Saturday, April 15, 2023

Saturday morning art. We are toast.

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  le grille-pain de la classe moyenne. une photo du matin. I was washing off the breakfast dishes when I turned and looked over my shoulder,...
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Taking a break from throwing Molotov cocktails through windows to do an off topic post about swimming.

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  Jaston Williams, Actor/Dramatist I have to say right here and now that I should have added strength training to my exercise regimen decade...
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Gone Mono. Now going fishing.

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I spent yesterday investigating the mono imaging capabilities of a standard Lumix S5 when set to L.Monochrome.D; a higher contrast black and...
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Friday, April 14, 2023

A couple shots from Kirk's Panasonic Lumix S5 Monochrome...

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After reading more about the marvelous psychological benefits of using a "real" dedicated monochrome camera instead of trying to f...
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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Shooting outdoors with augmented natural light. Image created as a candidate for a book cover. The editors went in a different direction.

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I was writing a book about some aspect of lighting and I decided to shoot a bunch of variations for possible book covers. I asked an attract...
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A Popular Question This Month From Blog Members is: Should I buy one of the Leica SL (original) Cameras? "I found one used at a good price..." My answer will be fraught with contradictions.

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A bit of background:  The original Leica SL digital camera is a weird one. Hold one in your hand and you'll immediately understand why s...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Going back to basics. How I set up my camera for minimum surprises today. Brand and model neutral ideas.

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  Many years ago I had an epiphany about auto exposure and the quality of the resulting images. I'd been using what were state of the ar...
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