SOTD by u/gcgallant

u/gcgallant posted on 2023-07-07 11:32:02-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

July 7, 2023

  • Brush: AP Shave Co Strawberry Cream 26mm G5A #FAUXFUR #SHD #PREMIUMPLASTIC
  • Razor: Red Imp 5/8" Near Wedge (Straight Shave 268)
  • Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Spiced - Soap
  • Post Shave: Thayers - Rose - Toner
  • Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Spiced - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

Seaforth! Spiced is my second favorite Spearhead scent, Black Watch is my favorite. I have SSL and Heather as well. To be able to use Black Watch (yesterday) followed by Spiced makes for some pretty nice shaving here in the Lather Games.

As to hobbies. I have had many during my life but I tend to take up things, go deeply into them, move on to something else, and then return. Last year I talked about my remote-control flying hobby; first-person-view (FPV) quadcopters, and thermal gliders.

This year I'll touch on photography. I started photography in the late '60s. I mostly took random photos, sports photos, travel, and family photos. I sucked. In those days exposure metering was a thing, but most of us just picked a film (mine was Kodak Tri-X), learned (by trial and error) the exposures for typical lighting conditions, and used appropriate settings without metering. The idea was not to get wrapped up in the technical details of the camera. The term used was "f/8 and be there". Capture the moment, then work out problems in the dark room.

I became more serious about photography in the late '70s and '80s graduating from 35mm roll film to 120 film and then to 4x5 sheet film. I even audited art classes where I learned that I suck at this. My dark room grew accordingly, from a simple black and white affair to one that could handle color and large enlargements. All this stopped when our children were born and I had mouths to feed.

In January of this year I bought a digital mirrorless camera and decided to learn digital photography. Wow! The changes from film are huge and it has been fun learning the same subject in a completely different way. One constant, though. I still suck.

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This SOTD is part of the challenge
  1. Lather Games 2023
**[July 7, 2023](https://imgur.com/eF5GGUU)**


* **Brush:** AP Shave Co Strawberry Cream 26mm G5A #FAUXFUR #SHD #PREMIUMPLASTIC
* **Razor:** [Red Imp 5/8" Near Wedge](https://imgur.com/a/vwHUmh6) (Straight Shave 268)
* **Lather:** Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Spiced - Soap
* **Post Shave:** Thayers - Rose - Toner
* **Post Shave:** Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Spiced - Aftershave



_2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave._

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Seaforth! Spiced is my second favorite Spearhead scent, Black Watch is my favorite. I have SSL and Heather as well. To be able to use Black Watch (yesterday) followed by Spiced makes for some pretty nice shaving here in the Lather Games.

As to hobbies. I have had many during my life but I tend to take up things, go deeply into them, move on to something else, and then return. Last year I talked about my remote-control flying hobby; first-person-view (FPV) quadcopters, and thermal gliders.

This year I'll touch on photography. I started photography in the late '60s. I mostly took random photos, sports photos, travel, and family photos. I sucked. In those days exposure metering was a thing, but most of us just picked a film (mine was Kodak Tri-X), learned (by trial and error) the exposures for typical lighting conditions, and used appropriate settings without metering. The idea was not to get wrapped up in the technical details of the camera. The term used was "f/8 and be there". Capture the moment, then work out problems in the dark room.

I became more serious about photography in the late '70s and '80s graduating from 35mm roll film to 120 film and then to 4x5 sheet film. I even audited art classes where I learned that I suck at this. My dark room grew accordingly, from a simple black and white affair to one that could handle color and large enlargements. All this stopped when our children were born and I had mouths to feed.

In January of this year I bought a digital mirrorless camera and decided to learn digital photography. Wow! The changes from film are huge and it has been fun learning the same subject in a completely different way. One constant, though. I still suck.