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And RAGBRAI LIII
And the second half of July was RAGBRAI! The annual ride across Iowa, in all its crazy glory. It was a great year; a little hot to start out the week but the temps cooled and the rest of the week was really pleasant! I love this week every year for so many reasons but…
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It’s Been a While…
And it’s been a busy summer! I was home for approximately 8 total days in July. First we started off by going to France again at the end of June. We got to see a lot of the things we love, like the coastline, and some new things like the Carnac Alignements and Le Tour…
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Our Backyard
I was surprised to find as many things as I did in the backyard to photograph with a macro lens. A macro just opens up so many possibilities that you’d never know about until you get up close. The grass shots were just sitting the camera in the grass, all of the shots were really…
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New Cyanotypes
These turned out pretty well. I maybe could go a little lighter on the exposure, I don’t know. The blues are just so vibrant and nice. Had an interesting double exposure, I had no idea I had two negatives stuck together. Not sure if I actually like it but I’m going to post it anyway.…
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Polaroid Image Transfers
I honestly don’t really remember a lot about how to do these. I don’t think you can get the film I used anymore. You had a machine that projected a slide onto a Polaroid and then you took the top off and transferred it to other paper. It was a lot of fun and you…
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Not much going on lately…
I haven’t gotten a whole lot done lately. I did a few more cyanotypes (will share those later), did my 52 Frames submission and started drawing for another Portes de Pont-Aven painting. I dug out some old Polaroid Transfers from 2001-2003 and may list them on Etsy. We will see. I have a pile of…
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Ricoh Neighborhood Photos
I haven’t really gone anywhere interesting to take photos so took the Ricoh on a walk around the neighborhood; I can’t go far because Gary is recovering from extensive bladder surgery (he’s doing great!) but he can’t walk far. So, we just ambled around the house and neighborhood. I love the Ricoh, and it’s a…
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Action Pugs
I had to do a fast shutter speed for 52 Frames and of course, it was going to be action dog shots. Only my dogs are awkward, so they just turned out to be funny. Oh well, it made me laugh and they’re super cute. Nikon Z50ii, 70-200 2.8 lens.
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Watercolors
I’ve always loved watercolor painting but it’s something I haven’t really kept up with. When I was in France, I was so enchanted with all the doors and took tons of pictures of them. I had the idea there to do a series of paintings of them. I finally got around to doing one. But…
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Cyanotypes
I started seeing these posts on Facebook or Instagram or somewhere – you know, the ones you didn’t ask for and they just keep spamming you with it – of a person doing cyanotypes with digital negatives and a UV light. So, after seeing so many, I decided it might be fun to try it…
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