Photography & Vintage Film Cameras

Backyard Drama Queen

Old Town Albuquerque Albuquerque has a pretty tenuous grasp on Spring right now. Still, this Mariachi group made an appearance at several p...

Clash of the Classics FED 1g Kiev IIa I thought I would try out a new blog feature, a poll. The subject as seen at top right is people'...

I spent some time this evening going through the blog. There have been almost 200 posts over nearly three years. Time for a break. PS: Wi...

Sunday morning at UNM This is the first color I have shot in one of my Brownie Hawkeye Flash box cameras, and maybe only the seco...

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica) One of my goals for this Spring is to cultivate some wildflowers. I've ordered some seeds and some ...

just practicing I can't claim to have mastered my plate cameras, but I am feeling more comfortable with them. I think we are due for ab...

For Our New York Friends

Two compacts I like cameras that can fit easily in a jacket pocket. I've added pages to my web site for two I like very much. The Reti...

Another camera? Yes. I just couldn't pass up a Zeiss Maximar-A plate camera with a Tessar lens for ten bucks.

swan rider I've put another roll of film through my Kodak Recomar 18 and posted the images on my web site.

a good sign All the leaves but one fell off this kumquat. Lately, it has begun to come back. With 70-degree temperatures predicted for lat...

Sorting out old cameras. There are always a lot of variables in producing photographs. Shooting with very old film cameras introduces a...

Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon These ancient ruins in Chaco Canyon are the finest that North America has to offer north of the Rio Grande. ...

At the Botanic Garden I went to the Albuquerque Botanic Garden today with my Kodak Recomar 18. It is a compact folding plate camera with an...

Back to the drawing board Every few years I get disgusted with the lack of style and legibility of my handwriting. This is a cycle that has...

Tramway An out-of-town visitor provided an excuse to ride to the top of the Sandias on the world's longest aerial tram.