the temperatures get unbearable at home. Lake Superior comes to a point at its western extremity at Duluth. From there you can cross over to Superior, Wisconsin to explore the south shore, or head further East-Northeast along the…
Sometimes we just make too big a deal of things. Until something just spurs us the last little bit, and, poof, the thing is done.
Greetings! You’ve arrived at the analog photography site of Jim Melcher. The site is new and a bit rusty just yet. (Why would we call a new thing rusty?) I have spent too much time in the darkroom (and playing with my grandson) these past 12 months to do much more here. Please visit again soon to see what has developed (bad pun left in on purpose). Thanks for visiting!