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Here's another link to some photos by Brian David Stevens. I have not heard of him before but he did a project photographing vets for 10 years. Quite compelling portraits. http://www.briandavidstevens.com/project/they-that-are-left/

Thank you..... I pretty much figured it wouldn't work out and I'm not dedicated enough to re-load cartridges. I could get the camera for about $21 but now I know this I'll pass.

Does anyone know if 126 film is still produced and if so where it can be processed? I'm looking at an old Zeiss Ikon Contaflex 126 but won't get it if it will be a problem with the film. Thanks!

It does look wonderful doesn't it? No 30 is interesting as well...the little girl's forlorn expression. One wonders what she was thinking about.

Anders, I like No 29 as well. It seems to be more dynamic, more going on. The other photos don't seem to explore very much, to me they're shots of the same thing basically. No 29 stands out and it leaves me wondering what the story is. I don't see a father among the ladies though....

I should have clarified the Maier reference. I saw a similarity in that great photos were packed away and forgotten only to be found later in a storage locker. I don't though think their style of photography is the same though.

My turn to choose this week so I chose Ken Heyman a photographer I admit I had not heard of until about a month or so ago and when I looked at his work I thought it would be perfect for this discussion. The story starts off sounding alot like the Vivian Maier discovery involving a storage facility but unlike Maier, Heyman is well known and has a wonderful body of work. You can find the storage locker story here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/lost-now-found-photos-motherhood_n_5523482.html? ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000037 and his portfolio here http://kenheyman.photoshelter.com/gallery-list/ Specifically I would like the discussion to be geared towards his "Mothers" photos shown in the first link. Someone commented below the story that "As a man, I believe I experience these photos differently than a woman, and especially different than a mother (or a father, actually...since I am not one)." How do YOU experience the photos? IS it different for men than women? What about his style of photography? Few of his photos seem to give the impression that he engaged with his subjects...he seems to just "be there" for the shot. The photos show motherly love but to me they also convey the mother's instinct to protect. What do they convey to you? Thoughts?? Thanks!

Lex, Thank you for the heads up on Perfect Effects. I like what they have.

Does anyone know if there are plug ins for textures for Lightroom 5.5? I Thank you

I just found this lab http://www.digitalsilverimaging.com/roes-value-priced-prints I haven't used them so I can't recommend. Actually I was planning on posting a question about this same thing and wondered if anyone has ever used them/heard of them.

I have never heard of Bodine so I appreciate the OP presenting him. I enjoy learning about photographers not known to me because it broadens my knowledge. As far as how I feel about this photo, I didn't see it as a commentary on anything. Actually I thought he probably came upon the scene and just shot it. Later he may have just decided what the heck let's add some snow and see where it goes. I don't believe every shot a photographer takes has to mean something...sometimes it's just a nice shot. Now maybe he did have a commentary to make, I just don't see it in this photo.

Lex, Hilarious story. I live in Texas too (oops! almost said I'm from Texas....I HAVE lived here a long time haha) and the fire ants are no joke. I feel for the girl. Bill My husband has a freakish GPS in his head so he's never far from knowing where he is. Problem is I try to remember how to get to theses places I see along the way so I can come back on my own later and take my time but I can never remember how to get anywhere.

My husband and I were out one afternoon and he says he wants to take the "scenic" route home. I was giddy with delight because this usually means finding something interesting to shoot. Sure enough he turns a corner and right there was a retched rusty old derelict of a truck full of possibilities. There it sat on the opposite side of a barbed wire fence guarded by alot of big cactus. So...not really paying too much attention to my footing, I leaned it to get just the right angle and somehow got all tangled up with the cactus. And I thought the fence was an issue.... Have you ever been attacked by cactus? Vicious bastards. Cactus needles everywhere including my shirt which I happily tore off in the middle of the street to get them off me. I'm a pretty modest person but at that moment I didn't care one bit who saw me half nekkid.... Miserable afternoon.

I've always had a "thing" for photography, a desire for it. Steve pretty much nailed it. I feel the same way he does. Photography is my happy place, I don't expect anyone else to understand it but it keeps me fairly centered. I would never want to do it for a living but I do enjoy competitions and exhibits. I'm not even close to being as technically proficient as I would like to be, but I really love the 'art" side of it.

Laurie, All's good now! Sigh...thank goodness.

Dave, I restarted it, which then began updating my computer. Then I tried to click on Lightroom and that began another mess where it wanted me to go thru the registration process and then it said that it couldn't bring up the catalog because another catalog was already opened. Ugh! So..got that figured out, recalibrated the monitor and finally I have success. Although now I have to import all of my photos and start over, it's better than not being able to use it at all. Thank you for your help...I think it's working ok now. Whew...I almost had a panic attack. :)

What a mess. I think the problem is the computer itself. All of my backgrounds are purple and the curser isn't working either (I'm using my work computer to post a reply). I don't know anything about graphics cards but maybe it's fried? I think maybe the problem isn't with Lightroom now, I hope my computer isn't dying on me.

Hello, I opened Lightroom 5.3 this morning to find every photo (except 2 that were edited in Analog Efex Pro) purple and green. Every one. I am absolutely clueless on what happened. I've never seen this before. I don't know what to do to fix it except uninstall/reinstall. Does anyone have any idea what this is? How to fix? HELP!<div></div>