Journal

Charlie Boy

On July 11th, 1950, our great uncle Charlie Dickman went MIA and was presumed dead during the Korean conflict. He was 17 years old at the time and exaggerated his age to be able to enlist. Having arrived in Korea 6 days earlier, he was placed in a defensive near the town of Chochiwon, South…
Making Traditions – the Ooni pizza oven

In 2020, after eating wood fired pizza while visiting family, we spent an entire 5 hour car ride home discussing what just happened to us. I don’t know if we have never had this pizza before, or this happened to be particularly memorable order, but within 24 hours of being back, we had an Ooni…
Always Be Ready

I like to keep a camera close by. At any given time, my kitchen may have 2 or 3 camera bodies sitting in it ready to go. This morning was one of those days I was glad to have one ready by my back door. I ran my dog outside before the kids headed off…
I think I misunderstood the X100 series

I was a Fuji x fan from the very first x100 announcement. I had such high hopes, I sold my M8 at the time to go all in on the new retro AF rangefinder. This was also the days that the cameras released at $999 and not the prices we see today for these things….…
Monochrome

Sometimes it’s fun to set the camera to black and white and see through that lens especially when there is not a lot of color available, but only shadows. Here is a couple from last winter during a warm up that caused a bunch of fog and snow to melt and causing this eerie scene.…
A New Perspective

When I first started taking photos, it was only done with a wide angle lens. My first cameras had kit zooms and I always had them at the widest setting they could go. When I switched to the rangefinder system, I started to stick to prime lenses and eventually fell on the 50mm. Most medium…