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A set of steps up into the old Ebenezer Cemetary. Camera: USC Reflex III Lens: Plastic Film: Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 ISO black and white 620 film (respooled 120 by Kodak) Aperture: Fixed Exposure length: approx. 1/25 sec. Date: February 13th, 2011, 2:58 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 72 degrees): D-76: 5 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Water Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. USC Reflex III 11df

Oil being pumped out of the ground less than a mile from my home. This is the first time I've ever used my USC Reflex III Camera: USC Reflex III Lens: Plastic Film: Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 ISO black and white 620 film (respooled 120 by Kodak) Aperture: Fixed Exposure length: approx. 1/25 sec. Date: February 13th, 2011, 3:05 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 72 degrees): D-76: 5 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Water Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. USC Reflex III 12cf

My friend Carole wanted some more portraits, so we got together and I used my Sears TLS camera, which I was trying out for the first time since acquiring it. I like the way it performs! Camera: Sears TLS (Mk II, made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Film: Kodak BW400CN black and white 35mm Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Shutter speed: 1/500 sec. Aperture: F/1.7 Date: September 30th, 2012, 2.54 p.m. Place: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Sears TLS01 03df

This shot is for The Sunday Challenge group - this week's theme was "shallow depth of field." My subject is an old headstone in a cemetery less than a mile from my home. Camera: Minolta SRT-101 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F/1.2 lens Film: Fuji Film Neopan 100 Acros 35mm black and white Aperture: F/1.2 Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec. Date: April 5th, 2014, 6.06 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Developer: Ilford ID-11 - 10 minutes Stop Bath: Ilford Ilfostop - 1 minute Rinse: Water - 1 minute Fixer: Ilford Hypam - 7 minutes Rinse: Water - 5 minutes Minolta SRT101 Acros 03df

First images with my Windsor 120 camera. This is Kirsten, the daughter of some friends of mine and her friend Nathan.There is a slight light leak with this camera and it shows at the very top in the middle of this image. It was more pronounced in some of the pictures over the others because I started when the sun was bright, then it started going down and it didn't cause the leak to show so much. Camera: Windsor 120 camera (Diana clone) Film: Fuji Acros Neopan 100, 100 ISO black and white film Aperture: F/11 (the "cloud" symbol) Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. (approximately) Focus range: 4 feet to 6 feet Date: February 21st, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developed with chemicals at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. This was my first roll of 120 I ever shot or developed. I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. If only the camera lens was a little sharper.

I met these three at a park while I was shooting there one Veteran's Day. They saw me and asked if I would take their picture. So, I did. They were from a homeless shelter in the neighborhood out enjoying the day.

You might recognize this old shed - I've photographed it many times and a couple previous shots of it can be found here on my Flickr page. It's another shot from the first roll of Fuji Neopan 100 film I ran through my Windsor 120 camera. Camera: Windsor 120 camera (Diana clone) Film: Fuji Acros Neopan 100, 100 ISO black and white film Aperture: F/19 (the "sun" symbol) Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. (approximately) Focus range: 12 feet to infinity Date: February 21st, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developed with chemicals at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

This is my Dad trimming one of the apples trees in the backyard. There's a huge light leak at the top that I'm going to have to fix before I use it again. Camera: Windsor 120 camera (Diana clone) Film: Fuji Acros Neopan 100, 100 ISO black and white film Aperture: F/11 (the "cloud" symbol) Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. (approximately) Focus range: 6-12 feet Date: February 21st, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developed with chemicals at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

First images with my Windsor 120 camera. This hydrant sits across from the Post Office and used to be in front of another gas station we used to have. All that remains of this one is the concrete island where the pumps sat. There is a slight light leak with this camera and it shows at the very top in the middle of the images. It was more pronounced in some over the others because I started when the sun was bright, then it started going down and it didn't cause the leak to show so much. Camera: Windsor 120 camera (Diana clone) Film: Fuji Acros Neopan 100, 100 ISO black and white film Aperture: F/11 (the "cloud" symbol) Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. (approximately) Focus range: 4 feet to 6 feet Date: February 21st, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developed with chemicals at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. This was my first roll of 120 I ever shot or developed. I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. If only the camera lens was a little better.

