Today's Image

Stairway

2012-01-31T09:40:00.003-05:00

Chicago, Illinois

Monday Morning Coffee: Take 5 - Letters and Sentences.

2012-01-29T14:18:00.016-05:00

“People parted, years passed, they met again- and the meeting proved no reunion, offered no warm memories, only the acid knowledge that time had passed and things weren't as bright or attractive as they had been.”
― Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the dolls

In Monday Morning Coffee -Take 3 - wrote about time and the role of a camera's shutter. Choices that are there for the taking - sorry couldn't help myself. Fast or slow shutter speeds leave a mark on the image. Hard and fixed or soft and blurry.

A problem with still photograpahy is that the image is still. As if you wrote using one letter or perhaps one word. There is no where to go. Writers use sentences, paragraphs, pages to say something.

Still photographers have a single fixed image. That is their letter and sometimes their word. Sentences happen by combining images.

One's life always has a chronology and, with enough hindsight, possibly a development. Still photographer's have always been fascinated about images in sequence influencing one another. This montage effect is the heart of cimema, video and most picture books but their sequencing is arbitrary and for effect.

Break out from the stillness of still photography. Try sequences to communicate passage of time.

Loading Dock

2012-01-27T08:39:00.007-05:00

Richmond, Indiana.

El Station

2012-01-26T09:27:00.005-05:00

Chicago, Illinois

Black and white photographs seem "just right" for an Indiana Winter's day. Gray overcast sky with a steady rain. Good time to be indoors working with film and digital files in the darkroom/lightroom.

Will be working more and more with black and white film in the coming months. Forces a slower approach to photographing and a more careful composition.

Digital seems to call for taking many photographs followed by long hours in selection and post processing.

As always - click on image to enlarge.

Factory

2012-01-25T10:00:00.001-05:00

Richmond, Indiana

Tracks

2012-01-24T10:21:00.003-05:00

Image started as a 35mm colored slide. In the darkroom the slide was enlarged to a black and white film negative. We now have a negative which can be used to print - on photographic paper - a positive print. This is an "old school" wet darkroom way to work. A lot of time - couple of hours for setting up enlarger projection, getting correct exposure, processing, and drying film. Then repeating the steps with the film negative and photographic paper to achieve the final result - a print.

Using a digital workflow, begin by scanning the slide and saving the result to a computer. Opening the digital file, using Photoshop software, the scanned positve slide is sized, sharpened and finished. The digital file is printed using an ink-jet printer. Time required from start to print - less than an hour.

Yes, the two prints - analog / digital - differ. No, one is not better than the other - just different. Which way to work is a maker's choice. Which print to choose is a viewer's choice.

Monday Morning Coffee: Take 4 - Aim and Push

2012-01-23T08:10:00.002-05:00

"No photographer is as good as the simplest camera."

- Edward Steichen

The parking lot image was photographed on 35mm film with a plastic Ansco Vision I camera. Simple tool that cost about $5.00. Fixed shutter speed; fixed lens opening and focus free-i.e. fixed focus. Two choices- where you stand and when you push the shutter. Aim, push the shutter release and that's it.

In this case the camera was loaded with infrared-film - the reason for the red filter pasted over the lens.

These days you can spend some $7,000 (Leica M9) for a camera. That will buy a lot of Ansco Vision cameras. Now with the Vision I you also get a built in flash. The Leica doesn't offer that!

Not suggesting that you stop using your Leica/Nikon/ Canon/....... cameras. No they offer many choices and are able to produce fine images. They offer a photographer more control of the final image. A photographer can craft an unique image by using focusing, various lens openings and shutter speeds.

Every now and then, put away the expensive camera, pick up something simple and take a "walk about". When photographs appear, aim and push.

Games with Planes

2012-01-20T09:35:00.002-05:00

(click on image to enlarge)

Winter Light

2012-01-19T12:21:00.002-05:00

A very cold early winter morning in a downtown urban area. (click on image to enlarge)

Summer Grass

2012-01-18T09:34:00.003-05:00

Winter has arrived to Indiana. Cold overcast skies. Time to spend indoors working in the darkroom and the lightroom. Reviewing, selecting, printing/finishing previous work. After a brief morning walk, time listen to music, read, and to work with still life images. (click on image to enlarge)

60's Signage

2012-01-17T09:51:00.003-05:00

Oberlin, Ohio.

