A Bright Future

 I look always look forward to this yearly exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum.  It is a delight to see what excellent photographic work is being done by these high school students, and this 2026 show may be the best yet.

 The compositions were uniformly sophisticated and the execution to the final prints was near faultless.  I especially liked this imaginative panoramic collage by Ava Greenwood, Cibola HS, Grade 11.

 The exhibition was divided into "Digital" and "Non Digital".

 

I was not surprised when I overheard a visitor ask "What is Non-Digital?".   Was this referring to digital as opposed to film-based analog photography?  Does the Non-Digital term include the reproduction of the image using traditional or alternative printing methods such as cyanotypes?

My only complaint about the Focus On Youth project is that there is little in the way of explanation of the instructional and technical processes that contribute to the success of this excellent annual show.  It would be nice to see that kind of additional information included in a thorough online presentation. 

Rustic Repast

 Thursday morning found us eating a breakfast of blue corn pancakes at Bike In Coffee.  I made a few digital shots for the color and used my half-frame Olympus Pen FT for black & white.

 Getting to the end of a roll of film with a half-frame camera is always something of a challenge.  This time I rolled half the Kentmere 100 into a reloadable cartridge, and still got forty shots.  Even that tactic took me a couple sessions to complete.