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IMAGES OF SMALL THINGS FROM THE BIGGEST COUNTY IN TEXAS #754 – FIRST PHONE BOOTHS NOW MAILBOXES

Just think, today I can try to explain to my granddaughter about “yesterday”, that when we needed to make a phone call we used to go into these glass booths that were almost everywhere (except when you really needed one). You then had to drop in a dime and put your finger in this dial that had numbers on it and you turned it. Yes, kind of like “Wheel of Fortune” game.

In forty years or so, she…

IMAGES OF SMALL THINGS FROM THE BIGGEST COUNTY IN TEXAS #724 – UP AGAINST A WALL !

Last week I stumbled across a post that was entitled “The 10 photos that every photographer will attempt”. It had things like sunset at a beach, running water, fog, trees and several other cliches that we see all too often.

Somehow reading that articles caused a block to form. A resistance to produce an image of anything that might be considered trite. I sat this morning and bemoaned the task of…

IMAGES OF SMALL THINGS FROM THE BIGGEST COUNTY IN TEXAS #715 – OLD RAILROAD DEPOT IN SAN ANTONIO NM

Sorry for the delay in submissions. We have have been on a wonderful trip in New Mexico and were at a few places with no internet the last few days.

This is our light-painting of the old railroad depot in San Antonio NM. We had a lot of fun doing it, running around in the dark trying to get it done in a 30 sec exposure. Susan light-painted the bush red, while I ran around like a possessed man…

IMAGES OF SMALL THINGS FROM THE BIGGEST COUNTY IN TEXAS #714 – THE VISTAS OF NEW MEXICO RIVAL WEST TEXAS

  The Black Range mountains in the Gila National Forest west of Truth or Consequences NM at sundown. A beautiful place to be.

enjoy each day and catch as many sunsets as you can! en theos ††† jim

IMAGES OF SMALL THINGS FROM THE BIGGEST COUNTY IN TEXAS #712 – OLD ROLLEIFLEX

I don’t quite understand the dynamics of photographers making photos of cameras, but it is a fairly common exercise.

While not fully comprehending the reason, I also jumped in on doing it. Thanks to my dad, I have a pretty nice collection of old cameras.

I was fortunate that my first serious camera was a “Rollei”. Mine was one that my dad, a German factory trained Rolleiflex repair tech, put…