Happy Tax Day! I hope you’ve all happily paid your share to (theoretically) run the country!* Petzval Week episode 2: the carpark in the dark. Insofar as I shot these at f/2.2 before dawn, these shots are not any any way meant to be a test of sharpness or focus, but look at that color! …
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Not quite.
I intended to capture something of ayat 57 of Surat Ghafir, and in some ways I did, but I have some misgivings about this picture: The very idea of this picture, maybe not this picture, but the idea behind it, the way I decided to try and capture it, is contrived, overdone, unoriginal. Do we …
Petzval, part 1: unboxing
We interrupt our usually-scheduled programming to bring you a special event… Petzval Week episode one: the unboxing in which the author unboxes his new Lomography X Zenit Petzval 85mm f/2.2, serial number 131. Note: this will not be a review, really, nor will I get into the history of the Petzval lens or Lomography Corp.’s stunning Kickstarter …
Obscured by:
Petzval Week Season 2, episode 5: Obscured by:
When all else fails, Experiment!
I didn’t shoot much at all last week. I have a few technical ideas, things I would like to try with one or another of the cameras or lighting/staging rigs I’d like to build, but no real will or interest, or even much time to do any of it, and no ideas or inspiration about what …
May Flowers, part 9
Petzval Week Season 2, episode 6: May Flowers, part 9: much needed Rain! Everyone say Alhamdulillah!
Brake Light Bokeh
Petzval Week Season 2, episode 3: Brake Light Bokeh
