HaarFager's photos

A view of New Jersey, off in the distance, from atop the Empire State Building. That's Manhattan in the foreground. I was riding the train into Grand Central Station and passed through New Jersey on the way. At the left of the image, toward the middle, you can see the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. Camera: Canon Sure Shot Owl Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: March 19th, 1999, 8.55 p.m. Location: New York City, New York, U.S.A. Canon Gold 100 New York-2 15hf

This could have been the first shot I ever took with my Kodak Handle instant camera. It was taken while my family was headed to Arizona for vacation and I remember this shot was taken of the Texas skies out the window of our moving vehicle. Camera: Kodak The Handle instant camera Date: August 1977 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Kodak Handle Texas 1df

This is the skyline of Kansas City, Missouri, taken while on a roadtrip back from Utah, in 2008. 2299lf

Taken on a family vacation to Arizona in 1977 with my new Kodak instant camera. Camera: Kodak The Handle instant film camera Film: Kodak PR-10 instant print film (160 ASA) Date: circa August 16th, 1977 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A. Going Through New Mexico, 1977 1ff

Abrahm Lincoln ate food prepared in this kitchen. Who knows, maybe he even cooked things himself there. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Safety Film 5025 - Vericolor II 160 Date: April 26th, 1978 Location: Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica Springfield-2 KSF 5025 06df

This is the house that Abraham Lincoln owned and dwelled at when he was living in Springfield, Illinois. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Safety Film 5025 - Vericolor II 160 Date: April 26th, 1978 Location: Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica Springfield-2 KSF 5025 04ef

Taken in New Harmony, Indiana.

This is a foot-long chili cheese dog I had at a Sonic Drive-In. It also has bacon. I've eaten those things since the 1970s. Taken on December 13th, 2015, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

I took this with my high school's yearbook camera. I was the yearbook photographer at my school for two years. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: June 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica KSF 5035 Yard 1978 25ef

This car just happened to drive past me when I was stopped photographing an old Studebaker.

I stopped off just in time to catch the sunset over Crab Orchard Lake. It's about 50 miles away from where I live. Camera: Zenit ET (Made in Russia in 1984) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7 Film: Imago 320 B&W Shooting Program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/30 sec. Date: October 1st, 2021, 6.27 p.m. Location: Crab Orchard Lake, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 13 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation, then 2 second gentle (wine glass swirl) agitation each 30 seconds 1 minute water rinse Ilford lfostop for 1 minute 1 minute water rinse Kodak Kodafix Fixer for 9 minutes, then 2 second gentle (wine glass swirl) agitation each minute 1 minute water rinse 3 drops Photo-Flo final rinse for 1 minute Zenit-1 Imago 320 ICCD2021 16gf

A bench at our local park. It's a nice park to have a family picnic or a birthday party. I've attended several of each. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash camera No. 7, (made in CARO - Period 12/56) Film: Arista.EDU 100 B&W, 120 size Lens: Glass meniscus lens Aperture: Approximately f/14 Shutter Speed: Approximately 1/25 sec. Date: March 5th, 2023, 4.29 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Caffenol CM-RS (all liquids @68 degrees) Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Developer: 11minutes (2 wine glass swirls every 30 seconds) Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean) Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix Fixer: 9 minutes (2 wine glass swirls every minute) Water rinse: 1 minute KBHF-7 Arista 100 2023 08ff

My model ended up being eaten. Camera: Zenit ET (Made in Russia in 1984) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm, f/1.7 (Made in Japan) Film: Astrum Foto 200 B&W (expired 01/19) Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 3 seconds Date: October 1st, 2020, 5.52 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 15 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation, then 5 second gentle (wine glass swirl) agitation each minute 1 minute water rinse Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand 1 minute water rinse Ilford Hypam Fixer, 8 minutes, 3 inversions every 30 seconds 2 minutes water rinse 3 drops Photo-Flo final rinse for 1 minute Zenit-1 Astrum 200 ICCD2020 36ff

You know how when you're loading a fresh roll of film in your camera and you have to click the shutter a time or two while you're loading the film? Evidently, I shot this part of a frame while doing it. Camera: Sears TLS, Mk II (Made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Film: Kodak Portra 160 ASA Shooting Program: Manual (No batteries) Aperture: f/? Shutter Speed: ? Date: March 31st, 2013 Location: Opdyke, Illinois, U.S.A. Sears Portra 00-2ff

These tanks are ready to roll! Seen at a local Farm supply building outside Springerton, Illinois. 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: 1/125 sec. Aperture: F/11 Date: October 3rd, 2012, 5.53 p.m. Place: Springerton, Illinois, U.S.A. Sears TLS01 24ff

This was the Tulip Tree, in my side yard, when it was blooming back in 2019 Camera: Yashica FX-7 Super Lens: Yashica ML Zoom 35-105mm, f/3.5 @105mm Filter: Optex 55mm Skylight (1A) Film: Kodak Max 400 Aperture: f/3.5 Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a sec. Date: April 7th, 2019, 3.33 p.m. Location: Norris City, 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 Photo Flo 200: 1 minute Yashica FX-7 Super Kodak Max 400 2019 04ef

A display in front of our local grocery store to celebrate the harvest season. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Shanghai GP3 100 B&W Shooting Program: Manual (no batteries) Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: "O" (1/100th of a second) Date: September 20th, 2020, 4.55 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Adox Adonal @68 degrees Water pre-soak: 4 minutes Developer: 1 ½ hour stand Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean) Stop Bath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Fixer: 9 minutes Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta XD11 Shanghai 100 2020-1 22ff

Some balloons that got away during our Dairy Day parade. Taken with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR, on September 27th, 2014.