Houston, we had a vacation

August 29 marked 8 full years since my darling wife, the adorable Hanabibti, and I married. To celebrate, we took a weekend trip down to Houston, just as the Delta variant rage was in full swing. Thankfully, we were vaccinated back in April and still wore masks everywhere, so we weren’t too worried, and it …

Scenes from the Garden

I’ve been in something of a photographic funk lately. As of 18 September, 2021, I had 4 cameras with film in and three rolls awaiting development, and had no interest in doing anything with any of them. I pulled myself out of this funk long enough to develop the three rolls—*yawn—and here are some scenes …

(Not) Channeling Ninagawa

About halfway through composition of my review of Ninagawa Mika’s Sugar & Spice, about 5 minutes after I discovered (and ordered a copy of) the Acid Bloom series, I felt inspiration and excitement like I haven’t in a long time. I ran to the camera shelf, grabbed the OM10, 50mm f/zuiko, and a +4 Macro …

Early results from the Zenit Horizon

Back in March, right before the Covid-19 lockdown began in Texas, I saw some panoramic photographs on Twitter, probably from an X-Pan, and got the pano bug again. I started for the excellent Sprocket Rocket, but wanted more control, so, after hunting some, I ordered a Zenit Horizon S3 u500 direct from Russia. It arrived …