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As I've been writing about over these past posts, I've decided to make the move from Nikon to Olympus. I spent about a week with some rental equipment, and while I didn't love all of the gear I rented...
With a decision made to seriously consider Olympus, as I wrote about previously, it was time to rent some gear and give it a whirl. I looked over my calendar for a period of time that would give me a...
Ok. It's time for drastic change. My gear is officially holding me back.
I remember the first time I saw a moment that I knew I had to photograph. I wonder if other photographers are the same. I was in Maine, spending a weekend with a friend at his lake side cabin. I woke...
In recent years I've been more and more drawn to being closer to the food I eat. I've been slowly building my own garden and starting to plan for my own animals to be raised for me. A few years ago I...
I am constantly trying to evaluate what camera gear I need and what camera gear I don't. I am in the process of selling off a considerable amount of equipment and cutting back to just the gear I like...
One of the benefits to shooting digitally is that you have a record of the settings and equipment combinations embedded into each image you make. Every time you click the shutter on your camera, be it...
I've never been excited about photography in a studio setting. A lot of people enjoy working in a studio but I'd much rather be shooting landscapes, hiking through the woods or wandering through a loc...
What follows is a post which, as usual, is written more for me then anyone else. It has taken more than 1300 words to help wrap my mind around medium format, the Mamiya 645 Pro, and how it compares to...
To my mind, I see three 'goals' in photography: Documentation, Journalism, and Art. You may have other goals in mind but for me I'm usually shooting with one of those goals in mind. The art goal is ea...
First, as always, the story. Scroll down for my 'review'. As a film shooter I've been struggling a lot lately with getting my images converted to digital. I have tried two scanners, the Epson Perfecti...
If you look around the internet you will find what almost appears to be a bit of a film renaissance. People all over the internet are adding film back into their photography. It seems people are not a...
When I first bought my Nikon FE I canvased a few people I know that have or do shoot film to find out what they recommend for a general use film. Something that I could use for whatever might come my...
I've been shooting a lot of film as of late. Nothing fancy, just standard 35mm film. I have not, nor do I plan to stop shooting digital it's just that I've started shooting film as well. To be honest...
I ordered this film to allow me to shoot in dark environments and also to capture in black and white. This is a 'professional' film designed to be shoot at ISO1600 but can be 'pushed' to ISO3200. 'Pus...
I ordered this film after I shot my three rolls of Fuji Superia 400 film as a part of my effort to take a look at a few of the more popular options in 35mm film. This was my most disappointing film to...
I ordered some used Nikon gear from KEH.com this week and I thought I'd mention how impressed with them I was. I should also mention that, of course, they nor anyone else is giving me anything for tal...
It never occurred to me that buying film could be so confusing. With digital you just pick and ISO setting and go but with film each manufacturer makes a number of different kinds of film based on it'...
NAB, or the National Association of Broadcasters, is holding their annual conference in Las Vegas this week. It's a place for a number of companies to show off their new products ect. Standard confere...
I've been as busy as ever these past few weeks but I have been slowly making progress on all my little projects. Yesterday Apple posted a few 160GB iPod Classics to the refurb site so I scooped one up...