Somethings never change. Taken in the 60's and valid today. (click on image to enlarge)

Monday Morning Coffee: Take 3 - It's About Time

2012-01-16T09:18:00.002-05:00

"In a still photograph you basically have two variables, where you stand and when you press the shutter. That's all you have."
-- Henry Wessel

Shutters, like seducers, have two basic techniques: the stare and the wink. Photographs occur at the precise moment when a person, a camera and the world interconnect. Each part of the collision has its own reality, its own set of times: our personal lives move along, the world paddles its own canoe, and the camera shutter blinks and blurs. All three times can mark the final image and produce images uniquely photographic in their feel and form.

Photographs might dance with Faulkner's sense of art: "The goal of every artist is to stop movement, which is life, by artifical means and to maintain it fixed so that, 100 years later, when a stranger may gaze at it, it will once again move, because it is life."

The shutter question, "How is this moment different from any other?" Cartier-Bresson: "To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression." Not only can shutters hold the jetsam of life in meaningful visual balance, they can also suggest relationships that don't really exist. Strangers in the night can meet, not just pass, in a shutter's flash. Forever framed, their passage acquires a weight we flesh out with our fancy.

Shutter graphics have nearly infinite possibilities. It depends on the direction and speed of the subject's movement (if any), the shutter's design and speed, and the direction and speed of a jiggle of the camera (if any).

What people love about photography is the chance it gives them to preserve some moment in their lives so it can be savored and re-savored in furtue times. All moments, public as well as private, can be photographed. Every choice of what and when to photograph reveals self, but photographs of private moments are directly about one's actual life.

A shutter can be a tool to make reality visible, to see the unseeable, and to expand the duration of a millisecond to a millennium The most timeless photographs, those which endure the longest, may actually be the most timely, the most full of time.

Monday Morning Coffee: Take 2 - Why Are You Standing THERE?

2012-01-09T08:13:00.001-05:00

Every camera image makes use of a lens somehow.

Photography's problem is to make beautiful photographs of what is there, rather than to photograph what is "beautiful". One "chisel mark" a lens can make on photography is acceptance - of the world, of the medium and of oneself. Nothing has to change in order to be photographed.

Photographs can contain more than light, tones, texture, color and realistic detail; they can also convey a personal feeling about the mood of a place, the feel of a texture, the lightness of a tone, and the flip side of a soul.

Find a place to put your lens. When you find it, you will be comfortable there and your images will seem right.

New Paris, Ohio

Here a viewer is presented with a direct head on view of the subject. Yes, we can determine the name and nature of the business. However the presentation seems simply to show that and not much else. Raises few questions. Provides little information. A closed image - no avenue of escape. Stuck within the frame.

New Paris, Ohio.

Moving a bit to the right, allows a view beyond just the face of the building while continuing to allow a determination of the name and the nature of the business. Information - entrance to upper floor, roadway on the right, hint of what lies beyond the building. Questions - upstairs , roadway, neighborhood. An open image - wander over the face of the building, walk down the roadway along the side of the buildings, and explore the reality beyond.

Any photograph should answer the question, "Why was the lens placed here rather than somewhere else?" The answer will probably reflect an effort to walk the tightrope between image and reality, and to give photographs an interest and life of their own without violating the life of the reality itself.

P.S. Will be off line for a bit. Should return in about a week. Check back for the next Monday Morning Coffee: Take 3

Lost in the Midwest: Antiques

2012-01-05T09:33:00.001-05:00

New Paris, Ohio.

A village with a population of about 1650 in west central Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Church of Christ

2012-01-03T09:41:00.000-05:00

London, Ohio.

. Another closed and boarded London church. (click on image to enlarge)

Monday Morning Coffee: Take 1

2012-01-02T09:30:00.002-05:00

Changes are coming to Today's Image. Monday posts will be more about photography rather than more photography. Reasons for this include the coming Indiana Winter. Indiana winter weather is a messy cold collection of rain, snow and dark overcast days. Once in a while the sun makes a brief entry, but for the most part it seems to have moved elsewhere. Not that you can't photograph in such weather, it is just I would rather not! This is a time to be working in a wet and/or dry darkroom. This is a time to edit, plan, and produce hard copy. A time to review old work and begin to think about new projects. Time of closure and moving ahead.

Changes that will allow a discussion materials, tools and ways of working. Discussion that permits reflection on the who, what, where, and why of choices made. Discussion of how to present these choices.

Please feel free to take part in the discussion. Would welecome your thoughts and suggestions. Always seeking different points of view. Like a turtle- we make no progress unless we leave our shell.

