Monthly Archives: January 2011

The Last Day of a Long Month

Today is the last day of January.  It’s been a long month for those of us on the east coast with all the weather we’ve had lately. Here are some flowers, taken with my new Kodak Portra 400, to brighten our day! Flowers have always been the thing I like to take pictures of the...

View full post »

My New Sunroom Color

Norman painted our boring, beige sunroom a beautiful shade of teal. He fought me on it, but once it was done, he said it was much better than the beige.   It changes as the light changes in the room and am always amazed that the color seems fresh and new every time I look...

View full post »

Kodak Portra 400, Part 3

I’m celebrating a milestone:  My blog is now one year old on this site (I’ve had other sites and have been blogging, consistently, for about 4 years) so I went into my stats to check my numbers of visits for the past year….I’m shocked to think that so many people have stopped by my little...

View full post »

Kodak Portra 400, Part 2

I continued testing my new Kodak film, still outside, with some dried up peony bush buds.  I like the cold look of the shots (and it was cold outside when I took them).

View full post »

Kodak Portra 400

Kodak revamped it’s professional film line and came out with a new Portra 400. It was released within the past couple of months, I bought some, and tested it.  These shots were taken outside, on a sunny day, with my Contax 645, some new Hoya macro filters and the Kodak Portra 400.  Look at the...

View full post »