Saturday, August 20, 2022

The Canon 50mm f1.4 FD lens I ordered came in yesterday evening. I walked around with it today and shots some tests. Mixed results. I love it and am keeping it. It does create some green fringe on highlights at the two widest apertures. Not a "deal-killer" for me.

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  Here is my test for center sharpness when used wide open. This  lens, circa 1972, does very, very well as you can see from the rendering o...
Friday, August 19, 2022

I photographed last evening for a group called, "Local Opera, Local Artists". Their logo reads: "LOLA". But this is a review of a camera and two lenses, not of the opera...

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Liz Cass as "Dinah LeFarge" This was an assignment I walked into blind. I'd never met the people at the production company bef...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

Bog Note: It's now raining!!!! It's raining with gusto. Happiness.

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Live Theater Assignment this evening. Packing up. First live performance photography since 2020.

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 This evening I'm heading over to a small theater to photograph the dress rehearsal of a modern opera. I have no idea about the content ...

Mural Artist Working on the Streets of Berlin. And why I didn't buy a camera today...

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 This is an image I took in Berlin in 2013 while on a trip to test out Samsung's failed Galaxy NX camera. I would have liked the camera ...
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

The business changes but the joy of it seems to remain. Why photography is not "dead" yet.

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A trucker trying to figure out where to park in a tight, urban shopping center. I think humans crave simplicity. Photographs are one of the ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Today's portrait: Jaston Williams. Playwright, actor, novelist

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  Jaston Williams.  Jaston Williams is a legend in theater. Especially in Texas where he and Joe Sears invented and starred in "Tuna Te...