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The long answer to the above question is no and yes. The big summertime car shows are still far, far away, especially as I look out the window of my office and there’s still lots of snow on Daisy Hill today.

Back in the film photography days almost every lens that you bought came with its own lens hood. And not just any hood but a real jumping-up-and-down metal lens hood. Nowadays most camera and some lens companies make lens hoods optional and some of these hood can be expensive,

A reader once e-mailed me asking “Why do you do infrared photography, when regular photography is already so hard?” I wrote a post responding to that question and you can see some of my answer to her question here. But today I would like to explore and maybe explode some common myths about digital infrared photography:

I know a local entrepreneur who keeps an elaborate chess set in his office to inspire his employees—especially his sales people. The point he’s trying to make is that success involves developing strategies for accomplishing goals, but you don’t have to re-invent the wheel to develop new ones. Some are already lying in wait on the chessboard’s black and white squares.

Ever since I returned to film photography in November 2021, people began asking me: Why are you shooting film? And why now?

Over time I have been increasing the amount of coverage of film photography, not just on my Film Friday posts on my photography how-to Blog but also on my fledgling YouTube channel, which also includes a few Cars & Coffee videos. Please check them out, especially the one about Datsun automobiles, when you have time.