2019 Year End Wrap Up: Photo Plans for 2020

Sailing Into A Happy New Year.......I want to add a note that I have Added Reaction Buttons to my posts. I'd appreciate the feedback and I know it's not always convenient to add comments.  So Please let me know if a Post is: Like, Interesting, Cool

More from the Queen Mary coming in January

Whew!  A Busy Year, especially the Winter and Spring.  7 cameras join the Family and 8 'new' films tested, +1 that I will start testing for 2020: Ilford Ortho Plus.

For those of you that don't know, I faced a serious illness starting a year ago, and Photography and Blogging was a BIG part of keeping up my Spirits.  So Thank You All for hanging in there with me!

But that experience and the affects on my visual acuity have given me a new perspective on Photography which I am calling My Inner Monet.  Also drawing Inspiration from the recent Monet Exhibit in Denver.

I've decided to explore My Inner Monet, by working more with Pinholes and Alternative Processes.  Those perfectly crisp, classic Landscapes were starting to get boring.  And as I mentioned I SEE differently now.  So I am trying a new emphasis for the coming year!

Along those lines I am also joining the Frugal Film Project.  The Concept, use an inexpensive film and any camera worth less than $50.  I have several Candidate Cameras described on my other Blog.  Feel free to chime in with an opinion.

And I've gained enormous inspiration from working on the #camerachallenge and month-long challenges that ask questions about your photography.  It really makes you think!  Follow on Twitter, sponsored by @_Jason_Avery and @ILFORDPhoto and other organizations added from time to time.  If you are on Twitter Check it out.......

I've also done a bit of Publishing in on-line Film Photography Magazines:  EMULSIVE and 35mmc:

September 2019, 35mmc: “5 FRAMES IN MY GARDEN WITH A MINOLTA XD-11 AND ILFORD HP5 ISO 400 (EI400) – BY KATE JOHNSON”

September 2019, 35mmc: “5 FRAMES IN MY GARDEN WITH A MINOLTA XD-11 AND ILFORD HP5 ISO 400 (EI400) – BY KATE JOHNSON”

September 2018, On Blurb Books: “Personalizing Place, 15 Years of the Moab Photography Symposium

Check out more Past Publications here.  I am presently working on a couple of article which should appear in early 2020.

AND Finally, My Secret Santa Sent me a camera (Olympus SuperZoom 105G), that was used in a Flickr photo project.  I want to continue this cameras Secret Life of Travel by starting a similar North American Journey.  Contact me here or on Twitter (@AnalogPhotoBug) to discuss participation.

Looking Forward to Hearing from You Next Year!