Almost sounds like a tongue-twister, huh? This particular shot drew me because the lights from the overhang on the York County Chamber light up the sidewalk even when it’s still dark outside. If you’ve been watching my photography over the last year, you know that I have been concentrating on…
The monochrom is a joy to use no matter the occasion. In fact, it sits in my bag next to my fully loaded Leica MP. But something my black and white film work lacks that the Monochrom fills nicely is night shooting. Some refer to night shooting as long exposures…
I love the Leica Monochrom. Today I shot the Monochrom along side my Leica MP with TMax 100 loaded. Of course, I am way to slow to have any film developed yet, but the Monochrom made me feel like I was looking at well scanned negatives. I was on Main…
These were images I shot early in the morning as the sun was beginning to rise over the horizon. I used the 28mm ASPH f/2.0 lens on my M9-P. I used it wide open which resulting in some natural vignetting. This particular lens has such little distortion and tremendous color…
The Fuji X100s has such great usability and the sensor detail is superb with the 35mm (equivalent) f/2.0 lens. The Leica X2 has the same focal length, but starts at f/2.8, has a much slower focus, far fewer settings and uses a dial for the f/stop rather than a ring…
With all the hype (myself included) about the Fuji X series OOC jpeg quality, and the super results from the new Leica M(240), I took another look at my M9-P and what the JPEG output could do. After all, Leica spends significant time on their JPEG output routines. RAW is…
It has been a brutal tax season this year, including extensions. Hopefully Congress and the Senate will not delay the tax law again as it hampers my photography time! After two months I received my M9-P and Monochrom back with all of my lenses. The Monochrom was out of adjustment…
I spent a week at the Outer Banks of North Carolina with extended family. I shot over 800 images using only two lenses – a Voiglander Nokton 50mm f/1.5 (newest version) and a Leica M 28mm ASPH f/2.0. The next few articles will be some reflections and experiences on this…
My wife recently found an interesting resurface of photographs taken by Brad Pitt of his wife, Angelina Jolie, and their family. The first thing I noticed was the cover shot of Brad holding his Leica. It was in 2008 and the camera looks like a black M-9. The grain, or…
I had two missions – one was to see how my Leica M 28mm ASPH f/2.0 lens looked in black and white film and the second was to see if my out of date black and white film still exposed well. I’ve read in various circles formulas for exposing out…