I was rummaging through some old photos looking for pictures of relatives to post on Facebook when I happened upon this interesting image. It was taken in August 1972 with a Minolta SRT 101 using Kodachrome 64 film. We were in…
A month or two ago I mentioned that I've played around with panoramas for several years but haven't spent a lot of time with them. The few that I've made before were printed by Mpix.com. Although they don't really offer…
We got hit by a good-old-fashioned blizzard yesterday so, of course, I had to get out to take a few photos. I wasn't crazy enough to try to drive anywhere; our street was unplowed all day and conditions were terrible…
I've played around with panoramas for at least 5 or 6 years but I've never given them the time they probably deserve. Most of the time I don't use a tripod; I just start at the left end of my…
I doubt Paul Simon would ever write a song called Monochrome, but there is something to be said for monochromatic images. I'm not referring to black-and-white images, though they are obviously monochromatic. I'm talking about color photographs that are predominantly one color. That…
Every 4th of July brings plenty of fireworks. Maybe it's done to represent Francis Scott Key's immortal words, penned upon seeing Old Glory raised over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. I suspect the truth is that it's done…