Thursday, January 11, 2024

An unexpected pair. A big, medium format camera attached to a small, skinny 75mm rangefinder lens. Let's see how it all worked out.

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Optical shop on S. Congress. In the first week of January a commenter asked me if I had ever tried using the Voigtlander 75mm f1.9 VM (meani...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Things are calming down here. Just getting ready for a big freeze. Still freaked out about last year's big ice storm.

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With the help of friends and a good therapist I think I'm getting over my initial shock of the violent attack I witnessed yesterday. And...
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Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Group of Italian Visitors to the Vatican. Circa 1995

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  original print scanned for the blog with an iPhone. I made a trip to Rome to photograph with the Mamiya 6 camera in 1995. It was a delight...
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Monday, January 08, 2024

Monday's shoot goes well. Coffee and preparation are the secrets.

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This photo has nothing to do with today's commercial portraits project. It's here because, well, I can't really show you client ...
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Why the big soft spot for Leica's M240? Isn't that camera just obsolete? Depends....

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I'm not particularly new to Leica cameras but I was surprised by just how much I liked the first Leica M digital camera I've owned. ...
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Sunday, January 07, 2024

Back to work. Turns out my former neighbor is the CEO of an Austin based tech company. He'd like me to make some portraits of his senior staff.

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Shot with a Leica SL in two steps. Step one was to photograph Chelsea against a green screen at a theater location. The second was to photog...
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My favorite scan of a black and white negative to date. B. at Sweetish Hill Bakery about 23 years ago. Sunday breakfast.

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  B. Photographed with a Pentax 645n camera and the omnipresent 75mm Pentax lens. Damn. I used to take that camera everywhere. Including to ...
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