Matt,

Definitely overdue but I fear my film days may be drawing to a close. Lots of reasons, not the least of which is a growing feeling of guilt over the huge amount of water used in the darkroom. The next couple months may see me unloading the 8×10 and the Leica gear. So if the Three Prints project continues it will be a digital version…

Thank you! So excited to see your newest blog post and know you had responded to my request.

I’m trying Dom but I have a serious case of the “old man mellows” at the moment.

I try to be macho and manly but fall short if so many ways…

I darkened the text up a bit. Hope it helps with the readability. I was just using the standard setup with the WordPress theme. It’s almost black now.

The roads are on and off. Couple that with the cold and my increased laziness and the Vespa doesn’t get as much action as it has in previous years. Just hell to get old. And I don’t often hose the scooter off. The salt and grime just do their dirty work. Another example of my laziness.

Junior wasn’t a rescue dog. He lived with his mom and sister but he couldn’t be a breeding show dog because of his ear fault — floppy ears. So he was adopted out as a companion dog. I think they really wanted to keep him though. We’re happy to have him.

I bought a Mamiya C330 new back in 1978. It was a great camera and those Mamiya lenses are tack sharp. Sold it some years back because it was just sitting. Still have a 135mm lens for it. Looks good except fungus has grown inside the lens elements. Makes a nice soft focus portrait lens but I could never find a home for it.

The next issue of the magazine is in production now with all the article manuscripts beginning to arrive. The printing is pretty quick — usually ten days from the time we send in our files until the magazine is ready to mail. But the editing and design usually takes a month to turn around. Could go faster if it was the only thing I had to do.

No snow coming tonight but predictions of subzero temperatures. Ugh…

And still like black&white photos!

I’ve always been intrigued by reflections in general and seeing myself in particular. Guess I’m surprised I’m here!