May 29 Weekend Photos: A 2-year-old's clothes

No, she didn't wear the shoes with the dress. I think Aunt Diane would have had a heart attack.

May 22 Weekend Photos: Playground Fun

I spent a few days with Liz and Wes last weekend, which was awesome.

We went to the playground, where Liz had fun on the slide.


Oh yeah, he did, too.


Wes promptly ditched us to go after a little boy and his dog, and then attempted to break into the tennis courts.



Playground #2.




Climbing up the "big kid" slide, which was equipped with speed bumps. Seriously, you caught air going down that thing. Not that I went down it.

May 15 Weekend Photos: Dance

Right before Alexa's senior solo dance. It was awesome to watch her perform.

May 8 Weekend Photos: Isaac

On May 7 at 2:30 am, two of my friends had their first baby: Isaac. I took these at the hospital later that same day.


Isaac's skin looks so dark against his mom's because his legs and feet were a dark purplish-red.

May 1 Weekend Photos: WW II Camera

I have a family friend who fought in WW II -- he recently showed me this old camera he acquired during the war. He asked me to take a look at it and figure out the mechanics and so forth, and I thought other people might be interested in seeing it, too.

It's a c. 1929 Voigtlander Bessa I folding camera.



The focusing system is such that you pretty much have to guess how far you need to stand from your subject. Fun, huh? You can either focus using the side view or the small circle-shaped finder near the lens.



The original case. He couldn't remember how to get it open (or if a key was actually needed), so he had to slice it.


It's rather weighty, but folds up nice and flat.





The two red glass parts are where you look through to wind/advance the film. The camera uses 120/6x9 cm film, which is nearly obsolete. I found it on a couple websites for $600. Yes, $600. Oh, and the film only has 8 frames. We're skipping that little purchase.


The owner with his camera.