Sandy Welch

Photographer, Los Angeles, CA.

Kabbalah, Antisemitism
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Mallard Ducks. Photo I took the other day. Los Angeles, CA. 2026.

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Photography

I read the short FED 3 manual yesterday. I’m sure that’s the first camera manual I’ve ever read. But, the shutter speed and button seemed stuck. So as a last resort I read the directions ;-). I’m not someone who watches photography tutorials or reads photography how to books. But after asking Chat GPT how to unjam it. I figured out Chat GPT was wrong and then was able to sort out the mechanics of the camera. So, once a long time ago Chat GPT could be relied upon to tell the truth. These days, not so much. I realized that the lever, shutter speed and camera window in the back, would only work if the shutter button was pushed down & twisted up counter clockwise. I had to be patient and not use brute force on it, otherwise I would have broken it. Anyway, it’s a pretty straightforward camera once you figure out the mechanics of it. Manual below.

I’ll try taking some pics with it tonight, but won’t have the results back for about a week, since it needs special film processing in a dark room. This is an analog camera and not a digital one.

These days 35mm photography is mostly done by hobbyists and artists instead of everyday people. These kinds of cameras were replaced with digital and cell phone cameras. A lot like filigree silversmithing by Yemenite Jews, film photography is also a craft that is going ‘extinct.’ But, it’s very much part of human culture to have had portable consumer cameras before the digital age of creating images.

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Gosling. Los Angeles, CA. 2026.

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Coyote. Los Angeles, CA. 2026.

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Goslings. Los Angeles, CA. 2026.

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Squirrel. Los Angeles, CA. 2026.

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Gosling. Los Angeles, CA. 2026.

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He saw a squirrel, then spotted me. The Coyote was cautious, watchful, and kept its distance from people. That's generally a good thing for them. Los Angeles, CA. 2026.

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Caught in the middle of the hunt…

As someone who has both Palestinian Arab and Jewish Ancestry, I’ve been caught in the middle of all of the politics surrounding those two populations. It also takes time, energy, money, etc. away from small artists like myself, when elites/politicians anywhere are on the hunt for each other. Every country does it. So I’m staying out of the way, focused on my art and things at a much smaller scale. It’s the artisan people, culture, traditions, etc. who pay the price for everyone’s conflicts and what suffers.

I’ll be sharing more cultural stuff later.