Back in the Groove (Almost)

It’s been way too long since I’ve posted anything on 52rolls.net. I could make lots of excuses but it’s mostly because I had been letting a long standing physical disorder get the best of me. In the last couple of months I’ve managed to turn things around and get myself thinking about life and all…

Wk49(2017) Abandoned Garage

One the way home from our trip to Sioux Falls this November, we headed south thru western Nebraska. I’d driven by this abandoned garage in Bridgeport Nebraska numerous times, but not stopped to photograph it because of weather or the light was poor. This day we caught it with low late afternoon sun and decided…

Wk48(2017) Badlands South Dakota

One the way home from our trip to Sioux Falls this November, we headed west from Sioux Falls along 90 until we reached the Dakota Badlands. This week’s post are from our drive through the pak heading south. The shots for this week are posted on my personal WordPress blog.

Wk47(2017) Americana

One the way home from Sioux Falls this November, we stopped to photograph some of the Americana along the way. The two that I shot on film are The Corn Palace in Mitchell South Dakota and Carhenge in Alliance Nebraska. The shots for this week are posted on my personal WordPress blog. I’m still unable to post…

Wk45-46(2017) Falls Park, Sioux Falls South Dakota

Back in the middle of November of 2017, the wife went to Sioux Falls South Dakota for work. I tagged along to make some photographs. One of the more interesting places to photograph in the city is the Falls Park. I shot almost two rolls there, over two days. The shots for this week are…

Wk44(2017) Dia de los Muertos

Every year for the past few years, the Denver Botanic Gardens holds a celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the dead. This year, I mostly shot Kodak Portra at the festival. Those images can be found in my week 40 post. I started the day with half the roll already exposed. Those…

Wk43(2017) Fort Lupton Blacksmithing demo

Well after a long absence I’m back. This winter I just burned out on developing an scanning. So after a couple of months break, I developed my backlog of film from 2017 and this last weekend scanned everything. Today’s post is roll 43 plus a half. I wanted to keep all of the images of…

Capturing 8mm and Super8 home movies

My parents made some 8mm home movies when I was growing up.  12 or 15 of them.  Including footage from their wedding. I had them transferred to digital some years ago, but I was pretty unhappy with the quality.   I think a lot of these places just project the movie onto a screen, and film…

Fresno cemetery and Fuji Wide60

I bought this Fuji Wide60 from a friend without knowing if it worked.   It does, but it has a few issues. one of the bits on the bottom of the camera that’s supposed to push in and hold your roll in place doesn’t stay in.   Fortunately, this doesn’t seem to matter at all. The focusing…

Weeks 43, 44, and 45

Week 43 (08/13– 08/20) – Pentax 67ii – HP5, Six Flags Week 44 (08/20 – 08/27) – Leica M2 – Expired Portra 160vc – Lake Tahoe Week 45 (08/27 – 09/03) – Pentax 67ii – Acros 100   

52 Rolls Week 44:52

A Tour of what I’m calling ‘Americana’ from our Recent Road Trip.  Sometime wonderful, quirky or kitsch…just things we saw driving the back roads in Valentine, Nebraska: Or something seen upon our Arrival at our destination Sioux Falls, South Dakota: See More Americana here. Tech Info:  Minolta X-7– with Tamron 28-200 zoom lens:  Kodak Portra…