Studio housecleaning - Deep Dusting

 

An indication of how much pandemic fee time I have on my hands, I removed all the stuff off the top shelves in the digital Den and dusted everything. A sign of the times.

Pizza night

 

TV time!

 

Wasting time on the computer

 

I suspect there are things on the computer I could be more productive with but at the moment I am too bored to consider them.

Photographing the snowy Tyson landscape

 Only 3 " of snow but it was enough to make for an interesting landscape and still allow me (via 4WD to get around.

Darkroom film loading

 

Buying seafood

 

Emma gets a new camera

 

Cold day walk and Hugo climbs a tree

 

Making pizza with Eldon & Kate

 

Cold studio day

 

Hugo climbs a tree

 

Making lunch for the boys

 

With the grandkids

 Living next door to your grandkids and being in their "pod" is one of the few things that are getting me thru the isolation of the pandemic.

Picking up new chair

 

Shopping for a new chair

 

Snow flurries in STL

 

Gray lazy day

 

Film photography with the boys

 

It's Elijah's birthday!

 

New washing machine

 

After 25+ years of hard use, our old Sears washer gave up the ghost.

Showing the grandkids how sheet film gets developed

 

Cabellas, where the porty gentleman shops

 

Making pierogi

 

Board games with Isaac

 

Bourbon and chaos in the capital

 What a scary, fucked up day it was today.

Developing the last of the 4x5 film

 

Finally got thru processing all the 4x5 film from 2020 and even started on a few sheets of 5x7.

Developing 4x5 film in my new darkroom

 

Been working hard at getting thru the backlog of sheet film from 2020. Starting with more than 50+ sheets of 4x5 film, mostly studio portraits. So far, al the film is looking good. I've switched over to using D-76 again for the developer, SPRINT Standard is just too hard to get, it seems you can get it shipped via UPS or FEDEX for some reason.

Senior hour at Trader Joes

 

I love the senior hour at Trader Joes, but going on Sunday does have it challenges, alcohol purchases can only be made after 9 am on Sunday and the senior hour is 8-9, gotta work on my timing.

In the iced over Tyson landscape

 

Still lots of ice in the tree's in the higher parts of Tyson. Was out making a fact pick up at my studio and took this with my iPhone 12. I've pretty much stopped using the Fuji X70 for my self portraits, for this kind of work the iPhone actually works better with less AF faults and false lock on's.

Happy New Year! (from an iced over STL)