A random scene from the bar district on Sixth Street on a Saturday afternoon.

I love composing in the square format. Everything seems to fall in place for me. One thing I like about the cameras I've been using lately is the ease of using the 1:1 frame for my work. It just seems natural to me.

After testing lenses last week I was happy to walk around with a simple, 50mm (35mm equiv.) format lens on a square frame in black and white. It reduces the amount I have to think about to a minimum where technical settings are concerned and allows me to drop into the nice zone of just looking for stuff I'm interested in looking at once they become photographs.

The super long lenses can be fun, the super wide lenses make me feel as though I'm having to work too hard to make things fit correctly, but a nice, normal focal length is like a vacation for the eyes. That, and a good B&W profile in your camera.

From time to time, usually after reading a Robert Adams book about photography, I try shooting non-human subjects in black and white. I never know what to do with them when I finish the inevitable post processing....

A random planter at Spring Condominium. Flowers; succulents.