When my daughter was little, Sunday was Daddy-Daughter Day. Typically, we would go to a park and then have lunch before heading home. Sometimes, we would go shopping or wash the car—time together was the most important thing. One Sunday, we went downtown to stroll around Centennial Olympic Park. Continue Reading
It had to happen eventually. Five years of reading photography blogs and magazines extolling the virtues of Leica cameras and lenses (and knowing of the Minolta-Leica collaboration) made me want to try Minolta’s Leica-inspired offering. I have used a Leica, and that initial experience was not a favorableContinue Reading
These supports are maybe 50 or 60 feet high. From a distance, they don’t look that imposing, but standing just across the way from them is intimidating. They are a perfect example of perspective in drawing, watching each one appear smaller as it recedes in the distance. They areContinue Reading
Favorite colors have different domains—those for clothes may not be the same as those for cars. My favorites for flowers are yellow and purple and various shades thereof. So far, the yellow flowers have been prolific. The tickseed has spread everywhere the wind blows (not necessarily a good thing). Continue Reading
The weather has been hot and, oddly, drier than usual. A few Sundays ago, the morning air was actually slightly cool—a rarity in June. Peachtree Street is a busy thoroughfare, except on Sunday mornings, so I decided to stop by Midtown. My first visit to Atlanta in 1986Continue Reading
Folding cameras were not supposed to be part of the VMLP. I was drawn to SLRs and was quite happy limiting my photography journey to them. That feeling held until I used an Autocord. Yes, the Autocord is a TLR, but the 6×6 negative yielded such clear,Continue Reading
