HaarFager's photos

The neon sing outside of the American Legion club where my band was playing that night. It was for a Valentine's Day dance. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 Wide Angle Lens Film: Kodak Gold 800 ISO Aperture: F/2.8 Shutter speed: 1/15th sec. Date: February 13th, 2010 Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Pentax K1000 Kodak 800 18kf

This is a metal souvenir ashtray depicting Arizona. It belonged to my late Mother, and since we lived in Arizona for about 10 years, she collected things from there that had a Western theme. This was a test shot for my newly-acquired Minolta XG-A. Camera: Minolta XG-A Lens: Minolta MD 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 6 seconds Date: November 15th, 2025, 3.37 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Minolta XG-A Fuji Acros 100 Test One 2025 17gf

A tiny house in the midst of some farm equipment and cows. A wonder what it was used for? Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 3 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/250th of a second Date: November 14th, 2025, 1.12 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Minolta XG-9-3 Fuji Acros 100 First Frame 2025 13hf

It's better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness. A candle sconce located in my living room; taken with no lights on, just the candle burning. This was taken as a test with my second Minolta XG-9, which came in the mail on Wednesday evening. Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 2 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4 @110mm Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1 second Date: November 14th, 2025, 3.38 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Minolta XG-9-2 Fuji Acros 100 First Shots 2025 15df

One of the kittens that has claimed my front porch as their home. I was trying out my new camera - which I've had for less than 24 hours. It works and I only paid $9.95 for it. Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 1 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a second Date: November 13th, 2020, 1.23 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 11 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Minolta XG-9-1 Fuji Acros 100 1st Shots 2025 11hf

No, it's not the Stairway To Heaven, it just leads up to the main road and the parking area for cars. Coming down takes you to the beach and the swimming area. Camera: Minolta Autopak 450E 110 pocket camera Film: Lomography Tiger Color 200 (expired 5/19) Date: November 4th, 2020, 12.27 p.m. Location: Pounds Hollow, Hardin County, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 minutes and 35 seconds at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Minolta 450E Tiger 200 2020 07gf

A statue of three children sitting across from the public library in Carmi, Illinois. The colors seem muted because the film was so expired. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 4 (first version) Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @50 ISO) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/125th of a sec. Date: January 3rd, 2022, 12.46 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Konica TC-4 Super G 400 2022 0if

How do you solve a problem like Maria? A screen capture from the movie "Metropolis." Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: November 1984 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Kodak VR100 Pottorff-2 1984 22ef

Just like in the movie "Sunset Boulevard." It turned out a little more grainier than I would have liked, but that was because of the film being expired. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC (first version) Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @50 ISO) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 10 seconds Date: January 28th, 2022, 11.24 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Konica TC-4 Super G 400 2022 04hf

The town I live in is putting new water lines along the street where I live. These are some barricades to mark a hole they dug toward that end, just at the edge of my driveway. Camera: Minolta X-300s Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W 35mm (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 35 seconds Date: November 7th, 2025, 1.37 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals @ 68 degrees Caffenol CM-RS: 11 minutes Water Rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 minute Water Rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix Fixer: 7 minutes Water Rinse: 1 minute X-300s Fuji Acros 100 2025 05-2gf

A scary Hallowe'en pumpkin - featuring a black cat and a full moon - hand carved by me.

Going down 5th Street, you never know what you'll find. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC (first version) Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @12 ISO, 5 stops under) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a sec. Date: October 7th, 2025, 1.27 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Konica TC-4 Super G Fall Tree 2025 06if

My annual Fall Tree picture. When the leaves turn each Autumn on this tree, which is on the other side of town from where I live and on the same road, I photograph this particular tree. I’ve been doing it since the 1970s. It had been cloudy and overcast, and raining off an on for about a week, but the sun finally came out, so I finally got to photograph this tree in sunshine. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 4 (first version) Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @12 ISO, 5 stops under) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a sec. Date: October 30th, 2025, 11.53 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Konica TC-4 Super G Fall Tree 2025 24ef

A nearby VFW club was having a Kentucky Derby party and my band was hired to play the event. This was one of the patrons showing off her derby hat. She hads lots to show. Camera: Minolta Freedom Zoom 140EX Lens: Minolta Aspherical Lens 38-140mm Macro, @38mm Film: Fuji Film Fujicolor 200 35mm (expired 10/2017) Date: May 1st, 2021, 8.56 p.m. Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 minute Minolta 140EX Fujicolor 200 2021 12gf

The clock tower in Marion, Illinois. It said "2 O'Clock," but it was actually 3 p.m. This was taken with an old Kodak Instamtic camera by reloading 35mm film into a 126 film cartridge and shooting with it. Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 No. 4 (Camerosity code YTSA - Period 09/72) Film: Kodak Max 400 (Expired) Shutter Speed: 1/90 Aperture: f/11 Date: October 29th, 2019, 3.00 p.m. Location: Marion, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Kodak X-15-4 Kodak Max 400 2019 07if

This bell originally hung at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, which was built in 1838 and located about a mile from where it now sits next to this Methodist church in town. When the old church was torn down in the early 1980s, they placed the bell here as sort of an historical marker. I use this bell as a test subject when shooting with my various cameras. That's why you see it so much. Camera: Minolta Maxxum QTsi Lens: Minolta AF Zoom 35-80mm, f/5.6 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (exp. 06/2015) Date: March 26th, 2020, 12.01 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Adox Adonal Developer: 1 ½ hours (stand developing) Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam Fixer: 10 minutes Water Rinse: 2 minutes Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 minute Minolta QTsi Fuji Acros 100 2020 20ef

One of the more impressive grave markers in Ebenezer Cemetery. It's less than a mile from my house. I was doing some experimenting with post-processing effects. Camera: Minolta X-7 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7 Film: York 200 Color (long expired and shot @25 ISO) Shooting Program: Aperture Priority Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/125 Date: May 6th, 2020, 4.58 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta X-7 York 200 2020 18kf

One Autumn afternoon in the area around Pounds Hollow, located at the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois. Fall is my favorite time of the year. Camera: Polaroid 200 Bf Film: Fuji 100 ASA 35mm color film Date: November 1st, 2003 Location: Pounds Hollow, Shawnee National Forest, Illinois, U.S.A. Polaroid 200 Bf Fuji 100 GotG 2003-1 0if