If you’re digitally attached to LensCulture, Aperture or other photography foundations/organizations, you’ve no doubt seen the notices for competitions, be they “portrait,” “art,” “street”—whatever. I entered two during the last year, and paid the fee…
With Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, threatening the global order like the good ol’ Soviet Union used to do, how timely is it to write some words about a classic Soviet-era camera, the FED-2?…
Breaking news: A person (the author) self-isolated in film photography for several years is quickly reminded of all that is good with digital photography. About two weeks ago we had the fun of attending the…
First published on The Northern Dispatch website, by the author. We’ve all been pondering what we were doing a year or so ago when started our Coronavirus lifestyles, and I dug back into some negatives.…
This is Kevin. The family and I met him while out walking during the late-morning hours of the last Monday in April (yeah—time has warped even more since then). A man rode by on his bike…
This is Don. While I was out for a walk with my wife and daughter last week, we saw this vehicle parked at the side door of a house we were passing. It was something…
Yes, in our sudden new Covid-19 reality, a parade certainly counts as a large gathering. And a St. Patrick’s Day parade and subsequent celebrations that result in extremely tight crowds and some folks’ body fluids…
The first blizzard of the season rolled in after Thanksgiving. It wasn’t a “doozy” (the technical term for “big,” I believe), it was one of those that unravel slowly in temperatures that hover around freezing:…
The price of lobster has dropped, but the cost to catch and process them has not. Note: A version of this story was first published in Foodservice News in February 2013, thus explaining some of…
While looking through (and jettisoning) some virtual desktop materials, I found photographs I took for a story I wrote for Foodservice News back in 2009 about nutrition at assisted-living/memory-care facilities. It was an interesting story…