I was entrusted with the care and feeding of a Sinar Monorail 4×5 Large Format Field Camera and darkroom compliment. Basically, it's mine to use, not mine to sell. I need to remodel my basement bathroom a bit in order to seal off the light so I can use it as a dark room. I …
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Last summer I started a fire by rubbing sticks together
Luckily, it was caught on video. This was after a 6 hour day, learning about fire making 'from scratch'. I made the fire set with my hatchet and small knife. This REALLY makes me appreciate a Bic all the more. The guy behind the camera was teaching 2 of us. A bit of language, so …
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Back-Yard Backpacked last night
At least an 8 or 9 step hike. Let me tell you… I was 'testing' my Kelty 20 degree down bag and a thermorest inside a bivy bag. I was thinking to myself high of 53, low of 46. Warm, but not too warm. Thermorest inside the bivy was a bit snug at first, but …
I've been wanting to take an old Sinar 4×5 camera on a backpacking trek
Mostly just because I can. I've been working on an ultralight backpacking setup knowing that this camera is HEAVY! But I don't have much practice running film through it yet. But tonight I started working on a 'digital' film holder for it. My Cell phone. CDROMs… Microscopes… various 35mm lenses where all tried. The upside …
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My wife's home made spaghetti sauce really is this good!
My wife's home made spaghetti sauce really is this good! In album 2014-04-29 View this post on Google+