Film Roll
Roll-063 (2025) Rolleiflex 2.8D
This roll of expired Tri-X was languishing in the camera, so I forced myself to finish it with the usual self-portraits and dog photos.
Jack Baty
Meta
Is this a photography blog or not?
This site is, what, the 75th time I've started a blog dedicated to my photography hobby? So what's it going to be? Am I going to post photos and write about photography, or am I going to keep firing up Ghost blogs as nothing but aspirational
Blogging
What if I don't use featured images at all?
I don't like featured images. What I'd prefer is that themes derive the post thumbnails from the first (large) post image. Since I prefer showing full posts on the home page, I don't get duplicates.
Photography
Roll 54 (2025) / Leica MP, HP5
This one took me a couple weeks to get through. Some restaurants, some beaches, some dogs.
Blogging
Idling
It's obvious that I've not been keeping up with this blog. Every time I decide to keep a separate photo blog, it stagnates and I abandon it. This one is no exception. I'm not sure where this will lead, but right now it'
Olympus
Underexposing OM-2n
One of my Olympus OM-2ns had a recent CLA but still underexposes
Digital
Digital restraint
It's too easy to take things too far when editing digital photos
Film
Roll 042 (2025) / Olympus Stylus Epic
The little camera never lets me down.
Film
Roll 041 (2025) / Nikon FE2
Random snaps from the FE2 on HP5
Film
Some Polaroids with the SX-70
The SX-70 looked lonely on the shelf, so I shot a pack of film.
Film
Roll 040 (2025) / Hasselblad 500C/M
Using the new Rolleiflex has triggered an itch to shoot with the Hasselbad, so I loaded a roll of HP5 and just plinked around a bit. Many of the images were underexposed, which seems to be common with this camera for some reason. I had the lens serviced not that
Rolleiflex
Roll 038 (Rolleiflex 2.8D)
I'm finding that the Rolleiflex doesn't handle backlit situations very well. Even so, the more I use it, the more I enjoy it. Alice loves sitting in the sun out on the deck, even when it's 90°. Some family members getting ready to watch