Saturday, October 13, 2018

OT: we haven't done a swimming post in a while so what the hell. Let's talk about freestyle technique.

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When I swam in college the prevailing style  was to have one's head angled forward about 30 to 40 degrees to the surface of the water...
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You've got to test the stuff you pack for your next assignment. It's not optional. Test or be very, very embarrassed.

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I finished packing the gear today. I leave on Monday for locations in the east and southeast part of the country. Places like Ashville,...
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Friday, October 12, 2018

Welcoming some new gear to the fold. What I bought and why. (But don't discount "fun" as part of it).

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I've spent the last two weeks putting Panasonic's newish G9 camera through its paces and I've been impressed. It's fast...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Embarrassing story about overlooking a small but critical piece of gear.

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New Rule. When packing gear it's not enough to look at a device, I need to touch it. In a way, I'm betting this story is reall...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Short lighting. It's a nice look for portraits. Packing for five flights in the next week. Sticking to my guns in disparaging over-connectivity.

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This blog post will be a bit of a collage-y mess because I've been working a lot and I'm a little wrung out like a wet washclot...
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Monday, October 08, 2018

I laughed my ass off when I saw the camera Zeiss was proposing at Photokina. Don't these manufacturers ever learn from each other?

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The Samsung Galaxy NX. How many hundreds sold worldwide? I laughed and laughed when I saw what Zeiss was proposing the build. It...
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Choosing between micro four thirds cameras and full frame, Nikon D800 cameras for tomorrow's portrait assignment.

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A self portrait from 2013 with the failed Samsung Galaxy NX APS-C camera. I have an unusual assignment tomorrow. I'm going to a ho...
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