From the Archive - School Days

Nikon FE2 Nikkor 50mm f1.4 Kodak Tri-X Kodak HC-110 Dil. B - In 1984, Pre-Columbine and other famous school shootings, bullet holes in High School's windows did not seem to cause much concern. This was captured at Kecoughtan High School in Hampton VA.. There were usually multiple windows with bullets holes, shots coming from the outside. All appeared overnight, with malice shown for the school itself, not the occupants within.
Scanned using a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual III using SilverFast SE Plus Software.

From the Archive - My What a Big Popeye You Have

Nikon FE2 Nikkor 35-104 f3.5/4.5 Agfachrome 100 Pre-E6 - One from the archive, you never know what you will see when arrive for work a a shopping Mall. 10:00 AM in the parking lot of the old Coliseum Mall in Hampton Va. and I am greeted with the disembodied head of Popeye the Sailor. I did not realize he was quite that big. It appears Bluto finally got his revenge.
Scanned with a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual III and Minolta's OEM Software.

Hampton Hobby House Polaroid 665 Circa 1985

Polaroid Automatic 100 Polaroid 665 Positive/Negative Film - I was rummaging through my photo drawer and ran across this gem. Yes that is me circa 1985, manning the photo counter at the Hampton Hobby House in Hampton VA.. My first real job and the best job a budding photographer could ever have. I would kill to have access to half the photographic artifacts that were hidden in the drawers and boxes of that wonderful store. This was taken by my co-worker and partner in crime Alan Hilliard. We were playing with an outdated pack of Polaroid Type 665 Positive/Negative film. The print of this image was lost long ago, but I tucked away the washed negative in a plain envelope for safe keeping. Ah, the memories, some of the best days of my life. Polaroid recommended fixing the negatives with a sodium sulfite solution if I remember correctly, but we just washed them in water to remove the black backing. The negative held up pretty well over almost 30 years.

From the Archive - Fog on Hampton Roads 1980's

Nikon FE-2 Nikkor 35-105 f3.5/4.5 Kodak Tri-X 400 HC-110 Dil. B - Just a grey foggy day on Fort Monroe in Hampton VA.. Shot sometime between 1983 and 1986, most of my negative pages from that time are not labeled very well. I am just happy I still have them.

From the Archives Barnacles 1986

Nikon FE-2 Nikkor 35-105 f3.5-4.5 Kodak Plus-X 125 HC-110 Dilution B - I burned through a of film in the mid to late 80's many rolls never made is past the proof sheet phase. Interesting to go back and visit some of those "lost rolls." Shot in the back yard of my parents house on the Hampton River in Hampton, VA.. I never printed anything from this roll, in hind site, that is a shame.

Happy Holidays. However You Celebrate

Bronica S2A Nikkor 75mm f2.8 Kodak Tri-X 400 HC-110 Dil. B - From the 1980's. Still one of my favorites. I wish I'd never let that Bronica go.

From The Archives - Old Boat Grandview 1982

Pentax ME Super 50mm F1.7 Kodak Tri-X D76 Microdol X Stock - Another old favorite. Late fall in the Grandview section of Hampton Virginia in late 1982. My first 35mm SLR was a Pentax ME Super. I learned to shoot on my Father;s Kondak Retina IIIs before getting the ME Super.