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Leica Summicron 35mm Takes on Home Depot
Sometimes life doesn’t leave as much time as we’d like for photography. That gap in time between one’s bachelor days and retirement can present a potential black hole of creativity and opportunity needed to exercise one’s Photography muscles and shoot like a boss…
Photo critique: NEX-7 + Voigtlander 21mm f/4
So, I like this photo. Let’s break it down a bit to see how a simple little “toss away” photo can still have a little bit of punch. Here’s the image:
Sony NEX-7 with Canon FD 28mm f/2.8
Canon FD mount lenses represent some of the best bargains in the world in terms of optical quality and price. One gem in the lineup is the FD 28mm f/2.8.
Sony NEX-7 with Leica Summicron 50mm f/2
I’ve slowly been evaluating some of my manual focus lenses with the NEX-7. It’s important to get a good feel for how a lens handles on a new camera body because the whole “previsualization” thing isn’t just a buzzword. It’s important to understand how depth of field, colors, overall rendering, sharpness at various apertures, lens [...]
Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN on NEX-7 First Impression Review
The NEX-7 Needed a Friend Sony kind of soiled the bed with its early lens lineup for the NEX system. Producing the NEX-7 with only one lens at the pro/enthusiast level was much like making a Ferrari and providing bicycle wheels. That’s where the Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN comes in. Consider it a nice [...]
The Leica M8 – A Eulogy
Parting they seemed to tread upon the air… On April 4, 2011 I captured the first photo with my M8. It was the start of an aesthetic love affair that ended just days ago. While the Leica M8 was exchanged for even happier things, I can’t help but look back on the images and time [...]
Calling All Bosses. Leica Awesomeness Ahead
So. It’s been a while. But no one cares about that… let’s get to business. Anon made me a cake an awesome image. It’s below. What is it? If you are a boss – you already know. It’s the beacon that is projected into the dark night sky when awesome photographs are needed. It means [...]
Shot Recipe – “Aperture Stacking” VIDEO
Photography, by its nature, is an act of compromise Becoming a BOSS at photography is really the process of understanding, leveraging, and in some cases – defeating these compromises. So, here’s a shot recipe that relies on a clever and simple Photoshop trick to eliminate one of the classic compromises in photography – that surrounds [...]
Free Video Class: Film Photography
Film is not dead. It is not dying. (It’s declining) Dying implies that death is the assured outcome and to imply that photographic film will cease to exist is dumb. I recently saw the best analogy about this – HORSES. At some point, cars started gaining popularity. If the INTERWEBS existed then, “armchair” transportation [...]
Video: Shot recipes from my recent Flickr downloads
So, my Flickr account is kind of a graveyard for photos that I kind of like but don’t necessarily love. This video gives a little insight into some recent images and the story behind their capture, processing – why they work and why they don’t. This video discusses strategies for using long focal length lenses [...]
