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Tour Boats

There are fishing boats in Atlantic Highlands that you can pay to take you on a tour and go fishing in the ocean. This is a Kallitype print of a Pentax 17 panorama, shot on Kodak 5222 (Double-XX) and developed in Divided D-76, then […]

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A tetriptych of a mostly empty harbor, with a few large charter fishing boats at left. The shot is a broken up panorama of the harbor made up of four frames.
January 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Handball Court

But not any more. The apocalypse has cancelled handball. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A multistory brick building has a cement cutout in its wall and a cement court in front of it, but a wooden bench prevents it from being used for its originally intended purpose. The colors are false. The red bricks are teal, and the sky is orange.
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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C’est Cheese

A business punning on what’s probably the most used phrase in photography is just begging to have its picture taken. Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16, Ilford FP4+, 510-Pyro.

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A small storefront in a larger brick building has painted its front wall white. The sign above the windows reads “C’est Cheese”.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Strip Mall

Part of the business district at Campbell’s Junction. Pentax 17, 3D-printed turntable head, Kodak 5222 (Double-XX), Divided D-76.

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Tetriptych of a strip mall and a building to its left. From left, Lentz’ Auto Body and Junction Barbers in a a combined building separate from the strip mall; Lighthouse Realty at the left of the strip mall; Belford Brewing; Golden Jade; and then several other businesses that can’t be identified in this photo set. Several cars are in the parking lot.
January 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Benches

I think this is the last shot I’ll post taken with the Chroma Click for now. I shot four rolls through it. I did not fall in love with the camera. There was a time where this would have been right up my alley, and there may be a time in the […]

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Two wooden benches sit on the edge of the boardwalk. Two buildings are visible on the edges of the frame, a former Howard Johnson’s on the left and the Paramount Theater on the right. A park and a street are visible in the background.
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Lighthouse

Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A lighthouse stands next to the lighthouse keeper’s house. The sky is orange.
January 24, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Harbor

This harbor is in Atlantic Highlands, and it’s mostly empty at this time of year. Pentax 17 with a 3D printed panorama head, Kodak 5222 (Double-XX), Divided D-76.

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Triptych of a mostly empty harbor, a ferry visible at dock in the distance but all other slips empty, looking down the dock.
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Berkeley-Carteret

A classic hotel in Asbury Park, just off the north end of the boardwalk. Chroma Click (full frame), Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow (Kentmere 400), Rodinal 1:50.

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An 8 story brick building with wings.
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Gas Station

No need for gas after the apocalypse. They even pulled out the pumps. Leica R4, Lomo Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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Cars are parked in front of a brick building where the bricks appear to be a light blue or teal color. A carport is visible on the left of the building. A rusty sign attached to the building says “Gasoline No Smoking”. Another similarly colored building is behind it. The sky is orange.
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Hotbox

Back to St. Augustine. This Airstream is parked outside Spinster Abbot’s and serves Hawaiian food. Haven’t been there yet, but I found their presentation here striking. Pentax 17, Fujifilm F-64D, ECN-2 development.

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An Airstream trailer is parked under an awning. Its back window has a sign in stylized lettering that reads “Hotbox Local Hawaii Food Sta. FL”, with an LED sign saying “OPEN” below it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Paramount Theater

The Paramount Theater promotes its history with a set of posters about classic concerts that occurred there. In this picture, there’s a poster to the right of the door that you can read the year 1982 on. That was The Clash. I was […]

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The entrance to a brick building has a set of double doors. There are posters on either side of the door. The one on the right says 1982 and has a drawing of three figures. The one on the left says 1975 and has one person drawn on it. The building has a line of arches.
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Gracie & The Dudes

I wonder how ice cream is made after the bombs hit. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A storefront with a banner over the door saying “Gracie & The Dudes Homemade Ice Cream”. The sky is orange.
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Candy

The new Instax back for the Hasselblad from NONS requires a diopter over the lens to bring it back to its normal range. If you leave it off, your lens becomes like a macro lens. I left it off because hey, free macro lens, right? It works […]

