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Spent last Saturday giving some photo classes, and one of my topics was "Lenses". So this is how I started it out:

Spent an hour or so walking around my hometown this afternoon shooting just with the Tair 11A 135/2.8 since I obtained the 'correct' F adapter that allows me to focus to infinity. I wanted to spend some time with this lens to take 'er out for a test drive and see what she can do. Dam.... I was...

Spent Sunday and Monday toolin' 'round the backroads on a photo road trip!

Spent the better part of today winding around the back roads with a friend, merrily shooting up anything we wanted to. Comments welcome!

Stopped by the local brick-n-mortar toy store today just to see what was up. They tossed me this: Said someone left it (Nikkor 200/4 Ai) under the seat of their truck for 3 years. Brought it in to see if it was worth fixing, and Nikon said how much it would be. He said, "Forget it!" and...

Working on a rural house that has some old buildings on the property. Took a bit of time this morning to fire off a few shots with the 820nm converted P7100.

Had a bit of time between jobs this morning. So I got out my IR-converted Nikon P7100 and took a few shots downtown.

...........it must be the Iowa State Fair! It's been about 25 years since I went to it. But I've always wanted to go at sunset and just shoot the midway. So last night, I decided it was time I did just that. The weather was perfect (80°F when I got there, with a nice breeze). As the sun...

Decided to try out my P7100 850nm IR conversion tonight. Stopped by one of my favorite subjects, the Dallas County courthouse in Adel, IA.

.......... it would probably be like farm-fresh cream. At least with my latest acquisition: A 1984-era Soviet Tair 135/2.8 11-A T-mount preset. I scored a near-mint condition copy a couple weeks ago. Complete with a good condition case and original 3-filter kit. It was originally mounted...

Earlier this year, I entered 4 of my images in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. It's the only judged contest that I've found so far that isn't a rights grab. It's not really a who-can-beat-who type of contest, but more of a 'if it's good, it's in the show' type of judging. A few weeks...

A while back I picked up a second Nikon P7100 for the express purpose of converting it to infrared. I chose the P7100 as I already had one I use for a job-site camera as well as a über-small carry camera when size and weight are paramount. So I was comfortable with using it. After doing a bit...

During my vacation last year, I didn't bother to think how to have my gear riding with me in my truck. I defaulted to it all just sitting in the passenger seat, but quickly found this was a very poor arrangement. It all rattled around together, and if I didn't move things once in a while, I'd...

I had the opportunity a few years back to wire up some commercial printing machines for a customer of mine. He doesn't really 'do' photos (he does more commercial print jobs for large corporations.... think of the fliers, adders in your utility bills, sales posters, etc). But the machines he...

Finally had a bit of time today to really try out the pinhole I purchased last week. Due to it's small aperture, long exposures are the norm, 'specially when shooting at ISO 100:

Only one I really liked from last night:

Yes. Orange. This is not a trick photo. This is the actual color of the moon tonight over the upper Midwest due to smoke high in the atmosphere from the wildfires in western Canada.

Stopped by the local toy store today. The lab guy brought this 120 paper backing out and showed everyone.

............through Ye Olde Kodak 3A.

Checked my back-yard tenant space for new occupants. Yep. Four more little ones are there. Used the cell phone to document it all. Time to raise their rent!