Ah, the sign of a well organized basement or garage workshop. Rows upon rows of old mayonnaise and jam jars filled with nuts and bolts and screws and nails. This photo was taken in the basement work space of one my neighbors. And this is only a very very small piece of an incredible smorgasbord…… Continue reading Nuts and Bolts and Bolts and Nuts
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Coffee Tins All in a Row
If you are of a certain age, you’ll remember in your Dad’s or Granddad’s basement, garage, or back shed workshop, the rows and rows of old coffee tins, mayonnaise jars, paper bags, and old metal cans full of various nuts, bolts, nails, screws, and all kids of metal parts. Right next to that was…… Continue reading Coffee Tins All in a Row
Apothecary Bottle and Clothespin
The dark damp and mostly forgotten corners of the basement of the two-flat in which we live is a gold mine for cool subjects to shoot. Today I found this tiny old apothecary bottle and a clothespin on top of an old dust-covered cabinet with the fading late afternoon sunlight trickling through the one grime…… Continue reading Apothecary Bottle and Clothespin
Camera Obscura
I’ve been fascinated with pinhole (camera obscura) photography since I built my first pinhole camera out of an oatmeal container way back in high school. (For those of you keeping score, that was over 30 years ago.) There is something amazing about how such a tiny pinhole can capture such cool imagery. What is more…… Continue reading Camera Obscura