Tuesday, April 11, 2023

It's funny that in the old days, the days of ASA 400 Tri-X film I didn't really pay much attention to depth of field. When we were photographing in old book stores I defaulted to f1.7 on my Canonet camera because.....I kept running out of light.

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  And now it's a look I find wonderful and fascinating. Along with that 40mm focal length.  Funny how, until recently, need was the moth...
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What Now?

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It's gloomy out there on the web. At least it seems to be for people who are interested in photography. I just read that Thom Hogan of B...
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Sunday, April 09, 2023

Easter is a time when we just photograph everything at f2.0. Okay...we can also use f1.4.

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B. is in S.A. taking care of her mom. The refrigerator is still broken. No swim practice on Easter. The pool is closed. It's overcast. I...
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A quick note. I'll leave it just as a headline. I want to thank everyone who commented this past week. It made writing blog posts fun, happy, rewarding and comfortable. We don't always agree but if we did there would be no sense reading it. Right? Thanks!!!

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Saturday, April 08, 2023

I guess this week's fascination is with products from Voigtlander. At least that's what I'm currently interested in....

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  The nicely recessed front element largely eliminates the need for a lens hood. Maybe.  One standing by, just in case.  Lenses seem to be t...
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A "re-print" of something I wrote for Michael Johnston's "TheOnlinePhotographer" twelve long years ago. More appropriate today that it was at the time. And tangentially the subject of a recent series of columns. Enjoy?! From 2011.

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To see the original with photos and comments appended, go here:  https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/12/k...
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Retro memory day. Here's a link for a post I wrote for Michael Johnston's site over eleven years ago. It's my take on LED lights after just publishing the first photography book about the same. Enjoy?

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  https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/04/led-lighting-for-photography-kirk-tuck.html#comments I love pred...
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