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Winding down

dudler

Time for an update: I still use film, though. Not vast quantities, but I have a darkroom, and I'm not afraid to use it.

I enjoy every image I take: I hope you'll enjoy looking at them.

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Winding down

31 Jul 2020 7:59AM Views : 441 Unique : 287

I'm shooting pictures today, I hope, so this is a vestigial blog.

Something to do today, though, if you have been enjoying reading some of these random writings, is to look back through the ones suggesting things to do, and try one of them that you haven't already. Alternatively, if something I have written sparked an unrelated idea of something to do, and you haven't done it, have a go now.

I'm going to be using a prism for some pictures, as my good friend Dave gave me one yesterday. (mistere on EPZ). I hope I do better than I did a few days ago with a Lensball and Lottii Rose: I could make that work using the ball as a prop, but not as a 'filter'!

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