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Project Underwood: Typewriter Restoration
One evening about a year ago, my (younger) daughter and I were checking out typewriters on eBay. Â We share an interest in “retro” machines (this is how my camera craze started, and her last Christmas present was a record player), and inexplicably, we both wanted –Â needed – a typewriter. Â So we both picked one out…
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Found Film Friday: Only Briefly Misplaced
Every week I post a roll of “found” film that has been forgotten in someone’s attic or inside a camera, often for half a century. Â You never know what you’re going to end up with though. Â With the old spools, it’s pretty clear that the pictures will be pretty old, and often yield a few…
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It’s 1914 and Everyone’s a Photo Critic
One hundred years ago this month, much of the world was at war.  But in the United States – which would eventually mobilize 4 million military personnel – public opinion in 1914 was still firmly on the side of neutrality.  This was very evident thumbing through this 100-year-old issue of “The Camera” magazine, published in Philadelphia.…
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Flower Collage
Here’s a fun photo project…and an idea I stole from my wife (I explained to her that I was improving on her idea – it didn’t go over well). Â Go find a green space and see how many flowers you can discover. Â Or bugs. Â Or whatever. Â And then make a photo collage out of them.…
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Found Film Friday: Cowboys and RVs
It’s been a slow week for photography and blogging. Â Last weekend we went to photograph and film the annual Ganesha Chathurti immersion of Ganesh idols in the sea. Â I got some great video, but unfortunately can’t locate the video card I recorded it on. Â So the only new post for this week is the weekly…