Crunchy Footsteps' photostream  

homemade "picassocam" pinhole camera, paper negative, developed in caffenol C

Hello Everyone! It's good to see you again!

Everything is fine, it's just that children grow up, and keep you busier as they get older!

The state of Arizona turns 100 years old in 2012, and the centennial projects and celebrations abound around here! The Cochise County History On The Move Display is one such centennial project.

This project features life-sized (or nearly so) rigid historic photographs of folks who paved the way in Cochise County, Arizona's early years. The display will travel around to different locations throughout the year.

Here is one photo-tribute: her name is Lorna Lockwood, and she lived from 1903-1977. She was Arizona's first female chief justice in a state supreme court, serving in the position in two terms.

Did I fool you into thinking this is the real Lorna Lockwood? It's actually her life-sized black and white photo, set against the backdrop of Cochise College- Sierra Vista campus. (-:

image made January 30, 2012

I hope to capture the many other honored folks in this display as it travels around the county this year.

homemade paintcan pinhole camera, paper negative, developed in caffenol C

Hello Everyone! It's good to see you again!

Everything is fine, it's just that children grow up, and keep you busier as they get older!

The state of Arizona turns 100 years old in 2012, and the centennial projects and celebrations abound around here! The Cochise County History On The Move Display is one such centennial project.

This project features life-sized (or nearly so) rigid historic photographs of folks who paved the way in Cochise County, Arizona's early years. The display will travel around to different locations throughout the year.

Here is one photo-tribute: This is Nellie Cashman (left), and she lived from 1845-1925. She was a philanthropist - the title earned from her involvement in founding many community institutions (a Catholic church, and hospitals) and for helping many persons in need in very practical ways. She was an immigrant from County Cork, Ireland, and came to the North American West during the gold rush days. She was a businesswoman who owned and ran boarding houses, restaurants, and was a prospector herself.

One of the many places she lived and worked and contributed was in the city of Tombstone.

Did I fool you into thinking this is the real Nellie Cashman? It's actually her life-sized black and white photo, set against the backdrop of Cochise College- Sierra Vista campus. (-:

She is a favorite historic figure of mine and my daughter's, so we found it fitting that she pose with Nelly.

I hope to capture the many other honored folks in this display as it travels around the county this year.

Hello, Photography Friends! I thought you all might appreciate this experiment the kids and I did this week- I think is really out of this world! Actually, it is in this world- in the microscopic world.

We looked at microbes in a drop of pond water, by projecting a laser pointer through the drop, and projecting the image on to a wall. Some information I found says this technique magnifies the microbes 1000 times!

The water drop acts as a lens, converging the shadows of the backlit microbes into a moving image. Depth of field seems shallow though- we found it difficult to get most microbes in focus enough to see a basic shape.

Any ideas on how to improve this?

Anyway, please enjoy the video!

video made: September 4, 2011

homemade "Picassocam" pinhole camera, 15-sec exposure, paper negative, developed in caffenol CM, color and texture added in Photoshop

Brown Canyon Ranch was recently made more accessible, thanks to a new road. I hope to get out there more often...

The families who occupied Brown Canyon Ranch over the years ranched cattle for nearby Ft Huachuca, providing food for the soldiers.

Good luck will rub off on you if you spy something lucky in this image...

image made: July 31, 2011

homemade paint can pinhole camera, paper negative, 25-sec exposure, developed in Caffenol CM, color and texture added in Photoshop

It's lovely to see green this time of year! I am uncertain if the green here was the comeback of preventative backburning frm the Monument Fire, or just simply from moisture of monsoon rains alone.

The families who occupied Brown Canyon Ranch over the years ranched cattle for nearby Ft Huachuca, providing food for the soldiers.

I exposed a little longer than the meter told me to, to try to get more detail from the shadows in the structures. I'm not sure how much I achieved that, but I am happy with the exposure overall.

image made: July 30, 2011