Category Archives: film photography

VINTAGE TOMMY PHOTOS

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Thomas Bethune

Near the Del Norte Street Pier, Humboldt Bay 1982

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Yosemite 1991

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Thomas Bethune

I hope that I have not posted this one here before. I took this from Glacier Point the night that the government shut down. No one was on duty at the gate, the restrooms were trashed, and I had Glacier … Continue reading →

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TABLE BLUFF LIGHTHOUSE/RANCH AS IT WAS IN 1980

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

Here is the Lighthouse complex as it was in 1980. The lighthouse was still there, but not operating. At the time of the photograph I believe that the complex was operating as The Lighthouse Ranch. Eventually the lighthouse was moved … Continue reading →

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A LANDSCAPE FROM 55 YEARS AGO

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

I took this photograph with color slide film in a Kodak Brownie camera sometime around 1960. The original was covered with fungus, and I did a lot of processing with Photoshop. So this image is a sort of group effort … Continue reading →

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SOME PHOTOGRAPHY FROM 1975

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

Two images of Edison Highway, East Bakersfield, 1975.

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A SHORT VISUAL ODE TO THE DARKROOM

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

A place where the magician and the alchemist worked their art in the dark, and became the photographer. This is where the mystery of light affecting silver in a controlled environment, was able to “capture” a moment in time in … Continue reading →

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