A walk on the Medway Trails with a Widelux film camera.

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I shot three rolls of film in the last 24 hours. All color, but that’s where the similarities end.

I used my Rolleiflex 3.5f on 120 medium format — giving it another test after its own recent servicing. I also repaired my Pentax Auto 110 yesterday. Some YouTube videos and screwdrivers later, I brought a 1980 110 SLR back to life — the world’s smallest SLR, btw — and shot my first roll of 110 film since I was 13.

The third camera was an old friend who had been away. My Panon Widelux 7 was sent out for service last May. The experts we trust with cameras like this are few, and they’re dealing with backlogs. Patience is a virtue in photography in more ways than one — it had been gone 11 months. It came back Monday. This morning I had 4 frames left on the roll, so I finished it in the studio.

I developed all three rolls in the darkroom today. I challenge anyone to find the last person who developed 120, 135, and 110 film all at the same time by hand. While I wait for Guinness to call me with the details on that record, I’ve chosen to share this one – the last shot taken out of all three rolls of film.

The museum shot. My happy place: My Barn. My Studio. My Collection. My Film Cameras. My Darkroom. My Widelux. My Photography. My Opportunities. All in one frame.

More on all three rolls tomorrow.

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A walk on the beach today before the crowds come with the heat.

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Week 6 of the NFL, Chiefs at Patriots, a national Sunday night game that was worth the slot. I was on the sidelines in an NFL media vest photographing it for Boston Sports Journal. I have covered plenty of High School sports but this was a whole new opportunity and something I had wanted to do for years. Just being on the sideline, seeing the game from that level, interacting with the stadium personnel, other photographers, at times even sharing space with players, an experience I will never forget. Add all of that in with it was just a great game, score after score by both teams, won on a NE field goal, 43-40 as time ran out, pretty great way to spend a night. I thank Boston Sports Journal for the chance, they used  some of my photos from the Patriots Super Bowl rally back in January too, so do me a favor and go check out their page (after you check out my photos) they are a New England sports page run by New Englanders, I get all my Pats, Sox, Celts and Bruins news from them. I know plenty of you are sports fans too, you will not be disappointed. If you want to see even more of my photos of the game the whole set can be found on my website, just click here.

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Happy Summer to all. Use it wisely.

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