“Hello Peter.

I was reading Steve’s [SteveHuffPhoto.com] and [this] led me to your wonderful pictures. Then [this] led me [to] thinking how do you shoot?

Do you “wear” your camera? Do you have those “one-a-day” projects?

And I LOVE your 21+1 from ’12 and 11 from ’11.

Then it led me to think again. Are the pictures “out-of-the-camera”?

Do you use photo shop to achieve those colours? Or it that really Leica magic?

Keefe.”

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Hi Keefe,

I often “wear” my camera, but I don’t really have a “one-a-day” project (having said that, I often post a photo every day on my site).

None of my photos are presented as they emerge out of the camera.  I shoot in DNG (RAW) format which produces rather nondescript files, so it’s up to me to work with the images and shape them as I see fit.

I use Aperture with Nik plug-ins for my post-processing.

And I try to learn as I go along… continuously.

As for Leica magic?  For me… yes.  It’s a combination of having a camera that suits my shooting style and that is accompanied by great optics.

Thanks for writing,

—Peter.