Hank Schless Photography

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Walk around the Charlestown Navy Yard with a celebrity appearance in slide 5 👀👀👀
09/04/2026

Walk around the Charlestown Navy Yard with a celebrity appearance in slide 5 👀👀👀

Sunday stroll around Charlestown after the rain
08/23/2026

Sunday stroll around Charlestown after the rain

08/10/2026

Moving my way through recipes on my Ricoh GR IIIx has been a great way to force myself to think about how I take photos and the feel I want to convey with them. In some cases, I’m finding that the test photos don’t necessarily come out how I want, but give me an idea of when the right time to use that recipe would be.

This week, I worked with EktaColor. What I loved about this one was that it did a great job of helping reds and blues pop without blowing out the rest of the image. This one will definitely stay in my rotation of pre-programmed recipes that I use on a more consistent basis.

Recipe: EktaColor
Effect: Negative Film
Saturation: +4
Hue: 2
High/Low Key: +1
Contrast (Highlight): +4
Contrast: -3
Contrast (Shadow): -1
Shading: 0
Clarity: -1
Highlight Correction: Auto
Shadow Correction: Medium
Peripheral Illumin. Corr.: On
Noise Reduction: Off
White Balance: Fluorescent N = Daylight White
WB Compensation A/B: A: +1
WB Compensation G/M: G: 8
ISO: up to ISO 6400
Exposure Compensation: 0

Log canoe racing is a Chesapeake Bay tradition centered on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. These boats are super unique and u...
07/22/2026

Log canoe racing is a Chesapeake Bay tradition centered on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. These boats are super unique and unlike any other type of vessel you’ll see elsewhere. They’re evolved from Native American dugout canoes that 19th-century watermen adapted for oystering, joining several hollowed logs into narrow hulls.

Racing versions (pictured here) carry huge, top-heavy sails, so crews hike out on long “springboards” extending over the water to keep the boats from capsizing. Some boats are over a century old and still race today. They’re privately owned, and I learned that some families have been racing the same boat for generations.



These springboards are used to balance the hugely heavy sails. It’s amazing how quickly the crews slide the boards from port to starboard and scramble up them as the boat comes about

They’re beautifully maintained - each one a little different from the other.

There’s a ton going on within such a small space to operate. If you look closely, you can see two people who are tasked with constantly bailing.

Once racing is done, crews still need to keep the boats balanced, but it looks a little more relaxed now!

When wildfire smoke takes away your evening light, audible and go monochrome. Photographed with my GR IIIx using the Mo...
07/19/2026

When wildfire smoke takes away your evening light, audible and go monochrome.

Photographed with my GR IIIx using the Monochrome Film recipe from Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes

3/♾️Each year just keeps getting better with you Caroline Swanson
07/07/2026

3/♾️

Each year just keeps getting better with you Caroline Swanson

Quick trip up to Vermont for a weekend at the CampTaken using the Leica recipe on my Ricoh GR IIIx and all straight out ...
06/16/2026

Quick trip up to Vermont for a weekend at the Camp

Taken using the Leica recipe on my Ricoh GR IIIx and all straight out of camera with a little bit of cropping and straightening.

Some late spring and early summer around Beacon Hill, Charlestown, and Downtown Boston.
06/04/2026

Some late spring and early summer around Beacon Hill, Charlestown, and Downtown Boston.

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