Sent this photo to my spouse who is out of town taking care of family....
I was looking for something a bit different this afternoon. I'm sure these are a radical departure from my usual style but I was using the little Sigma fp and the matching 45mm f2.8 Sigma lens. I even went with the camera fully stripped down. No finder, no hood. And it worked just fine even out in the daylight. But I did have to wear my eyeglasses to see the screen well enough.
This part of South Austin has become tourist central. There are nice restaurants and endless boutiques up and down the street. But it's lost most of its "rougher" charm. I keep hoping that the downtown area gets a dose of rejuvenation; but just enough.
Walking around with the little fp and the small 45mm lens was relaxing and with them as my casual cameras I don't set unreal expectations. The pair work really well together and the colors are nice. I was lazy today so I went with .DNG files instead of Jpegs. When I shoot Jpeg I'm always riding the white balance settings with the intention of getting as close to accurate color as possible. I also "cheated" and used Auto-ISO.
I really love vintage trailers. They seem so 1950s. Largely replace by Airstreams and big RVs these days but the charm of a small trailer or even a "tear drop" trailer is not lost on me.
Still. I have no idea with "Leaf Porn" is and little to no inclination to find out.
That's a whole lot of "No-s" for a retail store. Maybe that's why I've never been in
even though they sell candy and I love some kinds of candy...
Austin's love affair with Willie Nelson continues unabated. And South Congress seems
to grow a new mural every week...
I was walking through the famous Hotel San José when I bumped into famous
photojournalist and educator, Don Winslow. We had a great chat about Rome.
We both wished we were there right now photographing. Fun to see famous icons
sporting cameras around town!
One of my favorite S. Congress mural destinations. It's a Home Slice Pizza.
It's good pizza and way popular but closer to home I get better pizza
at Baldinucci Pizza. Love the Roman style crust.
Seemed like an unprovable brag but the cappuccino they whipped up for me
today puts them into the running. Yeah, It's Jo's Coffee. All outdoor seating, but covered
in case of rain, hail or snow.
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Deliciously shabby, especially with the grey skies
Kirk, what an avalanche of great posts lately! You mention Don Winslow. When I google "Don Winslow, Photographer" I get a guy famous for steam locomotives who died last year. Then there's an author of what appears to be an amazing fictional trilogy about Mexican drug cartels, most recently, "The Border." Finally, I found Donald R. Winslow, retired editor of News Photography, who must be your guy. I get it when it comes to the fact that most of us spend too much time online, frittering away our lives. But sometimes there's a payoff: a serendipitous discovery of something very special. In this case, a writer I think I'll enjoy (as an old fan of Charles Bowden).
"Leaf porn" is a pop-up seller of plants. "Porn" seems to have morphed into any depiction of desirable objects, such as "food porn" or "bud porn," the latter by Cannabis growers posting on Instagram.
I know someone who will not drink a cappuccino after 11:00 am. Some "rule" he read somewhere.
It's always before 11:00 a.m. somewhere....
Italians generally have milk (cappuchino) for breakfast, generally don't drink it later in the day. Too rich, too many calories, bad for digestion.
I drink it in the afternoon when I'm in Italy, but I'm always embarrassed about it ;-)
Love the Harry S Truman hats and, as always, the fp color.
Candy store trying to keep up the hygiene level, like a restaurant, might be one I would prefer to try. I thought LBJ style hat, Truman might not be a Texas icon. Nice barbershop and vintage trailer. And colors as usual.
I also think of the hats as "LBJ" hats. It's the brand and style he was fond of. Expensive though....
As for cappuccino. Not an everyday drink.
Wonderful, understated set of images. Especially liked the stack o' Stetsons...
Oh, that's right. LBJ too. Truman switched up his styling of the hat more than LBJ, but they both favored Stetson Open Roads.
As did Elmore Leonard for his book character Raylan Givens. He apparently didn't like the cowboy style hat they gave the TV character.
Tom, I was trying to remember the name of the style. Open Roads! Thanks!
Leaf Porn = traveling in the fall to do leaf peeping, looking at the fantastic colors.
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