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Rhode Island Seascapes Holga Film

I received a plastic camera for Christmas, a Holga 120N. It's beautifully simple to use and takes a lot of the thinking and over-thinking out of photography. It reduces the photographer to pure artist creating art: observe, aim, capture. Of course, because of its lack of bells and whistles, exposures might not quite be what you expected. I'm told to expect light leaks and the "focusing" is really...

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Stormy Seas in Narragansett

A few weeks ago, I made the short trip down to Narragansett in the hopes of finding some surfers out on the water given the prospect of storm swells. Sadly, there wasn't much swell, and only a few people in the water so sorry, no surfing shots. But we did watch the water and light rain blow through, and I captured a few shots of the weather and waves, and even Beavertail Light shining through the...

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Bringing Back the Hipstamatic!

For any of you with an iPhone or pretty much any smart phone with a decent camera, you've probably started to replace your old point and shoots with your phone, and not with horrible results either! I upgraded to the world of smart phones several months ago and have found myself completely captivated by the numerous camera apps. Two popular ones in particular are Hipstamatic and Instagram for...

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Charming Wickford

Oh little Wickford, oh charming little Wickford.  Sadly there was no snow to pretty you up this winter (so far), but we still had those little twinkling lights!  Now those little lights are coming down but the charm will always remain.  Hopefully this new year some of those empty storefronts will be filled again with new entrepreneurial prospects, but you will always be charming regardless!

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