Fear, desire, and curiosity.www.benrains.comTumblr (3.0; @benrains)http://benrains.tumblr.com/<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-things-change.html">The more things change</a>: <p><blockquote></blockquote>Excerpted from Clark’s late 19th century book on platinum toning—<div></div> <blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">Photographic amateurs are, I regret to say, an extremely lazy lot, with an increasing and morbid desire to produce quantity –…</span></div></blockquote></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/297862739http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/297862739Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:06:22 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/portrait.html">Portrait</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/4187045238/" title="portrait by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2554/4187045238_3d3f4f2958.jpg" width="358" height="500" alt="portrait"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-7754429446442031780?l=benrains.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/296828127http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/296828127Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:24:07 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/lauren.html">Lauren</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/4203936645/" title="lauren by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4203936645_bd9d812842.jpg" width="402" height="500" alt="lauren"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-3790492967320277157?l=benrains.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/296395810http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/296395810Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:48:40 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/untitled.html">Untitled</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/4199683149/" title="untitled by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/4199683149_e5b9b918bf.jpg" width="360" height="500" alt="untitled"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-3019695574097181933?l=benrains.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/296023087http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/296023087Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:34:43 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/timeless.html">Timeless</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/4134194533/" title="timeless by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4134194533_f1a6291674.jpg" width="401" height="500" alt="timeless"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-6753135902075621396?l=benrains.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/293991127http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/293991127Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:52:18 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/iconography.html">Iconography</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/4129393380/" title="iconography by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/4129393380_1e75bdd33e.jpg" width="360" height="500" alt="iconography"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-3498423886644213133?l=benrains.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/293463422http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/293463422Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:29:46 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/rachael-redux.html">Rachael redux</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/4110336953/" title="rachael redux by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2674/4110336953_3a51880f5f.jpg" width="357" height="500" alt="rachael redux"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-7831152324897324531?l=benrains.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/292297376http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/292297376Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:18:17 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/sarah.html">Sarah</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/4127592673/" title="sarah by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/4127592673_fb9c470d47.jpg" width="357" height="500" alt="sarah"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-8899160838425340180?l=benrains.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/292297351http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/292297351Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:18:16 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/matters-of-empirical-chemistry.html">Matters of empirical chemistry</a>: <p>Taken from my reprint of the 1911 edition of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Encyclopaedia of Photography</span>:<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></p> <blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SULPHOCYANIDE POISONING</span><br/> The question as to whether the sulphocyanide of ammonium and sodium are poisonous or…</span></blockquote>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/290061491http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/290061491Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:23:18 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/09/bending-light-and-time.html">Bending light and time</a>: <p><center> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3945499413/" title="meghan by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/3945499413_feb2bccfaa.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="meghan"/></a><br/> </center> <br/>For recreation and for the benefit of everyday perception.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-8764088127005543798?l=benrains.blogspot.com"/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/195649282http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/195649282Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:46:10 -0400<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-lies-beyond.html">What lies beyond</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3520817983/" title="what lies beyond by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3520817983_ff51a72a82.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="what lies beyond"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-1201505190572983112?l=benrains.blogspot.com"/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/164055107http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/164055107Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:10:42 -0400<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/07/end-of-table.html">An end of a table</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3714262305/" title="an end of a table by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3528/3714262305_b01c129769.jpg" width="390" height="500" alt="an end of a table"/></a></center> <br/>You know, just a little something to idly stare at.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-6412001172952545787?l=benrains.blogspot.com"/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/140564958http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/140564958Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:52:57 -0400<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/07/one-last-summer.html">One last summer</a>: <p><a title="one last summer by Ben Rains, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3724712563/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/3724712563_63de1dd87e.jpg" alt="one last summer" height="500" width="333"/></a></p> <p><br/>It’s both a blessing and a curse of this place, where I live, that it has such a transient nature. Friends come, or are found and made, only to all too often go… with a kind of inevitable…</p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/138112124http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/138112124Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:41:00 -0400<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/06/widows-memory.html">A widow's memory</a>: <p><a title="a widow's memory by Ben Rains, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3661947246/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2438/3661947246_2433210f4e.jpg" alt="a widow's memory" height="333" width="500"/></a> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-5129481116328074125?l=benrains.blogspot.com" height="1" width="1"/></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/130426047http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/130426047Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:30:00 -0400<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/06/gardening-part-iv.html">Gardening, part IV</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3654383750/" title="the guest by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3654383750_0e2ef27f81.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="the guest"/></a></center> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-3790141481788689287?l=benrains.blogspot.com"/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/128872370http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/128872370Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:49:59 -0400<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/05/west-of-devils-backbone.html">West of the devil's backbone</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3562059378/" title="west of the devil's backbone by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3562059378_3bc73d1be3.jpg" width="500" height="398" alt="west of the devil's backbone"/></a></center> <br/>Back in March I started exploring the countryside in the immediate (and not so immediate) areas around where I live.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="//blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6775541799496460470-7038645174543766663?l=benrains.blogspot.com"/></div></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/112950405http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/112950405Mon, 25 May 2009 19:04:42 -0400<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2009/05/dark-and-dirty-south.html">The dark and dirty south</a>: <p>The other day I stumbled upon a recently made documentary film on YouTube about the photographer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eggleston">William Eggleston</a>, titled <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8brOtqbBM0">William Eggleston in the Real World</a></i>. While I wouldn’t necessarily call…</p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/109830123http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/109830123Tue, 19 May 2009 00:32:44 -0400<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2008/12/gardening-part-iii.html">Gardening, part III</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3075806894/" title="first snow by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/3075806894_86ef468b57.jpg" width="500" height="387" alt="first snow"/></a></center> <br/>This morning I awoke to the first real snowfall of the year.<br/><br/><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3075807190/" title="fruits of november by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/3075807190_1bb74d3868.jpg" width="500" height="388" alt="fruits of november"/></a></center> <br/>The dead remnants of the garden have all been cut down and thrown in with the fallen leaves into a pile in the far…</p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/62538382http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/62538382Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:27:34 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2008/11/guilty-pleasures.html">Guilty pleasures</a>: <p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/3018126752/" title="the kiss by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/3018126752_c565ab3d62.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="the kiss"/></a></center> <br/><br/>These Halloween images are a bit overdue for being posted here. This year I dressed up like a 1950s era press photographer and dragged along an old Graflex 4x5 camera complete with a…</p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/62192420http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/62192420Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:16:37 -0500<a href="http://benrains.blogspot.com/2008/11/zigzag.html">zigzag</a>: <p><center> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/2981325366/" title="zigzag by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2981325366_961cab0951.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="zigzag"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/2978202802/" title="zigzag by Ben Rains, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2978202802_ff33aa1052.jpg" width="390" height="500" alt="zigzag"/></a> </center></p>http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/59773562http://benrains.tumblr.com/post/59773562Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:16:26 -0500