Thursday, January 30, 2020

Acknowledging the vital role that the standard 70-200mm lens plays in my theater photography.

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My theater work for main stage shows at Zach Theatre has me thinking in two opposite ways. On Sundays we generally have technical rehea...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Sad Times. Another magazine diminished and then lost. The victory of immediacy over depth and substance. R.I.P. Photo District News.

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When I saw my first copy of Photo District News (1982?) I was young and hungry for real information about professional photography. Not t...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

That awkward moment when you realize that ISO 6400 on your new cameras looks a lot like ISO 400 on your older cameras.....

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With a camera that shoots clean 6400 ISO and an 85mm 1.4 lens that's actually razor sharp when used wide open I started trying for sh...
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Monday, January 27, 2020

Approaching an assignment with a new mindset. And some new tools.

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All images from Zach Theatre's production rehearsal for "A Night with Janis Joplin."  I find myself to be almost irrati...
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Something from the same assignment to compare with. This one is from a Lumix S1 raw file with the same Sigma 85mm Art lens I used on the Sigma FP.

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From the Lumix S1 + 85mm From the Sigma FP + 85mm
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After declaring his intention to be "more eccentric in 2020" Kirk Tuck acquires the most eccentric "point and shoot" camera currently available...

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I looked around at all the cameras that were introduced in the last year to find the one with the least amount of press coverage, given...
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Thursday, January 23, 2020

A Random Shot done with the un-random Sony RX10iii.

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Eeyore's Birthday Party. Austin, Texas. Loving the sunglasses. The beauty of a camera with a very good, small sensor is its abi...
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