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I began to think about what I wrote earlier about Fuji's film types and how to choose what I wanted as I try and make the best choice to mimic my film experience. I realized that I was being a bit stupid. I picked Provia because... Actually, I
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A week has passed now, and I continue to struggle with digital photography. It still seems strange and disconnected from the way I think about the process of making images. The camera is getting easier to use and I am settling down on settings to allow me to treat the
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I have a long unfinished draft of a post that I called 'Toying with Digital', don't look for it as I never published it. In it I planned to discuss my temptations to get a good digital camera. I certainly can become a tech geek and
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There are a couple of different narratives here but let's see how this unfolds... This was also written over a month ago and I have finally gotten around to posting it. Firstly, I returned to Holme Fen this week after a series of big storms passed through the
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Ian Roberts in his YouTube video Understanding Your Muse tells a compelling version of the Greek myths surrounding the Muses. In Greek mythology Mnemosyne is a daughter of Zeus and mother to the muses; all are goddess that preside over the creative arts of mankind. Mnemosyne is also the goddess
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The title of this post is part of a longer quotation. Not much longer; actually it is half of the whole thing. For many people, I suspect, this will be an old and familiar saying. Somehow, I missed it until this week, and it is a timely idea. I found
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Our family first met the Browne’s (Norm and Pam) in 1969 at the futuristically named Telstar Apartments in Flagstaff Arizona. My family had just moved there from Dallas Texas and I was just out of first grade. Ourselves and the Browne’s were at these apartment for the same
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I decided to break out the Moersch MT 4 Sepia toning solution and give it a try. I am usually not a fan of warm tone prints or sepia toned prints. It is a just a matter of personal taste but it is always worth exploring things outside of your
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- March 24, 2020 My wife and I recently spent a week near Machynlleth in Wales. She found a good cottage up the end of a long single lane track in a steep valley. We had a very relaxing time and did quite.a bit of walking. I got a chance
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The name of this post comes from a photo I described in my prior post on Fuji G617 panoramas. I was really pleased with how it came out and the way it conveyed the mood of the day. In some ways it could be seen as bleak, but it also
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I picked up some more old paper. Based on my recent project to allow bigger enlargements I was on the look-out for 16x20 paper. Good fortune came my way in the form of Negra Portrene. An unopened box of 16x20 paper. The seller said he tried some from another