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The American Flag in Boston

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Recently, I was going through some old travel photos. While looking through a folder on my computer, I came across photos of an older trip to Boston.

What’s not to love about Boston! What a great city. So much to do and see.

As I clicked through the pictures, I noticed that many were of the American Flag. At the time, I remember thinking that the flags were just about every where I went. It makes me wonder if that is true today? I hope so.

To me the flag represents – unity, as a nation of “ALL” people. Yes, there are rips and tears in ‘old glory,’ but we should ‘continuously’ identify the holes and work together to repair them. United we stand, divided we fall.

Here’s a song I wrote, “Red, White, and Blue… These Colors Don’t Run.” You might enjoy listening to it while viewing the pictures.

Everyone joined together for America’s favorite pastime at Fenway Park – also known as “The Green Monster.”

Fall Photo Shoot

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Finally, it’s fall! I decided this fall that I would dust off an old camera and do a photo shoot.

I chose my Dad’s Canon 135mm SLR, with 50mm lens. I think that he purchased it in 1975.

The camera is in really great shape, just needed a new battery for the light meter and some film. Surprisingly, both were pretty easy to obtain. If you’ve got a camera shop in your area, try them first. If not, you can order from the web.

I chose B/W film, as that is what I used to shoot. I was only able to obtain Ilford film at 200 ASA (film speed). This film should work pretty well in either sunny or cloudy conditions.

I took a hike in a local wilderness area. The camera seemed heavy and limited compared to using the camera on my iPhone. Anyway, I shot away.

Here is a picture of one of the sycamore trees from the park. I took this with my iPhone, as the film process will take some time to see the results. I also took the same picture with the 135mm camera for comparison.

I have not done so yet, but I will take the film to the camera store for development. I will ask for negatives only, no individual prints. This will take about 7 – 10 days for processing and return.

Once the negatives are returned, I will run them through this digital scanner. That will give me digital B/W images.

I’ve done this with some of my old negatives (and slides). Most of them turned out pretty well.

It was fun taking the old camera out for a spin, but back on the shelf it goes. Now where’s my iPhone?