Jennifer worked with me back in the 1990s. She was a great assistant.
She was far too smart to be a photographer so when she got her
degree in engineering she got a "real" job.
And she is brilliant at it.
Polaroid Test Shots are Fun. Instant memories.
Added to post #5999: I'm having more fun than I thought I would purging shitty comments by venal commenters. I don't want to make that the focus of each post-posting time period but it reminds me that I do have the power to make stuff that irritates me go away. For good.
I'm adding stuff to this post because #6,000 seems like a milestone post and I'm waiting for inspiration to strike; waiting for something deep and clever to write about. I thought it would be the launch of the Fuji GFX rangefinder camera but I'm finding that product....underwhelming. 28mm lens on a 100 megapixel sensor? No IBIS. No hybrid viewfinder (a la fuji X-Pro series...). And a $5,000 price tag. I guess the one thing that really dulls my enthusiasm for the new camera is the conviction that it will take years after the pre-order period to actually get one in my hands. By then all the new-ness will have worn off and something much better will have come along. Tragic! Yes?
Yesterday I wandered around with a Sigma fp and its matching 45mm lens. I photographed in the Hyde Park neighborhood, just north of the UT campus, here in Austin, Texas. It was fun. I'm still playing with files but posted some early versions on my Instagram feed.
Nice to walk someplace quite different for a change. And...bonus!!! Good restaurants and coffee in the neighborhood. Lunch there after today's noon portrait session. Now setting up lighting and zeroing in the white balance... wish me luck.
I love things like this. Ephemera that then become objects with both personal and aesthetic meaning.
ReplyDeleteTake your time with post #6000. Good luck with the lighting set up and portrait session.
ReplyDeleteThanks Craig, Just hitting a blank wall today. The portrait session was good and fun. I was photographing a swimmer friend who is on the board of a big credit union. She's the treasurer. She also teaches economics at the big university. We've photographed together several times before. I swim with her nearly every morning and have for the last 15 or 20 years. Not much fear or nervous anticipation on my part... Lit with three different, large, LED panels. Shot with an SL2-S and the Sigma 85mm Art lens. Don't know why but I keep forgetting how great that lens is!!!!! So good. Anyway, the session was fun. We tried three different outfit variations and spent time doing some fine tuning on lights. Another session for a different client coming up next week. I might just leave everything set up. Maybe I'm getting lazy...
ReplyDeleteThe four photos of Jennifer reinforce my growing conviction that B&W is good for some things, but not others -- and I suspect this is true of portrait subjects. That some people are naturally conducive (as objects) to B&W, and others more to color. I think Jennifer needs the color; otherwise, I find the B&W to be [searches for a word] ambiguous.
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