Camera Talk

I been thru a lot of crossroads lately... Would you care to post some for me?

L1003132-1 by Aguaitacaminos, on Flickr

Mountain Fork by P F McFarland, on Flickr

As the late great Yogi Berra would say, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

PF

Agfa Solinette II, HP5, Rodinal.

Good ones! Happy Hollidays!

My contribution:


Typical morning commute by Robert Brazile, on Flickr

Furlong's Corner in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. The photo is oriented with South at the top. Starting in 1944, I walked on this road to school, entering from the crossroad at the upper right. The cut on the far hill was sharper, deeper, and narrower then and would fill with blown snow. And because the school was on the other side of the hill, the path was uphill both ways!
(Photo on Kodak Plus-X out of Olympus Pen D & commercially processed and scanned)

I dropped out of view on the forum around 2008 as work tensions ramped up during the recession. This year I allowed myself to admit that I could pursue my favorite hobby and call it a personal business. I met at the crossroad with the devils in my past, and came away liking my new deal. Here is my happy new place at that crossroad, in Mason, Texas (formerly was in Round Rock, near Austin).
Behind the house is an honest to goodness studio, now replete with my camera collection (you guys got me started, you know) and a new Epson SureColor P800 printer that I plan to use to produce many art prints taken by my cameras, old and new.

I still swear by this quote from the old forum (by Bjorn ?):

• Cameras are for taking photographs of your wife. You buy so many cameras because you are looking for the one that conveys her true beauty. However very few cameras ever capture her beauty with any kind of accuracy, because they are all inherently flawed. But you persevere, because you love her more than anything in the world. Damn cameras.

Welcome back, Don! You sure took us down memory lane. God, do I miss Jorn!

Hi, Don - glad to see that you made your way over here.

I like what you wrote and your selection of photos. Sometimes how we arrive at our destination is much more complicated than it seems on the surface.

Welcome back Don!

My crossroads contribution, Colonia del Sacramento, in the old city.