Saturday, January 07, 2023

Interesting stuff that happens downtown and also a portrait.

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  This is Cory. He works for a private security company. I was walking east on 6th St. when I saw him. He was standing in a square of "...
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Friday, January 06, 2023

If I use Instagram as research for black and white portraiture today I sure am seeing a lot of images that would have been in style in the 1990s. The 30 year style circle....

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  Michelle. Early 1990s. Film. No matter how much photography changes I am fascinated that with new tech, new cameras and new post processin...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2023

I converted my Leica Q2 to monochrome by selecting an appropriate profile in the camera menu and dialing in some preferences to suit my taste. $6000+ saved in the process.

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  Yes. I am beginning to warm up to the 28mm focal length. Yes, I think the B&W HC setting in the Q2 is a close approximation of the way...
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Panasonic Previews the Future Leica SL2-S mk2. And in the meantime shows off a remarkably capable new camera...

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 The camera press is again in overdrive with a new product announcement; the Lumix S5ii. When I read the press release about this new camera...
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One of those sunsets where you wish you were at the beach or in the mountains with beautiful models.... But you are ever so happy you brought your camera along with you anyway.

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  We occasionally get late afternoons/early evenings during the Winter here in Central Texas that give us beautiful sunsets and post sunset ...
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Monday, January 02, 2023

Blending in, with cameras, is nice. Sometimes you go straight in and other times you hold back and wait for it. Old prints. On fiber paper. Top one from Rome. Middle image from Siena. Bottom from either Rome or Siena. Can't remember and my GPS never worked right on my Hasselblad 500 CM...

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  For the younger viewer the headline included a joke. There was nothing electronic in a Hasselblad 500CM. Least of all GPS. Or Exif. Or AF....
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Dominique Ansel, Working on a batch of Cronuts in the Stephen F. Austin hotel kitchen. Just because a reader mentioned Cronuts.

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  Here's the Wiki:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronut Surprised to see that his Cronut was granted a patent!
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