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Through the Glass Facing 60 Part II: The Eyes have it, or so I Thought……

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Reflections on Life a week after my Birthday.  I had hoped to have my eye surgery wrapped up by my 60th birthday in May.  But the surgical consultation said that I had to wait 1 year from when the problem first started.  So I am scheduled for ‘Eye Fixin’ on August 24th.  But May 9th was My Birthday and we are going to post what I’ve been up to since the last Posting (in February) and have a final wrap up in September……Also I want to call to your attention my musings on ‘stay home’ practices.

I had not included images from my Annual Sing Along Messiah Event.  I actually felt energetic enough to sing in all three performances:

 

Zooming in on me in the Chorus:

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For Valentine’s Day I attended the First Methodist Lafayette Valentine’s Tea.  A traditional Ladies Church Tea with a program focussed on Women’s History.  I attend annually with Claudia (blue sweater next to me) and her Family and Friends:

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My Recent NoBo Art Presentation.  I’ve had a long journey getting a good print of this image.  No not the one that you see, but the final print from my Scanning Journey posting.

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You can see that my left eye is closed.  This problem started to develop last September.  I’m being treated at the Rodgers Eye Clinic at Anschutz Medical School (University of Colorado).  The Tumor that was removed damaged my 3rd Cranial Nerve.  A common side effect.  But I have to wait one year to see if the nerve can recover somewhat on its own.  I had a botox injection in March to see if the muscles could be relaxed to minimize what needs to be done in surgery.  Surgery scheduled for August 24th.  So there will be an update soon after that.

I was supposed to have 3 major signing dates this Spring.  But the Coronavirus resulted in cancellations of all of my singing engagements.  On the up side, I am doing voice rehabilitation with a local specialist.  And she has plans for me to sing in a Wagner Chorus that she is training in the Fall.  Let’s hope the Coronavirus is under control by then.

Add 3 months of Frugal Film postings and discuss–The Virus has not stopped my photographic practices.  I am involved in the Frugal Film Project:  camera less than $50 and films that the Group have agreed upon for quarterly shooting.  Here My January through March Best of featuring Minolta 35 mm cameras and Ilford HP5:

JANUARY: Free Little Library Boxes

 

 

FEBRUARY: Valentine Roses

 

 

MARCH: Miscellaneous around the Neighborhood, Featuring the Sign…..

 

 

I’ve met an interesting group of semi-local photographers on Twitter.  We have tentatively planned to meet in the Snowy Range of Wyoming in July.  But no certainty of that right now.  But we shall hope that I visit this spot below with new photo friends sometime soon:

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And So, for my Birthday I celebrated with Family, with my eye improving each day,

…………and preparing for my follow-up medical visit to the Mayo Clinic:

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More after that Visit………..

 

Architecture, Interior Spaces, Intersections, Personal Vision, Social Commentary, Urban Landscapes

From An Old Slave Market

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This post is inspired by a recent Atlas Obscura article about the Documentation and Preservation of Plantation Slave Cabins.  At the Underground Railroad Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio (My Hometown).  It is from a Slave Market in Kentucky.  After the Civil War, with the end of Slavery, the building had been used to cure tobacco.  It was so well constructed, that when the farmer wanted to expand his ‘barn’, he built the new barn around it rather than trying to tear it down.

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When the Museum was under development, the story of the Slave Market Building came to their attention.  The Current Farmer wanted a new barn, but also knew the probable history of the strange building inside the old barn.  Somehow the Farmer and Museum made contact.  The Museum torn down the old barn, removed the historic Market Building, and built the Farmer a new barn. Later, the State of Kentucky was upset to lose this historic structure.  But it is well preserved now in the Museum Lobby.

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Another Place of Interest is the Hermitage Plantation, home of President Andrew Jackson.  This is one of the few plantations where Slave Cabins were openly Preserved and Acknowledged.

Since I found this article at the end of Black History Month,  I am posting it in Honor of my Father’s Birthday Today.  And I think this counts as a #WednesdayWindows posting too.

Contests, Intersections, Social Commentary, Street Photography, The Story

Snow Sculpture I: A Retrospective

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We missed the Snow Sculpture Competition this year due to bad colds and last year due to, well you know what………

Since I’ve never posted anything here regarding the Snow Sulptures, I’ve decided to do a best of Retrospective.  And Hoping to make it next years……Let’s Start with 2017:

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Film Photography Projects, Interior Spaces, Landscapes, Nature, Personal Vision, Social Commentary, Street Photography, The Story, Urban Landscapes

The “Accidental” Camera Collector

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What happens when your friends find out that you are a Film Camera User?  They start handing off their film cameras to You!  I’ve made some introductory notes about my new camera family members in my Photo Diary.  Here we’ll discuss camera collecting and view some results.  Most of my “Active” cameras are shown here.

