A Patriotic Tent ::

Along with a smiley face flag on top!

New Printing Paper To Try Out ::

I've been wanting to try some Hahnemuhle paper for quite some time so I ordered a box of the 460gsm Photo Rag last Friday. It came in today and I've just spent the last half hour or so building a custom profile. I'm not going to have a chance to print anything tonight, but I hope to give the paper a good tryout tomorrow evening.

Oh yeah, I also ordered a sample pack with 18 sheets of paper-2 sheets each of:
Natural Art Duo-256 gsm
Bamboo-290 gsm
Sugar Cane-300 gsm
Photo Rag Ultra Smooth-305 gsm
Photo Rag-308 gsm
Photo Rag Bright White-310 gsm
German Etching-310 gsm
William Turner-310 gsm
Museum Etching-350 gsm

I'm especially looking forward to trying out the William Turner, but just from what I've seen of the profiling target I'm sure that I'm going to like the 13"x19" Photo Rag that I got today. I especially like the weight-460 gsm.

Update to follow this weekend, at the latest.

Church Doors In North Georgia ::

Taken all those years ago when my only camera was the 8x10 view.




I ordered a Holga last week and started looking around for a local supplier of 120 color film. The local camera shop stocks it, but the price is around $38 for a propack of 5 rolls which I can order out of NY for about half the price. I'm glad I'm not relegated to only shooting film any more!

Fourth Of July ::

Calves And Car For Sale ::

A Church ::

In the Hebron community of Marshall County, Alabama.

The Tennessee River ::

below the Lake Guntersville Dam:



The river has been running high and fast for the past few weeks due to the inordinate amount of rain we've had.

New Camera ::

I got my Holga in the mail yesterday and I look forward to trying it out tomorrow, and hope to have some photographs from it in a few days. The hard part is finding someone or some place that will process 120 film. I would really prefer to shoot color, but this is a vast wasteland of photo labs!

Yellow Oil Repository ::

Seen at a marine mechanic's shop:

Seen Through A Window ::

New Horizons! ::

I ordered a Holga today wondering where that might take me.

A Backlit Flag ::

Over on the right I added a link to Alec Soth's web site. Go visit and wander around for a while 'cuz he has some really nice photographs there!

A Flag ::

The Upside Down Sign ::

A Show In Houston ::

I wish I could attend the show featuring Warren's photographs, but I'm afraid that's not to be. Hopefully there will be a web site with the show images and I'll post it if it's available.

I Let The Time Get Away From Me! ::

I didn't mean to be away for so long so here's an oldie, but a goodie from about 3 years ago:



This was found in Columbia, South Carolina during a trip in March, 2006. I was back in Columbia this past November and the little meditation center is no longer there. That's why I now try to make it a point to never pass up taking a photograph when I find something interesting.

Best Photographer In The Tennessee Valley? ::

David Higginbotham is in the running for best photographer in WHNT's Best Of The Valley competition. I'm not sure just where David is in the standing, but I went to WHNT's site and voted for him and I urge you to look at the photographs on David's web site and consider doing the same. I've looked at some of his competition and made David Higginbotham Photography my choice.

You can go here and cast your vote--it does require a registration, but it is more painless than most.

Extracting Exif Data From Your Image File ::

Everyone probably knows that Photoshop displays some pretty basic Exif data in the file info section, but have you ever wanted more information about your image file or, for that matter, have you ever wondered just how many shutter activations your camera has? There is a great little program called exiftool which will give you more information than you'll ever care for utilizing all of the exif data from both the camera as well as that added by your image editing program of choice. The little program runs on Windows or Mac OS and is free of charge.

An Old Image From An Old Camera ::

This photograph was taken January 2, 2003 with my first digital camera, a little 5 megapixel Kodak, which I still have but seldom use. When we used film cameras we thought nothing of using the same equipment for years and years, but the advent of digital encourages having the newest camera with all of the bells and whistles, now including video.



The latest edition of Rangefinder has an article on the work of Paul Roark which touches on some issues of film versus digital and how Roark approaches his fine art work.

Rangefinder offers free subscriptions for the asking.

Not Much Of A Church ::

I guess they didn't have much of a congregation either since the building is now a thrift store!