Year End review:# 1 A Gift

2011-12-30T10:00:00.000-05:00

The above image resulted after a couple of hours wandering about Union City, Indiana/Ohio. Had been moving from location to location, quickly photographing. It was a hot, muggy spring day. Ready to head home, stopped in a bit of shade, to pack up.   Finishing, I looked about. Out came a camera. This image wasn't made or taken. It was given.

Posted as "A View of One Shoe Walking".  A Bauhaus moment - looking up/looking down. A Minor White moment - inner Zen. Rushing about, hurrying to arrive, racing from here to there, we reach a goal. In doing so, we miss seeing. Stand still. Move - if you must - carefully. Be aware and alert.

A way of working - allow the external to connect with the internal and then respond.  Other times an internal feeling will find representation in an external happening. There is no one way.  Gifts are given to those that are open and accepting.

Year End Review: #2 Constrast, Compare and Choose

2011-12-29T08:08:00.002-05:00

On the left the large white metal cross along the Interstate 70 near Richmond, Indiana. The small weathered wooden cross stands in an back alley in Eaton, Ohio. One is placed in the open for all to witness. The other is hidden away requiring a journey to seek it out. One is new, complete and brilliantly white. The other is old, broken, and stressed.

These two crosses are different and yet they are similar. They both have meaning and represent an event. One speaks loudly and the other in a quiet whisper. One is strong and mighty. The other exhibits a battered strength of survival.

My journey is to seek out the quiet whisper of the battered strength of survival that I hear.

Year End Review #3 Communities

2011-12-28T09:44:00.000-05:00

Another thread from a year of wandering about the Midwest.

Here in Richmond, Indiana is an established church. Active in the area with several outreach programs. Sort of thing that you expect to see in the Midwest. Would appear that all is well in the "fly over" part of the country. Maybe yes - perhaps not.

Over in London, Ohio there was once an alive church. Now, with no congregation, boarded up, and for sale. What happened here? Members move away? Folks elect other options? Congregation grow old? Moving thru the Midwest, I have seen this dead church scene in many locations. Established faiths with standing buildings now unused, shuttered and for sale.

Why/How do some prosper while others don't?

In Richmond, there are at least three Main Street storefornt churches. Several more are scattered about the city. These are not only alive and active, but are growing. These tend to be physically small allowing the members to feel a closeness. Members are active - in the action. Often able to immediately help one another with personal problems, as well as, daily physical needs. A personal community in touch with its members.

Once again no answers, just questions. No solutions, just problems. Will keep going and photographing. Will continue looking and perhaps seeing.

Year End Review #4 Tattoo

2011-12-27T10:05:00.060-05:00

Urbana, Ohio.

This post is more about a theme rather than photography. I keep looking and seeing tattoo shops as I wandered around the midwest the past year. They appeared to be everywhere. Once the mark of sailor or a biker, they now seem to be the choice of a wide variey of people from differing backgrounds.

From our sport hero's to everyday ordinary folks, tats are in. Tattoos are the trendy thing. Why is this? Perhaps one answer could be that a tattoo implies that the person is a member of a group. An insider - a belonger. Has joined and is now accepted. Another response might be - an outsider - not one of us. Stand apart from the rest - different.

London, Ohio

Not all tattoo shops are upscale. Some are now closed or have moved elsewhere. As with any service/retail operation, these are hard times. Failure is more often than not, a reality not an option.

Questions yet to be answered. How does one become a" tattoo artist"? Is there a school, self taught, or just do it? Are there standard designs or does each individual artist have their unique way of working? Questions, questions, questions.

Certain that there are additional tattoo locations in my future .

Year End Review: #5 Sale!

2011-12-26T10:54:00.000-05:00

Richmond, Indiana.
Downtown retail stores are still having a difficult time. Hoppe's Mainstreet store has been retired, i.e. closed. They are still doing business in a strip mall on the east side of Richmond. These are still hard times-not only here in Richmond-across the Midwest. Unemployment is remains high. Factories are cutting back on production and in some cases closing completely. While the Winter weather remains bright and sunny the work opportunities are rather dark and dim. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Free Air

2011-12-24T09:59:00.000-05:00

Urbana, Ohio.
Coming next week - top 5 choices of 2011. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Main Tattoos Street

2011-12-23T10:12:00.002-05:00

Urbana, Ohio.
Seems as if every crossroads/community/town/ city has a tat shop. Are there that many folks that wish to have their bodies covered with "artwork"? Would appear so, as these shops are everywhere. Often when returning to a location, finding that they have closed or moved elsewhere. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Peace of Nature

