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Dystopia, America part 2
February 28, 2023
Amidst client and editorial shoots, I’ve begun to capture and am now sharing some darker images that reflect somewhat darker post-modern times.
Dystopia, America part 1
February 15, 2023
Amidst client and editorial shoots, I’ve begun to capture and am now sharing some darker images that reflect somewhat darker post-modern times.
SQUARE
December 7, 2022
A fistful of images captured with the stellar Fuji GFX 100S, one modern lens (Fuji GF45 2.8) and the Mamiya 80 2.8, a medium format lens made in Japan several decades ago.
Enter the Biotar (1 of 2)
March 25, 2021
It is one of the most prized lens in history; a personal obsession that now takes root. PART 1 OF 2. My personal obsession began four years ago. I had jumped into professional photography with both feet, had spent hundreds of hours on the technical aspects, and was constantly reviewing thousands of images in search […]
A 1959 Leica 35 2.8 Summaron shines on
January 25, 2021
It’s not the easiest lens to use but it’s special – sharp with the old-school swirly bokeh Leica has a reputation for making special lens – and deservedly so. Ken Rockwell notes the Leica Leitz 35mm f/2.8 Summaron is “exceedingly sharp, possibly sharper than the newest 35mm f.2 ASPH and 35 f/1.4 ASPH at moderate apertures, […]
Geeking Over the Sony ZEISS 50 1.4 Planar
January 12, 2021
Designed in 1896 with Zeiss T coatings added along the way, there are few lens that match its history, versatility and stellar rendering The Zeiss Planar is a lens designed in 1896 by Paul Rudolph at Carl Zeiss. Unbelievably, the design and Zeiss are at work in today’s world. My copy is a modern one […]
The Train Stop
September 6, 2020
Photographing children – or in this case, two children and a teenager – can be elevated or differentiated with a story or a set/location. Three sisters were my subjects. In the age of COVID-19, I suggested they and their mother first meet me at a train stop that was now seeing a fraction of the […]
Winnetka Music Festival
July 12, 2019
In three short years, the Winnetka Music Festival (Winnetka, Illinois, home to the “Home Alone” house and other points of interest) has established a reputation for great acts and a great time for all ages. Created by Winnetka natives Val Haller and Scott Myers, this year’s festival featured 60 acts performing across four stages and additional […]
Winter Wanderings
March 13, 2019
This winter has been a “doozy” as my dear old Mom used to say. Because I grew up in south Louisiana, doozy applied to other things – athletic feats, five-car pileups and report cards (mine, not my sisters’ good grades). She never used the term for subzero temperatures, bone-crushing layers of ice and snow or a […]