Yesterday we had to do a bit of shopping and boy were we shocked when we got the bill. The problem I believe was we were seeing everything in a new way. The way of the Wet Plate Process. It was like we were speaking a secret language, I even noticed a man trying to...
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Life sure can feel at times like an up hill battle.
This morning in a cloud of our own breath, Clover my canine companion and I set out to be the first people to crush the morning frost kissed grass under our feet. To be in the vineyard before the sun breached the blue...
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I took some time yesterday from the realities of “what needs to be done” to wander over to my local garden center for it’s annual Camellia exhibit. It is kind of special to have unfettered alone time in a beautifully decorated greenhouse, just me and the Camellias. I had a full hour to...
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“If you want to be a really skilled photographer you have to shoot every day and continuously challenge yourself with new skills”. I recently heard this great piece of advice and it is something I have always believed in and put into action in my life daily.
In the past few months we have added...
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People are always asking me how we get to the top of the Alps with all the various camera gear we travel with…let alone the Terrier. Well, I am happy to inform you…we take the easy way. Luckily here in Europe many mountain tops are accessible by cable cars. For a few...
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There I was, incredibly excited after receiving a box full of newly processed color 120 negatives after waiting 6 months to view them. Opening the little boxes as if it was Christmas morning once more, the rolled up film inside. I prepared to ready them for scanning into my computer to view them properly. When...
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As a wet snow streams from the sky, my husband and I are dipping our toes deeper into the Alternative Process Photography pool.
Today’s science project, which is a great way to describe Alternative Process, as my cellar looks more like the laboratory of a mad scientist than my old laundry room. But I digress,...
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