Saturday, July 01, 2023

I've had three different Leica monochrome (Monochrom) cameras in my shopping carts in the last week. Thought I really wanted one. But then I looked back at stuff I converted and wondered what I was looking for in the first place...

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  My friend Will.  I started out photographing back in the mid-1970s and the combination of the times and my budget helped push me into begi...
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Friday, June 30, 2023

Snapshot gallery. June 30, 2023. From Martin Luther King BLVD to 29th Street and back. Shooting with a Sigma fp and a Carl Zeiss 28mm f2.8 ZM Biogon. Midday.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

A break from swimming posts to revisit the classics of modern life. (updated 5pm same day...)

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There is life beyond photography. And one enjoyable part of that life is the highly curative and effectively focusing elixir we have come t...
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Monday, June 26, 2023

Testing out cameras and lenses (and word processors) in anticipation of a month long celebration of swimming here on the blog!!! Inspired by a reader and frequent commenter who, I believe, just can't get enough writing and photos about swimming. Oh boy!

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One could approach the topic of swimming from the popular stereotype of the sports photographer in which case I'd be auditioning fast a...
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I have been overwhelmed lately by blog readers demanding more swim content. And images of my favorite pools. And details of our workouts. And, if possible, these posts should also be larded with camera information of some sort. Okay! I hear you!!!

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  this is Deep Eddy Pool. It was built by the Work Projects Administration back  in the 1930s. It's situated about fifty feet from Lady ...
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