7.11.2023
Taking a vacation from writing. Turning off comments. Chilling out while the weather is iffy. Posting just images from time to time. See you in a little while.
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Top photo is still one of my all time favorites. Anybody every till you that you aren't a street photographer, show them this.
ReplyDeleteJay
Sounds good to me, but before you go I wanted to comment on a post you posted a few post back. The one about gear, darkroom, people, and images. I believe, I know now, it's not the gear it's was the time, the people. Now that I'm retired I'm going back on the road one more time and thought I needed 2 items on my bucket list to make it happen.
ReplyDelete1. 1970's to 1980's Mercedes Benz 300TD wagon.
2. Germany camera gear
I test drove 2 or 3 300TD wagons and I took my germany cameras with me,......it was fun, but there was no magic. The people weren't there the times have changed, and the people are gone. It's just me now.
The youngest kid is in college and the oldest is managing a healthcare company, and working 3 days a week at a hospital, so it's just me.
I sat down and thought about it after reading your post, and realized it wasn't the equipment it was the people. Now the equipment is the same, but the magic isn't there, or it's different.
I've decided to re-install the darkroom, and see if it still hold the magic it did years ago. I've give up on the Benz as well, and decided to finish restoring my 1976 Ford F150 that I bought new in 1976, and take it on the road trip. It runs fine just needs paint, and fresh gas. As for film cameras my Nikon Nikkormat EL2 or my FE, and for digital it's a Nikon DF, 2 cameras 4 lenses is plenty. I'll take my Sigma gear SA9 film and SDQ-H or FP. For lenses Sigma 14mm f2.8 20-40 70-210 50 f2.8 with the MC-21 adapter. For my Nikon 14mm 50mm D 1.8 and a zoom.
Good luck with the heat, and enjoy your time away. Enjoy while you can.
It's cooling down here in Portland, the wind is blowing, and you can smell winter in the air. The light is changing day by day which makes it worse for me, this was the time of year we'd all get together, and have dinner, and talk over the summer, and what we did. Share our work, drink wine, and made fun of each other, and laugh till we cried. We'd be getting ready for the rain, and snow that was about to come. It was the people that helped make the magic. They were shining times........to be sure. Gear is gear, it all looks the same, you make the different, as we know..... Your the magic.
Have fun Enjoy
Roger
Sounds good to me, but before you go I wanted to comment on a post you posted a few post back. The one about gear, darkroom, people, and images. I believe, I know now, it's not the gear it's was the time, the people. Now that I'm retired I'm going back on the road one more time and thought I needed 2 items on my bucket list to make it happen.
ReplyDelete1. 1970's to 1980's Mercedes Benz 300TD wagon.
2. Germany camera gear
I test drove 2 or 3 300TD wagons and I took my germany cameras with me,......it was fun, but there was no magic. The people weren't there the times have changed, and the people are gone. It's just me now.
The youngest kid is in college and the oldest is managing a healthcare company, and working 3 days a week at a hospital, so it's just me.
I sat down and thought about it after reading your post, and realized it wasn't the equipment it was the people. Now the equipment is the same, but the magic isn't there, or it's different.
I've decided to re-install the darkroom, and see if it still hold the magic it did years ago. I've give up on the Benz as well, and decided to finish restoring my 1976 Ford F150 that I bought new in 1976, and take it on the road trip. It runs fine just needs paint, and fresh gas. As for film cameras my Nikon Nikkormat EL2 or my FE, and for digital it's a Nikon DF, 2 cameras 4 lenses is plenty. I'll take my Sigma gear SA9 film and SDQ-H or FP. For lenses Sigma 14mm f2.8 20-40 70-210 50 f2.8 with the MC-21 adapter. For my Nikon 14mm 50mm D 1.8 and a zoom.
Good luck with the heat, and enjoy your time away. Enjoy while you can.
It's cooling down here in Portland, the wind is blowing, and you can smell winter in the air. The light is changing day by day which makes it worse for me, this was the time of year we'd all get together, and have dinner, and talk over the summer, and what we did. Share our work, drink wine, and made fun of each other, and laugh till we cried. We'd be getting ready for the rain, and snow that was about to come. It was the people that helped make the magic. They were shining times........to be sure. Gear is gear, it all looks the same, you make the different, as we know..... Your the magic.
Have fun Enjoy
Roger