2011-12-22T08:45:00.000-05:00

Urbana, Ohio.
Returning to Urbana for a few images. On an early Sunday morning, I found this Art Studio on a main street. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Mug & Brush

2011-12-21T12:01:00.000-05:00

London, Ohio. Interesting recycled building. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: White Cross

2011-12-20T08:46:00.000-05:00

Richmond, Indiana.
This stands on the edge of Richmond along Interstate 70. Can be seen day and night-floodlights in use. Placed in front of the New Creations Church/School. The cross is huge - the height of the tree is some 25 ft. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Morning Light

2011-12-19T09:53:00.002-05:00

Urbana, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Crossroads Community Church

2011-12-17T09:31:00.001-05:00

London, Ohio.
An active, alive and open church. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: For Sale

2011-12-16T14:15:00.002-05:00

London, Ohio.
A block off a main street is a vacant church that is for sale. There are at least two storefront churches within a short walking distance of this location. This London church is not the first encounter with a building that is unused and up for sale. In fact there is another London church that has been closed-again within a short walking distance. Interesting developements that have no easy answers. Tastes change, people move elswhere and folks die. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: In Memory

2011-12-15T09:31:00.000-05:00

London, Ohio.
(click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: New Life Fellowship

2011-12-14T10:07:00.000-05:00

London, Ohio.
Storefront church along a London main street. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: For Rent

2011-12-13T10:55:00.000-05:00

London, Ohio.
Vacant Tattoo shop now for rent. So many small town main streets with ever so many empty storefronts. As the year draws to a close, it is apparent that there is a continuing business downturn. Times are not easy here in the Midwest. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Rock Stars Wanted

2011-12-12T10:35:00.000-05:00

London, Ohio. Rock Star - have a seat and we will be right with you. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Casey's

2011-12-10T09:05:00.001-05:00

London, Ohio.
A Drive-Thru is legal in Ohio but not in Indiana. Another opportunity to not leave your vehicle. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Restoration Worship Center

2011-12-09T11:14:00.002-05:00

London, Ohio.
One of several storefront churches along a main London street. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest; Perpetual Federal

2011-12-08T10:50:00.000-05:00

Urbana, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

One Way

2011-12-07T14:16:00.000-05:00

Richmond, Indiana.
Taken on a "walk about" using the Fuji X10. Using a brick wall to help check out the camera. Pleased with the color and the sharpness that the camera captures. (click on image to enlarge)

Fall Light

2011-12-06T13:59:00.000-05:00

Richmond, Indiana.

After some four/five days of steady rain - good to recall an early fall day and clear blue sky. Photo info: taken on a "walk about" with the Fuji X10 camera. (click on image to enlarge)

Pays to Advertize.

2011-12-05T09:24:00.002-05:00

Union City, Indiana/Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Open

2011-12-01T09:48:00.000-05:00

Lynchburg, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Because He lives

2011-11-30T10:54:00.001-05:00

Lynchburg, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Photography: The Times Are Changing

2011-11-29T11:48:00.008-05:00

Kirk Tuck has written on his blog - The Visual Science Lab:
“The dependence on the big tools is fading. No one in the emerging new (photographers) group seemed to care about the stuff that we craved when we first were dragged, kicking, screaming and denying, into digital. They don't care about big cameras or enormous lenses. They aren't captivated by more resolution. They look for cameras that are fast and fluid and casual. They want good high ISO performance and small overall profiles.

They are looking for good industrial design to be coequal with good technical specs. Think iPhone as opposed to the original Motorola "brick." For them, the camera is an extension of hand and eye, not a puzzle or equation to be mastered. They want their cameras to be as operationally transparent as an iPhone or an iPad.”

The Fuji X10 - on the left - and the Nikon D2x - on the right - are my today and yesterday tools. The Nikon is still used for fast action sports when long lenses are required. Otherwise it and the Nikon system of lenses remain at home. The X10 with its zoom lens covers - quickly and easily - my choice of subjects. With the ability to produce 16x20 prints that meet my standards, the Fuji is the first "go to" camera.

