Month: February 2015
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Letting go
Yesterday at work I broke my $1000 pen. The backstory: Two years ago when Jasmine was sick, we made multiple visits to the emergency vet. These usually involved an overnight stay and a scary bill. Each time I signed, I kept the pen. It was my own small rebellion against her illness. Over time I […]
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Situational Awareness
For a while now I have been endeavoring to teach Kiddo situational awareness. This is largely centered around parking lots and traffic, things like “Don’t put yourself between a moving vehicle and a stationary object,” and “don’t walk behind any car which could back up.” It will eventually extend to the things any young woman […]
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Why I Shoot Film
I bought a typewriter today. This will become relevant shortly. Defenders of film photography often focus on the technical aspects. They expound about how they are forced to slow down and plan each exposure, or about how they can control the entire process from start to finish, or about the ‘feel’ of creating an image […]
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Week 87 – Ansco Clipper
It’s eight degrees and there is over 2 feet of snow on my flat roof with more expected tonight. I really should be out shoveling. Instead I’m catching up with my blogs. For this week’s roll, I chose the Ansco Clipper. I don’t remember where or when I got my Clipper. It’s a folding box […]
Notes from Mosquito Hill 