It’s July of 2024

Here’s some updates! Because why not?

I’ve been trying all month to assemble a series of blog posts outlining my wife and I walking the 95-ish miles of the West Highland Way in Scotland. It isn’t working.

I think it’s the photos. I didn’t get a single one - not one - that I was happy with. And that’s true for the entire six weeks of being in Scotland and London and Spain and Portugal. They’re adequate as documentation; otherwise, garbage.

Here are a few anyway. The Scottish highlands really are something else.

Leica Q2 Reporter

We backpacked the whole thing and space was pretty limited; I carried the Leica Q2 Reporter with the charger and an extra battery. My phone camera was the backup. This is the third Q2 I’ve owned; I sell it then feel regret and buy again. It’s so good…but it’s not the smallest or most flexible or blah blah blah. I’ve managed to hold on to this one, I guess we’ll see what happens.

We got back from Europe mid-May. After some waffling about I decided to shoot nothing but Ilford FP4+ for a while. It’s been that way for the last two months! And I’m happy with the film, even if it isn’t great for indoor work.

Leica MP, Voigtlander 50mm 2.8 Color-Skopar

I’ve had periods of shooting black and white in the past. It’s never stuck. For whatever reason - maybe how dismal my photos were in Europe - it has this time. I’ve been really having fun with it. I also shot a few rolls through my Fuji GF670…after shooting 35mm for months it’s been nice getting back into 6x7 quality.

Fujifilm GF670

Maybe I’ll buckle down and do a small post about Scotland or the Camino Portuges walk we did after that. But honestly, probably not.