Remember a week ago when I was deliberating on small, light, high quality equipment to choose for some upcoming “real” photographic projects that I have planned? I think my initial thoughts might prove to be the answer. At least for me. I want high quality color, high quality B+W, and a very very small digital option that will all fit in my Domke F-809 bag. If you do not remember – here it is – two Leica M bodies (film bodies that I already own) a couple of Leica...
Remember way way back I was excited about the Leica M9. Well I was and I still am – sort of. If I have a need for something like a Leica but I must have digital output for some reason I will probably consider an M9. I am glad that it exists in the world. If I was a PJ and had to get images out right now I would definitely use one for a lot of my work. I am not so I decided that before I went...
I had a very interesting conversation on a discussion board over at APUG this week. I chucked up a couple of images that I shot while walking around. The shots were of stairs. Yep you heard that right – stairs. You see I for reasons unknown to me have some really strange compulsion to shoot stairs of all shapes and sizes. I have never made a “real” project out of it and am usually ill equipped to shoot them. Even without making it a concerted effort I have about...
A quick update on my commitment to shoot film with my M6 prior to springing for an M9. Well, I finally got the kinks worked out of my development process and tools, so I am ready to go. Remember the first two rolls I sent through? Almost decade old TMZ and TRI-X? I found the answer of what was going wrong – it wasn’t me. The tank I was using had developed a crack that was invisible for the most part but not invisible to the film. I did...
Remember my ill fated new camera scheme back at the beginning of the summer? If you don’t here it is in a nutshell. Sell my relatively new stuff while the resale value is still high and buy a D700 and a D3x. Well I sold my stuff and in the short time that I was without it I realized my old stuff, my really old stuff like my D2 series stuff was just fine. There was no way I was now going to drop $10,000, even if most of...
Not many – but this one does – or did for an amazing documentary piece on MediaStorm. I have sung the praises of MediaStorm.org in at least one post regarding presentation of your images. I have always been a big fan of fantastic journalism, a fast disappearing art. If you have not checked out MediaStorm yet you really should. The stories are not only compelling but so are the images and presentation. I believe this is the real future of journalism, amazing stuff. Heck I even taught myself Final Cut...
