Hallways in the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, VA. The black and white tones and shades embedded in these larger files not to mention the resolution at higher ISO’s makes the X1D’s raw files fun to develop. As for its ergonomics, …
The Haunting
Taken in August in NH with my Leica SL through a 50mm M lens.
‘Cause nothin’ lasts forever Even cold November rain…
Unless it is a cold December rain. After a nice seven hour drive on Tuesday to Hilton Head Island, SC, it has been raining cold water on my photography efforts since Wednesday. Worse, I’m missing the first real snow of …
Writing Selfies
Writing Posts for a blog that no one may be reading is like writing selfies. Random observation. This post is not about self-pity, however. It is about a controversial camera, at least by review standards, the Hasselblad X1D-50c. The X1D-50c …
Morning Has Broken…
Yesterday morning along the Potomac. I’m not taking credit for what is 99.99% Mother Nature’s work. The only trick here is capturing it before it disappears. Which, when you are walking an eager and frustrated Golden-doodle, is not as easy …
Dirty Shots In the Dark
I love shooting at night with a really fast lens using nothing but ambient light. Living in a heavy populated urban area, nighttime ambient light is plentiful. Now, I know that even with a really fast lens my night photos …
Rated X
When the Fuji X100 was first released I bought one. It was my first attempted foray back into photography with a legitimate digital camera. Since then, the X100 has gone through many updates. The current version is the X100f. The …
Architecture and Textures
I like taking photos of architecture almost exclusively in black and white. To me, architecture is about the interplay of different shapes and surfaces and materials that create a structure’s texture or skin. While certainly color can be a part …
Piece of Cake
If I had to bake a cake to survive, I would starve. Baking is too much like chemistry. Chemistry was an elective class in my high school. Good thing. Otherwise, I would almost certainly have never graduated. What does baking have …
Raw From Testing Raw Processors
Maybe I will go back to film. For all the many advantages of digital over film when it comes to developing your shots, you can drown in the complexities and choices. Because chaos binges on chaos, I decided that switching …