Thursday, January 12, 2023

Love the camera. Love the lens. Hated the combination today. Not my most productive afternoon. By a long shot.

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  I was going to walk this afternoon with a photographer friend who can be difficult with which to schedule.  Everything has a contingency a...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Vintage-y 50mm lenses. More personality per $$$. Now available for just about any mirrorless camera.

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Author with 50mm Canon FD on a Leica SL. I'm guessing that most photographers of a certain age; people who started actively photographin...
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Monday, January 09, 2023

Someone emailed to find out "why I never use that expensive Leica zoom lens???" and to also ask if they could see some samples. I'm nothing if not accommodating....

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  the last photo of today's walk. Just a few yards from where I was almost run over by  a young driver who decided that people in cross ...
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Thoughts about photography while camping out at my Subaru dealer.

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  My dearest actor friend, Jaston Williams, in character for a one person play about small town Texas. He's brilliant! Yeah. It's Mo...
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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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