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Multicolored candies (like M&Ms but not) sit in a plastic tub on a holiday tablecloth
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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My Favorite Building in Asbury Park

Once upon a time, this was a Howard Johnson’s restaurant. It was one of the last dozen or so survivors, but eventually shut down. The food was terrible when we went there about a year before they closed. A local […]

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A roughly circular building with many peaks running around its circumference sits on the boardwalk. A cement ramp runs from the boardwalk up to an outdoor balcony on the second floor.
January 21, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Basketball Court

After the apocalypse, you’ll need to exercise. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A basketball basket and court bask in the orange sky.
January 21, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Notebook

I shot this at the DXpedition in October with my Hasselblad 500cm and the new NONS Instax Square full frame back. This is my friend Andy’s notebook where he kept notes on the stations he was hearing. Andy passed away a few weeks after this trip.

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A high tech fountain pen sits between the leaves of a notebook. One page, the one farther away, has writing on it. The page closer to the camera is blank. The depth of field is narrow enough that the reading is illegible.
January 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Convention Hall / Paramount Theater

Iconic building on the boardwalk in Asbury Park. There have been some amazing concerts here. The Punk Rock Flea Market for Asbury Park tends to be here as well. Chroma Click (full frame), Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow […]

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A large brick building with two wings stands astride the boardwalk. To the left, a slightly taller building with a sign on it that says “Paramount Theater”. In the center, 9 pairs of double glass doors with a very tall rounded top window spanning the area above them. The building is ornately decorated.
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Showers

Great for washing off the radioactive dust. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A number of chrome hook-shaped tubes stand on the boardwalk. The sky is orange.
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Birb

Seagulls love to hang out on the pilings at Belford Harbor. Rollei 35AF, ORWO UN54 (expired at least ten years), Divided D-76 developer.

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A seagull stands on top of one of the several pilings that recede into the distance.
January 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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On The Beach

Yes, this is a reference to the 1959 film of that name about survivors of a nuclear apocalypse. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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Two distant ships are visible on the horizon of the ocean from the beach. The sky is orange and cloudy.
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Shack

This shack is in back of the Officers’ Club I posted a couple of days ago. Zeiss Ikon Nettar 516/17, Ilford PanF+, 510-Pyro, scanned and made into a digital negative with QuadToneRip, printed as a kallitype, developed in an Ammonium Citrate […]

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A shack is severely worn, with holes in the roof and boarded up windows and door. Trees stand behind it on left and right. The photo is hand-printed, with brush marks visible on the borders.
January 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Road Work Ahead

Just east of Campbell’s Junction on Leonardville Road. Rollei 35AF, ORWO UN54 (expired at least ten years), Divided D-76 developer.

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A temporary diamond traffic sign says “Road Work Ahead”. Three traffic cones surround it. Across the street a landscaping company truck and trailer is parked.
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Please Watch Your Step

And don’t sue us, please. Chroma Click (full frame), Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow (Kentmere 400), Rodinal 1:50.

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At the top of the steps leading to the beach, a sign saying “Please Watch Your Step” is attached to the railing. To its left on the boardwalk, a shack where you can buy a beach badge in season. To the right, the beach and the ocean. In the distance at the center, Convention Hall, a large ornate brick building.
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Distress

The American flag only changes to these colors in severe distress. An apocalypse will do that to you. Leica R4, Lomography Turquoise, ECN-2 development.

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A bench with an American flag painted on its back sits under a small metal pergola in front of a beach house. The colors are wrong.
January 18, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Claudie’s

This is the chicken place at Campbell’s Junction that had the Christmas rooster out front and the steer on the roof dressed in Christmas finery. This is from before that. Rollei 35AF, ORWO UN54 (expired at least ten years), Divided D-76 developer.

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A strip mall. The nearest building has a bull on the roof wearing a blanket that says “Army”. A sign on that building says “Claudie’s”, and a sign in the window says “Claudie’s Chicken”. A Chinese restaurant in the next building down says “Happy Garden Restaurant Chinese Food To Take Out Tel 495-3388.” Next to them is a cleaners. A few sedans are parked in the parking lot.
January 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM