In continuing with the celebration of 100 Years of Leica, I added this image to my collection. It was 28 degrees and I walked through downtown Rock Hill where my office is. The snow was beginning to fall again in what would later be almost a foot. For this part…
Admittedly, I live in the south. But, I grew up in the mountains and I love a good snow in the winter. I would not call our first snowfall ‘good’, but some is better than none for photography! The snow started very late in the day and was a…
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 producing black and white images that remind me so much of my days developing silver halide (which I still do, by the way, with a Leica MP). I have also written a variety of posts on how well the Fuji X100s in-camera JPEG’s deliver in terms of…
After a few weeks shooting daily with the Monochrom, I have begun to remember some of the film training I have not used in a number of years. I spent a cloudy morning on the greenway looking for suitable lighting, contrast and subjects. This is some of what I found…
So many times I read reviews of the Monochrom in which the reviewer says that the Monochrom is a niche camera. They are correct, the Monochrom is a niche camera, even in the world of Leica. However, the reasons I see for reviews placing the Monochrom in a niche are…
First, this is not a review of the Leica Monochrom – there are many high quality reviews already completed. This is the beginning of a new series that is considerably more important than a review of a new camera. The Monochrom is a photographer’s tool unlike any other tool in…
I got it today, about 10:00am. The package was well sealed and took a careful moment to open. Josh at Dale Photo & Digital had just received two Lecia M Monochrom(s) – remember, the same owners run Leica Store Miami. I have been studying this camera for about 4 months to see…