These three cameras - Fuji X10, Fuji X100, Minolta CLE - are my everyday tools. Together, they weigh less than the Nikon with a lens and they provide a varitey of possibilites. The digital X10 covers a wide angle (28mm) to a short telephoto (110 mm). The digital X100 has a fixed lens (35mm) that is a favorite focal length. Ideal for environmental portraits of people and places. Both cameras produce color images that are rich with full range of values. The Minolta is a film camera that uses the Leica M- mount lenses. Having several M-mount lenses - 12mm -135mm- many choices are available. While color film could be used, it is only used with black and white film. Rather than converting a color digital image to black and white the CLE film image is direct and can be wet printed or changed to a digital image. While these cameras are small, light in weight they are not "downsizing" my photography. Rather as Kirk Tuck has written, " they are fast and fluid and casual" which has changed - for the better - my way of working.

Lost in the Midwest: Barber Pole

2011-11-29T09:47:00.006-05:00

Lynchburg, Ohio. Small communities have few service facilites. Sometimes a general store, maybe a post office, often a bar/tavern, and a beauty and/or barber shop. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Grain Elevator

2011-11-28T11:46:00.002-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Faded Jewel

2011-11-25T13:09:00.003-05:00

Washington Court House. Once an active, exciting location, now dark. First the Blockbuster's of the world, then the movies by mail and finaly downloads on demand. They all have contributed to closing of local small town movie theaters. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: PRAY

2011-11-24T08:55:00.002-05:00

Richmond, Indiana. Enjoy and give thanks on this special day. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Detail

2011-11-23T10:24:00.003-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. Many of today's buildings are like pole barns. A simple shell for the outside with an inside designed to fit the needs of the user. Older buildings often have small exterior details that make the structure unique. Looking and sometimes seeing makes for a meaningful journey. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Looking Up and Seeing This

2011-11-22T10:01:00.001-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Yet Another Lodge Hall

2011-11-21T10:28:00.002-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest; Bingo

2011-11-18T09:32:00.002-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. For many in the Midwest, Bingo is the active sport of their life. Often well attended and played with great gusto. In some places smoking is allowed and in others not. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Castle Bail Bonds

2011-11-17T08:23:00.002-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. Directly across the street from the court house and open on a early Sunday morning. Handy for those Saturday night events. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Enslen's

2011-11-16T09:28:00.003-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. Never know what can be seen by wandering down a back street.
Enslen's is long gone but the sign remains as a reminder of a different time. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Another Day-Another Closing

2011-11-15T08:55:00.003-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. With video's in the mail or downloaded on demand, Blockbuster and local stores are closing. No need to leave home. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Strip Mall

2011-11-14T09:57:00.001-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. The usual strip mall suspects. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Trends

2011-11-11T08:45:00.000-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: County Court House

2011-11-10T13:58:00.002-05:00

Washington Court House, Ohio. The county seat of Fayette County with a population of almost 14,200. (Click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Something for Everyone

2011-11-09T09:39:00.002-05:00

Parker City, Indiana. No national franchises here. Good to see local establishments doing well in these times.(Click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Our Small Town

2011-11-08T09:20:00.001-05:00

Parker City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Sign of the Day

2011-11-07T13:36:00.001-05:00

Parker City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana. Ludco Gun Shop

2011-11-04T09:19:00.002-04:00

Parker City, Indiana. Returned to Parker City for a couple of reasons. First, to identify what, if any, changes have occured since my last visit-over a year ago. While not much has changed I did find that the gun shop moved to a new location. Second, to check out/test some different photographic equipment-more on that in a later post. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Two Flags

2011-11-03T09:07:00.003-04:00

Jamestown, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Waiting To Be Used

2011-11-02T09:58:00.002-04:00

Jamestown, Ohio. Once a landmark building and now completely boarded up. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Because of the Brave

2011-11-01T09:59:00.002-04:00

Jamestown, Ohio. From their web page-"A Progressive Community of Farmers, Families, and Friends". Jamestown, located in Greene County, is a village of less than 2000. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T10:17:00.002-04:00

Sardina, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Brenda's Variety

2011-10-28T09:28:00.002-04:00

Russellvile, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Skip's Garage

2011-10-27T11:02:00.004-04:00

Russellvile, Ohio. Been a long time since I have seen a service station like this. A step back in time. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: RD's Wayside Inn

2011-10-26T09:39:00.002-04:00

Russellvile, Ohio. A village in Brown County with a population of less than 500. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: JB's Place

2011-10-25T10:09:00.001-04:00

Sardina, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Village Pizza

2011-10-24T07:49:00.002-04:00

Sardina, Ohio. A village of less than 900 located in Brown and Highland County. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Highland County Veterans

2011-10-21T12:25:00.001-04:00

Hillsboro, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Tat's and Barber Shop

2011-10-20T10:28:00.002-04:00

Hillsboro, Ohio. Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Highland County. The population is about 6600. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Come See Us

2011-10-19T11:37:00.002-04:00

Fayetteville, Ohio. A small village in Brown County, Ohio with a population of less then 400. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Mary Linda's

2011-10-18T15:25:00.001-04:00

Greenfield, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Craft Doorway

2011-10-17T09:47:00.002-04:00

Greenfield, Ohio. Fine woodwork and tiles make this doorway an unique retail entry. Someone took a great deal of care and time to produce this entrance. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest; Savings

2011-10-14T12:06:00.000-04:00

Greenfield, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Smokes Gifts

2011-10-11T10:23:00.002-04:00

Greenfield, Ohio. The third discount tobacco store along a main street. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Pool & Arcade

2011-10-10T12:47:00.003-04:00

Greenfield, Ohio. Interesting - "Old Time (priced) Videos" and "No Loitering". (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Cheap Tobacco

2011-10-07T09:19:00.001-04:00

Greenfield, Ohio. Along the same street as yesterday's post. Converted service station now selling tobacco. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Tobacco

2011-10-06T08:59:00.003-04:00

Greenfield, Ohio. One of three discount tobacco stores along a main street in this village of less that 5000. Johnny Paycheck - country music artist- (you can take this job and ...... it) among its notable residents. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: IOOF Block

2011-10-05T09:32:00.001-04:00

Leesburg, Ohio. Constructed in 1895, now unused and boarded up. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: 45146

2011-10-03T10:00:00.001-04:00

Martinsville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Holmes

2011-09-30T08:10:00.000-04:00

Leesburg, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Carl's Satellite TV

2011-09-29T08:18:00.000-04:00

Leesburg, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: American Legion Post 568

2011-09-28T09:28:00.004-04:00

Leesburg, Ohio. Leesburg is an incorporated place located in Highland County with a population of about 1300. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Along North 10th Street

2011-09-27T09:51:00.000-04:00

Richmond, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Alley Kat

2011-09-26T09:27:00.001-04:00

Richmond, Indiana. ATM in a bar - what a concept! (click on image to enlarge)

Back home in Indiana: Torrey's Steak House

2011-09-21T09:11:00.001-04:00

Winchester, Indiana: Now closed and just a memory. (click on image to enlarge)

Back home in Indiana: Rainbow Banquet Center

2011-09-20T10:15:00.001-04:00

Winchester, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Smith Bros. Building

2011-09-19T09:53:00.001-04:00

Winchester, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Siefker's General Store

2011-09-16T09:38:00.002-04:00

Miller City. Ohio. With a population less than 150 Miller City has two bars, including Mack & Rita's next to the closed Siefker's General Store. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: IOOF Lodge

2011-09-15T09:39:00.002-04:00

Oakwood, Ohio. Once the IOOF lodge building now the home of Ace Hardware. The times-they have changed. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Ed's Tavern

2011-09-14T09:13:00.003-04:00

Cloverdale, Ohio. Also recorded this scene in medium format black and white film-will post later. Believe the B&W version will be a "stronger" image. Check back in a couple of days. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Proud

2011-09-13T09:56:00.001-04:00

Oakwood, Ohio. Taken on 9/11/11. (click on image to enlarge)

Return to the Past: America

2011-09-09T09:52:00.002-04:00

Richmond, Indiana. Glen Miller Park restrooms. (click on image to enlarge)

Return to the Past: Black and White Photography

2011-09-08T10:12:00.003-04:00

West Alexander, Ohio. First posted in color. After some review, returned to the black and white image. Will be working in black and white the next few posts. (click on image to enlarge)

Out Take: Valley Carpet Center

2011-09-07T11:10:00.002-04:00

West Alexander, Ohio. In this day of large home improvement stores - Lowes, Home Depot come to mind - nice to fine a small local retail outlet still in business. (click on image to enlarge)

Out Take: Architectural Detail

2011-09-06T09:39:00.003-04:00

Columbia City, Indiana. An example of pride and crafting with stone. Different than the "slick-tech" building of today. (click on image to enlarge)

Out Take: Closed Movie Theater

2011-09-01T09:43:00.002-04:00

Richmond, Indiana. Earlier post was a black and white film image. This is digital. (click on image to enlarge)

Out Take: Vietnam Memorial

2011-08-31T10:09:00.001-04:00

West Alexander, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Power and Water

2011-08-30T09:26:00.000-04:00

Ottawa, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)