We’ll start with some ‘Gifted Cameras’: The Rollei TLR, Yashica Electro 35 GSN, Fujica ST 705 and my Mom’s Kodak Jiffy 620.

The Rollei TLR was our first ‘gifted’ camera, being given to us by my father-in-law.  It is great for Portraits, and we certainly don’t use it enough:

 

To tell the truth, my neighbors were moving and gave me the Fujica and the Yashica extra lenses.  But the Yashica camera had accidentally been packed.  Since I had the lenses I went on Ebay and found a beautifully refurbished Electro 35 GSN.  So I bought it!  Images are posted for the Yashica and Fujica.  I’ve loaded the Kodak Jiffy, but still need to take it out for a stroll……..

 

Now, images from my medium format Camera Favorites:  the Mamiya-7, Mamiya-6, Mamiya 645, Fuji GW690-III, Fuji and GA645Zi.  The Featured image is from my M645.  I’ve recently published more from this Camera HERE.

Mamiya-7 Favorites:

 

The Symbol of My Journey

 

Next a couple from the Mamiya-6.  Truthfully, this is my husband’s preferred camera, but every now and then I use it:

 

 

The Mamiya 645 was my first medium format camera.  I started with the 1000S and moved on to the Pro versions for the changeable backs.  My Ancient Forests were taken with the 1000S.  The images below are from the Pro-versions:

 

Recently I did buy a beautifully refurbished 1000S which I mostly use for fisheye photos:

 

 

The Fuji GW690-III.  My best shot so far from this Camera.  Still learning my way around it:

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And how could I forget my Canonet G-III QL:

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I had another Canonet (older model) that I have given away.  The original Canonet I had inherited from my Mom because it was too complicated for her.  That one was unfortunately stolen, but I liked it enough to obtain a replacement when I had the chance.I always intended that this would be my ‘car camera’.  You know,  always in the car with me so I have a decent camera on hand and not just my cell phone.  In 2020 I will make this happen.  A favorite Canonet image from the Boreas Pass Festival:

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And Finally, the Fuji GA645Zi, which I typically use for street photography and low light interiors:

 

Now for some Pinholes:  the Holga Panorama Pinhole, Diana Pinhole, RSS 6X6F and RSS 6X9F.

First the Holga Pinhole:

 

 

And the Reality So Subtle Pinholes.  Still working with the 6X9F, but I do have quite a few from the 6X6F that have turned out well:

 

I’ll be exploring more RSS Pinholes for My Inner Monet Series. And I have done some Diana Pinhole work too.  You’ll see more featured in My Inner Monet as well:

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Some other Plastic Cameras:  Holga, Diana and my newest Debonair. I have a lot of Holga Images because I used it for the first 6 months of the 2016 52 Rolls Project.  But below are some Oldies but Goodies, from when I first met Holga in 2006:

 

 

I’ve been quite taken with the Diana Camera lately, and I will be using it for the second quarter Frugal Film Project since it has a Pinhole setting that I can use for World Wide Pinhole day in April.

 

 

I haven’t finished my first roll through the Debonair yet.  But keep a lookout for it soon…..

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Inspired By Series, Landscapes, Nature, Personal Vision, The Story

Inspired By: Richard Knepp

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The Redwoods Workshop was one of the best ever……….And I owe it to Richard Knepp.  Now passed away, but never to be forgotten by me. Most are from my Mamiya 645 with wide angle lens and a green filter.

By Far one of my Favorites, although I still have many more that I could print:

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And another favorite, this one 35 mm:

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I’ve just hung my favorites from the 2006 Workshop on my dining room wall:

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And here a collage of the others that I have printed:

 

Check out all of my Ancient Forests inspired by Rick………..

Follow this link to Rick’s work with the Mono Lake Committee.

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Changing Themes……..

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My Personal Vision class is drawing to an interesting close.  So we are going to change themes here to reflect the final project I am supposed to produce.  Some Images that I might use have already been posted.  But there are two major ideas that seem to repeat themselves:  Light and Ascending Stairs.  So for the rest of the month I will be posting the ‘final cut’ images for the project.  Comments Appreciated!  Or simply ‘like’ the image if you agree that it makes the final cut…….

I looked back into my photo archives to find this image from 1990.  The first time I photographed an ascending staircase that has special meaning for me.    I decided that this must be where it all began:

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