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Turning around

Argos — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:02:41 +0000

Since the site rework seems to have gone off without too much pain, I thought I should celebrate by posting another picture...

The value of a scanner

Argos — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:48:36 +0000

Another saga about recovering old, decaying slides of interesting places...

The Packard Swan

Argos — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:15:57 +0000

Sometimes you'll run into impromptu car shows in the oddest places...

Pueblo Bonito placard

Argos — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:43:59 +0000

Saving a rapidly degrading slide from a decades-old trip...

Photographer, Shenyang, 1979

Argos — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:29:51 +0000

Today's shot is a scan of a slide I shot ages ago on a cultural exchange trip to China...

Branding: a restoration story

Argos — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:15:16 +0000

I've been scanning some old family slides, just to get them into the digital realm before they completely fall apart. I thought the process I went through to rescue these slides may be of interest to somebody else facing a similar situation...

That’s one small step for Darcie…

Argos — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:02:26 +0000

So I recently ran across a fun group on Flickr — it’s called Make It Interesting. The idea is that someone contributes an image for others to edit as they see fit, with the edited versions becoming entries in a contest to see which version people like the best. Win one of the contests, and [...]

Do plastic people long for love too?

Argos — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:34:40 +0000

If you’ve ever seen the movie “A Night at the Museum,” you may have had your perspective on museum displays… changed a bit by it. A few weeks back, I was wandering through an aircraft museum called the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida. In the exhibit space was an arrangement of mannequins intended [...]

All along the watchtower…

Argos — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:23:20 +0000

We recently had the good fortune to make our way back to the Grand Canyon after some years’ absence. Here’s the first in about a dozen pictures I took there that I’m happy with: This is the Desert View watchtower at sundown. The 70 foot tall tower was built in 1932 by the Fred Harvey [...]

Wheels and trusses — old and new

Argos — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:30:45 +0000

Since my last post about New Orleans had a less than flattering image, I thought that in the spirit of fairness, I should follow up with a picture of a nicer scene. Here's one that captures old and new -- both wheels (steam vs. car) and trusses (paddle wheel structure vs. bridge structure)

The Ponte Vecchio, up close

Argos — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:40:41 +0000

Following up on my earlier shot of the Ponte Vecchio from a distance, here's another one from much closer range...

Old gear, new gear

Argos — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:12:46 +0000

I thought it might be a good idea to start off by letting everybody know a bit about just where I'm "coming from" with this blog. So, here's a quick treatment of my gear history, in appropriately photographic fashion...