Saturday, March 09, 2024

Warming up to the 28mm focal length by default. Lens pressed into service to compensate for user unpreparedness. Photographer now on probation at VSL...

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  Sixth Street was strangely quiet on this second afternoon of the SXSW event.  Busy day. Morning swim practice. Coffee with two friends aft...
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Photographer Justin Mott delivers more "Reality Therapy" about professional photography in the midst of a sea of YouTube influencer (uninformed) fantasies. Good stuff.

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 Go here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihVfuRoIUE   Watch that. Come back and tell me what you think. 
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Does subject matter drive lens preference or is it the other way around?

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 Throughout my time as a photographer I've had an affinity for short telephoto lenses. I like the idea that a tighter angle of view help...
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Thursday, March 07, 2024

It's so much fun when Leica introduces a new product. It always makes me think about buying a Panasonic camera...

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At a factory in Mexico. Self portrait.   I own a SL2 and I like it. It's very nice. Now Leica has introduced their replacement for the c...
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Wednesday, March 06, 2024

My role in getting our tax numbers together is complete. I'm off the hook now. I'm so happy just to get back to photographing and swimming. Who here is photographing with medium format digital cameras? What do you use?

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  a few years back I was doing an ad campaign for a natural gas company  based in Oklahoma. One small part of the assignment was to photogra...
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Monday, March 04, 2024

The Quiet Before the Storm. Or, how SXSW impacts Austin.

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this is Sixth St. today. On March 4th.  On March 8th the same street will be closed off and filled from side to side with tens of thousands ...
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Sunday, March 03, 2024

Tax Time. A process that feels worse than dropping your favorite camera on the sidewalk.

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 Yes. I know. Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. But as a detail averse small business owner I hate the process of getting...
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