The next six rolls or so will come from the spring break trip we took to San Antonio in April. It was a great time — lovely city! — and I was able to go through most of the film I brought. These photos are from the botanical gardens as well as downtown San Antonio. They are Kodak Gold shot with a Mamiya 6. There was a light leak hence the bright marks on each photo. I have since gotten the camera…
My 11th roll of the year was a roll of Kodak Portra 400 that I shot on a long walk up and around Mt. Robidoux in Riverside, California. I was in the area to give a talk, and I gave myself a bit of time to do some exploration. I used my Leica M4-P and the M-Hexanon 50mm lens.
These photos are from a roll of…Kodak Tri-X(?) that I took during a trip down to southern California, partly in Los Angeles and partly in Riverside. One theme of this series is that I have gotten pretty ruthless about what I keep, and so from a roll of 36 frames — and probably 20 separate scenes — I have four photos. I…do not want to think about how much money I spend on this hobby.
In the interest of trying to use the film I have stockpiled, I brought a couple rolls with me to the “No Kings” protest in Charlottesville, Va. earlier this year. I used the Mamiya 6 and a 150mm telephoto lens (equivalent to 90mm on a 35mm camera). Out of 24 frames I had about 4 that were good enough to keep. (Although if I were being exceptionally strict with myself I would have only kept 1 or 2…
These photos are from two rolls of 35mm film that I shot throughout the first few months of the year. The issue is that they weren’t shot sequentially, meaning that I have frames from as early as January and as late as April. But I finished them in April and so that’s where they fall on the list. I shot these on my Leica M4-P using one lens or another from my set of M-Hexanon lenses, produced by…
I went through a bit of a rut earlier in the year and so this roll has just three keepers and even these are…not great. But I still have them just to mark where I was in February: Bowdoin College and Miami.
I took these photos during a brief stop in New Orleans for an event. I spent a day wandering and you can more or less trace my route from the scenes I have here.
Seen on US-29 passing through Madison, Va. Shot with a Panasonic LX10 point and shoot. Edited in Lightroom.
I shot my second roll of the year during a brief stop in Grinnell, Iowa, where I gave a talk at the college. These photos are of Grinnell’s downtown, which is quite charming. You’ll notice that there is no one on the street. That is because it was 10 degrees and I was very committed to taking photos during the 48 hours or so I was in town. Once again, these were taken with the Mamiya 6 using Kodak…
Doing something a little bit different this year when it comes to sharing photos. Rather than organize by place, I'm going to just share the keepers from each roll, in chronological order. This roll of Kodak Gold is the first roll of film I shot of 2026, in downtown Los Angeles where I was visiting for work. I used my Mamiya 6MF which, unfortunately, has a light leak that I need to fix before I…
I have been sitting on hundreds of photos to either develop, scan or edit. My goal for the next month is to both process those frames and post more often on this blog. And we are getting started with these photos, which I took all the way back in December. I used my Leica M4-P, a 50mm lens and Kodak Tri-X.
Longtime followers know that I spend most of my Christmas break in Charleston, South Carolina, visiting my family and enjoying the warmer weather. I took some photos (as usual) and here are the ones worth sharing. Locations include Charleston proper, Mount Pleasant and Sullivan’s Island.
Last October, I gave a talk at Syracuse University. I always try to give myself some time to walk around a place and take pictures, and I managed to carve a few hours out of the trip to do that in Syracuse. These are the keepers from two rolls of Kodak Gold 200, shot with a Mamiya 6 medium format camera.
The other camera I bought last year was a Canon Autoboy XL which, as per its name, is a comically large point and shoot with a surprisingly sharp zoom lens. I put two rolls of color film through it — I think this was Kodak Gold but I have no idea — and these are the keepers. I am keeping this camera and I actually bought another copy — in a different color, black — to use as a dedicated monochrome…
Sometime last year I picked up a Minolta Freedom Escort (otherwise known as the Minolta Riva Mini), which is a 35mm point and shoot from the early 1990s. It took forever but I finally put two rolls through it — Kodak Tri-X — and scanned them. These are the keepers! I’m going to put one more roll through and then I may sell the camera to make room for a new one coming my way. Which is to say, let…
I was in Myrtle Beach a few months ago to give a talk and had just enough time to walk around and take photos. These are the ones worth sharing. Camera: Leica M4-P. Lens: M-Hexanon 28mm f/2.8. Film: Kodak Pro Image 100 (I think).
As usual, it takes me a while to get around to scans and edits. I took these photos in October, at various events and places around the area. I used a Leica M4-P, the M-Hexanon 28mm f/2.8 and either Kodak Tri-X or Kodak Gold. A man and his dog. Ivy Creek Natural Area. The amphitheater. Hayride. A horse meets a girl. The Lorax(es).
Each month, the Charlottesville Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee hosts and leads a walk through a different neighborhood in the city. For November the walk was in the Venable neighborhood. I took some photos of the group as well as some stuff we saw along the way. 📷: Leica M10-D 🔎: M-Hexanon 35mm f/2.0 Our walking guide. Reading some neighborhood facts. Walking uphill. Show and tell for…
Did a recent dump of everything I’ve taken on my Leica M10-D over the last few months. These five photos were the keepers from a day when I sent a lot of time just walking around town, either by myself, with my kids or with my parents. I don’t usually rank my photos but I’ve arranged these in order of my personal preference. Early morning game of some sort (soccer? flag football?) at Tonsler Park.…
Same camera as the last post! I took these in October(?) at a car show in nearby Crozet, Va. I’ll have some photos on (medium format) film in a future post, after I scan them.