Final Catch-up #5 #filmjune

Final Posts Summary the Twitter #filmjune series

26. Dream Camera and Ilford Film Collaboration:
My Dream Camera: Any Rollei 6000-Series Medium Format SLR in collaboration with Ilford SFX-200 Film.

Here's a review of the camera: https://www.casualphotophile.com/2017/10/06/rollei-6008-professional-medium-format-slr-camera-review/

27.  Have you ever used Zone focusing?
I have used zone focusing, especially in street photography.  But also using it as I test my Mercury camera.  Still learning to use the focusing screen, so sometimes I just go with my estimated distances.

28. Are you a fine grained photographer, or the more grain the better?
I'm a fine grain photographer.  That's why I've never liked HP5 or Tri-X.  The grain just doesn't appeal to me.

29. Have you bought a camera that has been on your wish list?
Yes, I always wanted a Press Camera.  But I didn't have to buy it, our neighbor gave us his Burke and James Press Camera!

30. Have You taught anyone film photography?
No, but I did bring my Husband back from the digital abyss and into the 'Light' of Film Photography again. The last time he picked up his DSLR the dates on the images showed that he hadn't used it in months.  He now favors his Mamiya 6 and Intrepid 4X5.  Saving the analogue world one person at a time!

Its in the Vault!

Or at least I hope so:

As we are out trying to capture the Eclipse!

This also concludes the 52 Rolls Week #31 Posting!

Approximate Mountain Time Viewing (at Alliance, NE Location):

Views from the Top: Daniels and Fisher Tower

To The Top!

One Level above the Event Center is a spiral staircase to the Bell outside:

 Fortunately the 2.5 ton bell did not ring while we were up there.

Nothing really for scale, but the external bell clapper is the size of a cannon ball.

 And a view of the stirs from the top and going down........

Inside the Clock

From the Outside Terrace, to the Inside f the Clock Face

The Clock Face Interior Space is an Event Center, 

frequently used for Wedding Receptions.

The Daniels and Fisher Tower

Over the next few days we will go inside Denver's Iconic Daniels & Fisher Tower:

Above:  From the Denver After Dark Workhop:  

Mamiya 645; T-MAX 400

Below: From Ground Level @ a recent Open House sponsored by

Doors Open Denver: Fuji GA645Zi; Ilford 3200

52 Rolls: Week #20

More from Doors Open Denver as seen through my Holga:

Above:  Lamp Post Detail.

52 Rolls: Week #7

Week #7 only had a few highlights.  Waiting for the grey skies to pass.  In the meantime a view of Hecla Pond:

See More from 52 Rolls HERE.

Time to Celebrate!

Happy Advent!

But also more reasons to celebrate.  I completed my Master Degree in Civil Engineering yesterday.  Now relaxing and looking forward to the holidays (and more regular postings).  I'll be totaling up the Calendar Sweepstakes tomorrow.  So tonight is your last chance to vote!

Almost Done.........

A few More Snow Sculptures

Somehow I forgot these.......

Snow Sculpture III

Snow Sculpture II

International Snow Sculpture Festival in B&W

Perhaps an old choice for the beginning of Lent................

This year's Snow Sculpture Festival was not quite as good as the past ones.  And someone's brilliant idea for mood lighting made B&W photography difficult.  But here goes.........

The Real Meaning of Memorial Day

Pause from you celebration to remember what this day really stands for.........

And when it began.........

Back at the Gallery, Soon?

Before my illness I used to be an active member of a local arts coop.  Hoping to get back to this in the Spring:

Night Moves: Ice Sculpture

We didn't make it to Breckenridge this year, but I hadn't shown anything from last year's event..........

Turns out the sculptures photograph best at night.

Goodbye to Winter!

All of our Boots; various types for different conditions.  And Barely used this past winter!

But we did get one final blast of snow for the last official day of Winter Yesterday!

And I wore my little black boots (lower left) to work! 

Long Way Home: The Return of Night Moves!

Yes, Night Moves Have Returned!

And I share with you my 1 hour commute home along Wadsworth Boulevard.

And before you comment on driving while photographing.........Notice I have left a safe distance between myself and the other cars.  Also I don't focus, I just set the camera on infinity and auto-exposure (with my 3200 film), set the camera on the dash board, take the shot, and hope for the best. 

This is the best of 5 exposures.

Cheap Gas, But at What Price?

I never thought about photographing around a Filling Station, especially at night, until I was in a class with someone who worked at one (at night). We had a night photography assignment, but since he worked there every night he had to get creative and see what there was to see in his surroundings.









We (Donald and I) sometimes wondered why our gasoline (or petrol if you are overseas) was always 20-40 cents or more cheaper than the national average. Then we thought about our neighbors..............









The 'Luxury' of Cheap Gas usually means that you may have some undesirable neighbors.

Meet Denver's own local Oil Refinery!








It's about halfway between my home in the hinterlands, and downtown Denver. We pass by here whenever we go to the far east side of Denver from our home.


People here have a lot of respiratory disease. The remnants of Denver's industrial past help to explain that.