First images with my Windsor 120 camera. This is one of the gas stations we used to have in my hometown, long since abandoned. You don't want to use these restrooms! Camera: Windsor 120 camera (Diana clone) Film: Fuji Acros Neopan 100, 100 ISO black and white film Aperture: F/11 (the "cloud" symbol) Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. (approximately) Focus range: 12 feet to infinity Date: February 21st, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developed with chemicals at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. This was my first roll of 120 I ever shot or developed. I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. If only the camera lens was a little better, although this shot was one of more sharper images. And not only that, what you see in the viewfinder is not what the camera ends up taking a picture of. It tends to chop off about a fifth of the top of the image and a little on the left, so image this shot if the building was down about a fifth in the frame and a tiny bit to the right. That's how I saw it.

This is a little one-room schoolhouse in Fairfield, Illinois. It's called Olive Branch School and was one of my subjects for the shooting I did on International Film Buying Day. I don't know the story behind it, but I'm almost certain it was relocated here for display purposes. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash 620 camera (made in January 1952) Film: Arista.EDU Ultra 100 ASA black and white 120 film Date: October 1st, 2011, 4.13 p.m. Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11 developer: 6 1/2 minutes Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 minutes Rinse: 5 minutes Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 minute Hawkeye2-IFBD 04gf

A 1955 Oldsmobile in what looked to be original condition. Part of my shooting on International Film Buying Day this past Saturday, October 1st, 2011. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash 620 camera (made in January 1952) Film: Arista.EDU Ultra 100 ASA black and white 120 film Date: October 1st, 2011, 5.08 p.m. Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11 developer: 6 1/2 minutes Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 minutes Rinse: 5 minutes Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 minute Hawkeye2-IFBD 11df

This was my Great Uncle Vernon and my Dad in 1977. Vernon always made like he was a boxer, so Dad always played along. Vernon had quite a history and, in fact, used to be a cook on a chuck wagon back in the cattle drive days of the Southwest. Taken with a Kodak Handle instant camera in August, 1977, on our way back from a family vacation in Arizona. what happened here was that the flash cubes, tall, two-bulb-wide by five-bulb-high units, didn't go off so the two subjects were only backlit by the light coming in the window. I'd always considered this photo a failure because the flash didn't go off and expose it properly and I took a second one where the flash went off and the picture turned out perfect. But, looking at this one now, in a new light, it's kind of artistic looking after all. So maybe it wasn't a failure after all! Camera: Kodak The Handle instant camera Date: August 1977 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A. This picture was most likely taken on the day that Elvis Presley died. I remember we were freshening up in our hotel room before we went over to Loreas and Vernon's house when the news flashed over the television screen.

This was one of the first shots I took when I was trying out my new Sony Alpha a230 DSLR when I first got it, back around July 2010.

This is the first time I used my Keystone 470PM Focus Free Message camera. I can't figure out why one of the edges of my negatives keep getting exposed. The stairs in question used to be a rear exit to a glove factory that was located in that building. These stairs were tucked in there because right next to the factory, where the parking lot is now, there used to stand an old hotel on the corner. At one time, Norris City was a booming little town and had a railway station, three hotels, (and a motel on the outskirts of town), and was quite busy. The railroad tracks ran right through the middle of town and were located approximately about where I was standing in this picture. The train depot would have been about two blocks to the left of this building, within a block or two's walking distance of the hotels and downtown area. There was even a skating rink and a movie theatre within a block of this spot. This little town was hot! I wonder what happened to the world? We've got more people in it, but less people are here. Are they inflating the population numbers? There must be some reason why they killed off Norris City when it was thriving so well. We've got the same amount of residents as back then, just nothing else. No businesses, no hotels, no theatre, no skating rink, no visitors, no train station, no trains. We haven't even got any street lights to direct traffic at intersections.

Grain is good. Camera: Keystone 470PM Focus Free Message Camera Lens: Japan Optics (Plastic) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 35mm film Date: February 15th, 2011, 1:40 p.m. Location: Union County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 72 degrees): D-76: 5 1/2 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 9 mins. Water Rinse: 1 min. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Keystone 02gf

As a lone Jeep drives through the burned out remains of an Allied bombing raid, the driver surveys the damage. Nothing left - mission accomplished. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 wide angle lens, with Sears 2x tele-converter Film: Kentmere 100, black and white 100 ISO film Aperture: F/7.1 Shutter speed: 1/125th sec. Date: March 6th, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 8 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 10 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.