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Older Work Part I
Revisiting Wye Valley Forest: Inspiration Can Arrive from Anywhere...
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Reposting Older Work...
Moon and Ten Pence: More Lith Explorations
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Darkroom Shed: a Murphy Desk
Occasionally I will need some desk space for work in the darkroom. A place to cut and mount photos for instance. I can also bring a laptop. Because space remains a premium I thought I could try and make a folding ‘Murphy’ desktop. I used some birch finish plywood, I
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What am I Reading?
Inland Salish Journey Fur Trade to Settlement
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Darkroom Shed: Furnishings
The next phase of the darkroom project was to start planning the furniture and fixtures. I did not really want to build-in the counter top and after some thought opted to build some trestle-like sawhorses for the work top. The dimensions were a bit fraught as the enlarger still had
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Shed and Darkroom Project
This post is some means of explaining what I have been up to the last few months. Moving to the US has meant we have a much smaller house and the consequence is that there is not enough room for a dedicated darkroom. I decided last year that it would
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Cold Weather
We have just gotten past a couple of weeks of persistent sub-zero temperatures (Fahrenheit). Walking the dog was a challenge as her feet would get too painful to continue after just two blocks. I would pick her up and carry her home. After a couple of days we got her
Newsletter
Absence
I decided to write a short note explaining my absence the last few months. After moving to the USA I have been involved in getting us settled-in to our new home. My father has also been in the hospital and nursing home since the beginning of December so this has
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Some Initial Prints (Warmtone)
Film from Digital: Road Trip Images
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Making a Shed with Hank Hoag
I was at Home Depot the other day to pick up some supplies for my project. A young man was leaving with a couple of sticks of tongue and groove boards for his project and I was reminded of Hank Hoag. To be clear I am building a shed but
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Mineral Point and Larches
There is a wonderful hike at Mineral Point that overlooks Lake Pend Oreille. The trail starts at a summit and winds through pine, cedar and fir forest before ending on the shore at Green Bay. This time of year is when the larch show themselves. The aspen, poplar, and birch
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Along the Kootenai in Fall
The pre-dawn Saturday morning sky was clear of clouds with a gradient of light in the east the prelude sunrise. Jupiter and Venus were visible in the western and eastern skies. Mollie and I walked in the clear dry autumnal air through Sandpoint. It was a good day for a