21//52 (Aunt Jemima)

(Saturday, 22 May 2010) Found this Aunt Jemima cookie jar at a rummage sale today. I bought it for the sole purpose of photographing it.

20//52 (680)

(Saturday, 15 May 2010) I purchased a Polaroid SLR 680 off eBay this week. It arrived in the mail this afternoon. It’s beautiful.

19//52 (Cactus in Bloom)

(Saturday, 8 May 2010) This was my first attempt at using the wet peel technique on Polaroid Fade to Black film.

18//52 (Day is Done)

(Saturday, 1 May 2010) Went for a photo walk around Sky Lake today with some members of the Binghamton Photo Group. Broke out the Polaroid Automatic 230 Land Camera to capture the sunset.

16//52 (Test Shot #16--Grandma’s Sewing Machine)

(Saturday, 17 April 2010) This is the final image from my two packs of PX 600 test/reject film from The Impossible Project (some packs of the “real” stuff will be on their way shortly!) I removed the ND filter from the lens and dialed the exposure level all the way to dark. I’ve notice this film is a little more sensitive to temperature, so as soon as the photo ejected I did my usual routine of transferring the photo and dark slide to a cold clip (warmed up in advance), but did not stick it under my arm. Getting to experiment with this test/reject film has been a real privilege and a lot of fun.

600 test/reject film from The Impossible Project
No ND Filter
Exposure level all the way to dark

13//52 (Ross Park)

(Saturday, 27 March 2010) One of the pillars to the former entrance of Ross Park Zoo, in Binghamton, New York.

12//52 (Clinton Square)

(Saturday, 20 March 2010) While I was in Syracuse, thought I'd explore part of the downtown. This is Clinton Square.

8//52 (Trainspotting)

(Saturday, 20 February 2010)
Didn’t plan on doing any trainspotting today, but this freight train caught my eye on my way home from Oneonta.

7//52 & 105.365 (Recycle)

(Saturday, February 13, 2010) This is the newest addition to Sky Lake—a recycling shed made out of wood from naturally-felled trees on the property. It was built in memory of one of our long-time supporters, who had a great passion for stewardship of the land and instilled the same in her children and grandchildren.

6//52 (Setting Sun)

(Saturday, February 6, 2010) It was a perfect afternoon to go for a walk across the lake. At least for those that like walking on ice.

(Check back tomorrow for more uploads!)

5//52 (Endicott-Johnson Pagoda)

Endicott-Johnson Corporation was the major employer in Broome County (NY, USA) in the early 20th century. Their shoe factories were located throughout Binghamton, Endicott, and Johnson City. E-J employees used scrap materials to build this pagoda, which housed the water pump for one of the larger factory sites in Johnson City. A couple years ago, the pagoda was moved down the street to C. Fred Johnson Park. The factory buildings have been demolished and the brownfield site has been developed into a regional Gannett newspaper publishing facility and a Wal-Mart.

4//52 (SX-70 Encounters a Holgaroid)

Dave Bias was kind enough to provide me with some great tips on using a Holgaroid (Holga 120CFN with a Polaroid Back). It is my supposition that if one can’t make exposures with the SX-70, one should make exposures of the SX-70. (Note to self: order more film from PolaPremium.)

2//52: Stopping by the Woods on a Sunny Morning

After what seemed like an eternity, it finally stopped snowing (okay, so it was more like ten days, but who’s counting?) It being Saturday and all, I had lots of time to go for a couple walks in the woods.

063.365 (The Artist)

(Saturday, January 2, 2010) I ended up getting snowed in Friday night, but managed to follow a snowplow out on Saturday morning so I could have breakfast with some friends. While we lounged around, Seth dazzled us with his artistic abilities.