May 12, 2023

Firmware updates

 The layers of complexity that we have come to accept as normal as photographers occasionally gives me pause. This is one of those times. (Although waiting for the update to finish gave me time to reflect and write this post... Almost done 83%...)



October 1, 2022

Dusk on Treasure Island







 

Canon 5DMK4

Sigma 12-24 F4 @12mm

ISO 640

Av f/12.9



June 22, 2022

So fly.


 

Canon 5D MK4

Tamron 90mm F/2.8 Macro @F/8

1/100

ISO 640

 

 

June 5, 2022

West V!rg!n!a!

 


Appalachian Constellation


 

Canon 5D MK4

Sigma 12-24@12mm 

f/4

12:45min

ISO 400

 

Rules

 A photo in which the photog ignores the rule of thirds.

 


Canon 5D MK4

Tamron 70-200 f/4 @f/4 

1/320 sec

ISO 125

December 31, 2021

The ghosts of 1812.

 

Canon 5D MK4

Sigma 12-24 f/4 @f/9.1 30 sec, ISO 100


November 30, 2021

The memories of summer.

 




















Canon 5D MK4

Sigma 12-24 f/4 @f/11 1/400 sec, ISO 250

September 20, 2021

Faded light, faded color.




 


Handheld nifty-fifty shots

Keeping it simple @f/1.8

August 20, 2021

Peripherals


 The boring stuff is always hard to prioritize. Even for a gear head like myself, I find it difficult focus on the support pieces in my kit. It’s usually in middle of a shoot when I’m getting frustrated with a shortcoming that I’ll realize that it might have been more important than previously held.

You know the stuff. Light-stands, filters, caps, triggers, cards, etc.

One I’ve been half heartedly pursuing is a filter set. There is a psychological barrier from an early experience when I used a smudged (fluorescence?)filter on shoot. The lesson learned should be more about awareness, but I still hesitate to introduce points of failure to my system. And quality is expensive when talking filters. And since I have an ultra-wide lens I need ultra-wide filters. Like 150mm big. 

Filling in the boring niches allows furthering the capabilities of our gear… Which isn’t really boring. So… 10 stop 150mm here I come.

July 13, 2021

Western influence


 Canon 5D Mk4
 Sigma 12-24 F/4 @F/13 1/60 ISO100




October 18, 2020

Shipshape

 


Falling picnic.

 



July 21, 2020

The law of entropy

Things break down. They just do. So I wasn't shocked when this last week my workstation pc bit the dust. I could have fixed it but it would have been a waste of time. It was a powerhouse... 12 years ago... Times and resolutions have changed. It was still holding its own up until it decided to "blue screen of death". Repeatedly.

So for the first time in 6 years I have a Mac. It was not a planned upgrade but since it can handle modern media, I might get through some of my 5D backlog. I haven't stopped shooting. Just keep filling the memory cards :)

The digital darkroom is getting a refresh. We'll see how it goes.

January 21, 2020

Steps