Ukraine inspires, and we need that.
Writing about one’s efforts fiddling with aging cameras and the film that goes in ‘em seems like a trivial exercise lately. Here in the US within the last month, we’ve had two mass shootings—both committed…
Lesson From Competition: Get Out of Your Head
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…
It’s true, the FED-2 is a can-do
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?…
Another navel-gazing website introduction
This first posting, while mildly gratuitous, effectively impacts home-page layout while site founder decides, ultimately, if he likes the look. Back in 2019, a fella launched a website to jump start the creativity of two…
Catching Night in the Lens
First published April 3, 2021, 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…
Gold-medal Parade Rekindles DSLR Love
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…
Bourdain’s ‘last interview’ limps, others are just fine.
Like a lot of people, I admired Anthony Bourdain. I own his two cookbooks, which are very good and get thumbed through more regularly than others, with a few things memorized into my cooking routines.…
Welcome to the neighborhood!
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…
Managing the ‘distance’ in learning
On Thursday, April 23, as we wrapped the third week of “distance learning” in our house, Gov. Tim Walz announced that schools would be closed for the remainder of the school year. That was a…
The Mondrian Racer
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…