While walking along the seacoast, I love taking photographs of moored boats. I take so many I can almost hear the camera, as well as my impatient dog Comet groaning, “Please, not another #%@&@# photo of a boat.” Moored boats …
Tag: Leica sl
Pipe Dreams
A simple cast iron pipe that runs under a road and drains a tidal marsh. I first shot it head on. I liked those shots, ok. Here is an example. But I felt like there was more there, but I …
Just Shoot!
This post is about assuming that an out of focus shot is automatically a failed one. Amateur photographers, including me, too often focus on focus. To such an extent that missing a shot is better than shooting it out of …
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…
Nothing says get off your ass and take some photographs then the thought of a world filled with Hollywood style cinematic moments of reflective wet streets, sidewalks, and windows dripping tears. So I did with my Leica SL with an …
Not Another Leica SL Review
I didn’t want to write a post about my thoughts on the Leica SL for a number of reasons. First, I’m not a professional photographer. Hell, I’m barely an amateur one. Until a month or so ago my iPhone 6 …
Weather Related Phenomenon
Heading out the other morning with dog in tow, I stepped outside into a heavy fog that had rolled in overnight shrouding the New Hampshire coast line and triggering repetitive fog horn blows. It was like stepping into an impressionist …
Delicious Delectable Sunday Mornings
I will confess to having a pagan ritual every Sunday morning spent in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I have breakfast at La Maison Navarre or MN. MN is a wonderful French bakery probably best known for its macaroons of various flavors …
Some New Hampshire Mornings
I’m currently on the coastline of New Hampshire (all 18.5 or 13 miles of it, depending on your definition of coastline). At around 5:45 each morning, my dog and I take a walk and I take my camera. My dog …
Farmer’s Market Paparazzi
Credit to the woman staffing one of the market’s stalls for this post’s title. As I was focusing my camera on her display (see photo #8), she smiled and to those within earshot exclaimed, “Look everyone, it is the Paparazzi.” …
Luck Be My Lady Tonight
Great candid photographs boil down to three things: The candid scene, having a camera to capture the scene (of course) and recognizing the scene—seeing it in your mind’s eye. Any camera will do. Cell phones have captured many amazing photos. …