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Four Score and Seven: Gettysburg

The arctic cold wave mercifully lifted last week, so I took the opportunity to take a quick trip out to historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of the most famous battle of the Civil War.

Pete Souza's Year in Pictures

White House photographer Pete Souza has shared an 82-image Year in Pictures set on Flickr, with some of his favorite moments from the first year of the Obama presidency. As we've come to expect from Mr. Souza, this is some great and fascinating work, and you really should check it out.

Scanning Color Negatives: A Method

Working out a method for scanning color negative film with VueScan, minus all the unwanted adjustments.

The Dance of Death

If you drive on the highway for a while, you will see people do some astoundingly dumb things around trucks. Among the most baffling is one I call the Dance of Death.

Home Color Film Processing

Mini-labs are no longer a great option for film processing. But C-41 processing is easy. If you are already processing black-and-white film, you can do C-41. It's only slightly harder, and doesn't require any equipment you don't already have.