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A Short Trip to some Local Parnassus History
Hello reader people. Jenny and I were sitting on our soon-to-be-rebuilt porch this evening as the light went golden. We were just reading away, enjoying the evening as the temperature started to cool…
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It’s Maple Sugar Season!
Every winter, my sisters and I listened to a radio broadcast of the Maple Queen Contest for the Pennsylvania Maple Festival in Meyersdale, PA. When March came, I and the other members of…
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Credit Where Credit is Due
I want to clarify that my father-in-law, Dr. Dennis Woytek, took photo #4 and photo #5 in my prior blog entry of December 6. My husband, Jonathan Woytek, took the rest of the…
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Follow-Up: Presbyterian Church in Parnassus
In my last entry, I blogged about the Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church in Parnassus, after reading an article online about it in the Tribune-Review / Valley News Dispatch. I am going to write…
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Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church in Parnassus
Jonathan took this photo a few years ago during the Great Winter which spawned Snowmaggedon. We both have a fondness for Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church. For one thing, it anchors one side of our New…
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Pittsburgh Senior Meredith
I know that things have been quiet here lately, and I’m trying to remedy that. I’m a little behind in posting some good stuff! In late October, as Autumn was in full-force in…
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The Scene and the Snapshot: Episode Three
After a little hiatus due in part to sixteen million other things happening at the same time, I’m pleased to release the next episode in my odd little series called, The Scene and…
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Some recent black and white work: My first 120-format film!
I have been shooting some 120-format film recently, and finally had the chance to develop some of it a couple of weeks ago. My Dad and I had a big film developing party…
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Light Meter Experiments
It has been a really, really long time since I used a fully analog light meter. I recently picked up a Sekonic L-398m: No batteries. No real maintenance. It works like a slide…
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New Joys, Old Joys, and Surprises
New Joy: Film Seems strange, doesn’t it? Why on earth is film a new joy? With the support of my wonderful wife, I recently went crazy and bought a Mamiya RZ67 camera: This…