…to endure this shitty weather.
Like Woody Allen once said about shooting in London, a dark grey sky makes an easy background.
Spaces available at the car park, Durham station - Contax 139, Neopan 1600, Tessar 45/2.8
Also available on iStock for sale.
Who says that autofocus is not for macro shots? Well, many, and usually it holds true. Not if the object does not stay that still… like a Post-It in the air.
Solution: Fuji S3, Nikkor AF-D 50/1.4, B+W close-up lens, and continuous autofocus.
It isn’t the kind of stock photography you would normally think of. In fact, probably it is not stock photography at all.
Gym dumbbells should look something like this. But I had to use my new muslin background
…at the castle. Yes, it was very cold today in Durham. And the Sony NEX-5, with the Tamron SP 90/2.5 and the Manfrotto 709B
This Manfrotto is fantastic. I am not someone who carries heavy stuff with him (why would otherwise use a NEX?), and in fact I can leave this sturdy metallic tripod attached under the camera hanging at my neck. Placing the tripod on the ground, when it is needed, is not trouble thanks to the swinging display of the NEX.
The nicest addition to my NEX-5 has been one of the many Novoflex adapters,
Overall, I am super-satisfied with the camera. It is the first time I can use my three lenses above with a vertical viewfinder, Rollei-style.
Dream Oasis, hairdresser for ladies, photographed mid-2010 in Durham.
That’s how businesses are like in England. They take great care of design (brochures, website, logos, graphics). As far as the content… cutting hair, anybody? Service, commitment to a profession? Knowing what is being done? Looking good, looking bad? A hair-style is not a typeface, alas.
Bronica SQ-A, PS 80/2.8
Darkness, snow, cold. This is the result.
I have finally gathered here all my mad studio shots. With minimal exceptions, my Fuji S3 helped me with them.
They are available on iStock.
I wondered why all the English press translated Angela Merkel’s words (“gescheitert, absolut gescheitert“) into this utterly sounding sentence. Then, I got my answer:
it’s called association of ideas.
Yet, the original words would be so actual and present for the English, too. Perhaps, too present:
Short review of Sony NEX-5
The first picture I took with my new NEX-5
First thing first: I prefer a Contax 139, or a Nikon FM2, to the Sony NEX-5
. But this comparison would be too much heterogeneous: the NEX is a digital camera. As such, the NEX is a great camera, and I think that disparaging it mostly comes from a psychological embarrassment of the kind “too small, not big enough”.
The camera has many features that only a few years ago were only present in some very fine cameras, if not professional, and even today are rare:
For street photography, the NEX is even better of Leica Ms, being absolutely non-obtrusive.
I like my NEX!