Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Category: Photography

This might also be what this blog is mostly about.

  • New cameras are the best

    http://instagram.com/p/SUK0knILG8/ I got a new camera!! And it was FREE!! It was very generously given to me by a friend on Twitter. I asked my online friends on both Facebook and Twitter what film camera I should buy. The weirdest thing is that I was literally looking at Cannon AE-1s online and almost talked myself…

  • Salmon River Trail

    We finally hiked to the top of the Salmon River Trail today! It was 8 miles when all was said and done. My legs and feet hurt. I did something completely different and carried along my digital camera. I had some interesting insights in which I came to the conclusion that film is far superior…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful

    Yesterday was Thanksgiving. I was thinking about the intention behind this particular holiday and how wonderful that intention is. Ideally we are grateful everyday for the things that we have. But I love that there is a holiday in which we take one day out of the year to be mindful of those things that…

  • Flickr Time Machine

    A photo from this date, Nov. 20, 2007. The day I got my first DSLR! This was a very special day for me. I don’t look happy in the photo but I was very happy. Ecstatic even. I have amassed a nice collection of cameras since. One more Digital (Pentax) and several film. My camera…

  • Mt Jefferson from Mt Hood

    Another from the negatives I scanned last weekend. This is Tri-x taken with the Yashica Mat. (still love the tri-x/Yashica Mat combo very much).