Unlike the first LensBaby week for this 7/52, I started this one intending to use the LensBaby. And as you might notice, I got some somewhat better results (to my eye, anyway). I still wonder what I might be able to accomplish if I had the time and the leisure to really focus on photography: …
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Ice Last Night
Actually continues today… While many others get a snow day, I get to work from home. What a good worker I am!
7/52-48 Thanksgiving!
Happy (belated) Thanksgiving! I am thankful for so much this year, I can barely begin to express it all. At the risk of incensing some readers, and with full knowledge that I’ll leave out innumerable blessings, here’s a short list: Allah azza wa jal, the clear guidance that He sent down to us through His …
7/52-47 housplants, weeds, bouquets
I had no idea what to shoot this week (as usual) and so decided that this would be a good opportunity to for a macro week. GoGo. But what lens to use? My first thought was to use the Vivitar 50mm f/1.8, but when I went to the the shelf with all the film cameras …
7/52-46 nothing to see here
Deepest apologies. Early in the week, probably Sunday, Hana and I went for a walk around the boring corporate apartment complex in which we live, purely for exercise. On the way out the door, I said “I’m going to be optimistic” and grabbed the D7000 and Nikon 36-72mm E Series. While out, we gathered a …
Abstraktes Bild 20131116
iPhone 5, VSCOCam (M6 filter and crop), Filterstorm Neue, 2 minutes.
7/52-45 outtakes: Lowy lens & Banko BL4 film
As mentioned previously, the appearance of the Photojournalism snappack jogged my memory about playing around with BlackKeys Extra Fine film for the 7/52 last week. I did most of my shooting for the week with the Diego lens/BlackKeys Extra Fine film combo, but did switch over to the Lowy lens/Blanko BL4 film a couple of …
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