There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered ― Nelson Mandela Isn’t that something huh, often times we photograph the same places, the same faces, and although those themes may be unchanged or appear not to have changed, only then do weContinue reading “Pentax K5 IIs: 100mm 2.8 WR Macro Sample”
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Pentax K5 IIS: Point of View
I recently discovered the work of the great Yousef Karsh and this particular quote immediately struck my attention. Compromise sometimes must be the stuff of which pictures are made Wise words indeed. When you think about it further this is so true. If not the focal length you have, its the iso performance ofContinue reading “Pentax K5 IIS: Point of View”
The Intimacy of a Viewfinder
There is something magical with framing your images with viewfinder. I can’t really describe the feeling other than saying that its somehow more of an intimate experience and more personal. I don’t know why but its certainly different. I just had to press the shutter the last few days and frame images via a viewfinderContinue reading “The Intimacy of a Viewfinder”
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Newsstand by Downtown Miami
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page ― Saint Augustine If you ever travel to Miami then I highly recommend you visit Newsstand and better yet Books & Books in Coral Gables.
Age of Innocence
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
True Grain rekindles the glory of film
When I processed film back in circa ’94 printing some those frames was almost like a magical experience. These days now in digital getting the correct film grain has been kind of a hit and miss with certain applications. As usual some work better than others, but in my opinion True Grain is in aContinue reading “True Grain rekindles the glory of film”
Pentax K5 IIs: Creative Work is about choosing
The Danish film director Joergen Leth says “All creative work is about choosing: That word on the first line of the poem, that frame that opens the movie, that tone that sets off the symphony.” And as photographers we could add to that “the framing of an image.” So ladies and gentlemen choose wisely. Cheers.
