↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
Inspiration
The Winter Evening Portrait.
2018, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range f/2, Leica M3, Portrait, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Within 200 feet of My House™1/15 sec in the faintest of light.
—Peter.
↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
The Glasses Portrait, revisited.
2018, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range f/2, Leica M3, Portrait, Within 200 feet of My House™The last image from the roll of film I photographed The Glasses Portrait series.
—Peter.
↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
Laugh.
2018, Beyond 200 feet of My House™, Favourite, Inspiration, Nikon 28mm f/1.4E, Nikon D850, Portrait
↑ Nikon D850 + Nikon 28mm f/1.4 E.
Tracks.
2018, Beyond 200 feet of My House™, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range f/2, Leica M3, Print, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, StreetMore snow today.
Canada.
—Peter.
↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
Current Nikon Gear.
Inspiration, Nikon, Q&AWhat do you do on a cold winter’s day when the light is bad and you have nothing to photograph? Well, if you’re a geek like me you take photographs of your cameras of course!
In the image below, you will notice that all Nikon logos (and identifying gold rings on the lenses) have been taped over. That’s because I don’t want to be a walking billboard for Nikon. The gear is still recognizable to most enthusiasts but not necessarily at first glance (LOL, with the possible exception of the cartoonishly large 200/2).
They say DSLRs are a dying breed but the inevitability of their demise has increased their appeal to me after all of these years of shunning them in favour of rangefinders. It also helps that Nikon produced something special in the form of the D850 and D500.
I’ve often photographed my Leica gear as it came and went, but never cared enough about my Nikons to do the same… until now.
—Peter.
The creative fire.
2018, Favourite, Inspiration, Nikon, Nikon 28mm f/1.4E, Nikon D850, Portrait, Q&A, Within 200 feet of My House™As with yesterday’s post, this was photographed in live view to take advantage of the silent mode. It really is silent (not just quiet). I really like it but still prefer looking through an optical viewfinder.
—Peter.
↑ Nikon D850 + Nikon 28mm f/1.4 E.
Winter Blues.
2018, Favourite, Inspiration, Nikon, Nikon 28mm f/1.4E, Nikon D850, Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point, Within 200 feet of My House™This was photographed with the D850 resting on the floor and in live view, with the back LCD angled up for easy viewing. In this mode, touching the screen will initiate autofocus and then the shutter will automatically release… silently.
It’s a well-known feature in the D850 but this is the first time I’ve tried it.
Many find Nikon‘s implementation of all this to be slow (relative to mirrorless cameras), but it’s quite usable for this sort of image. It’s certainly useful in quiet venues where silent operation is desired.
However, I wouldn’t think of using it to photograph sports, flying monkeys, or the aerosolized droplets of a sneeze.
—Peter.
↑ Nikon D850 + Nikon 28mm f/1.4 E.
Clown, 2.
2018, Beyond 200 feet of My House™, Favourite, Inspiration, Nikon 200mm f/2G ED VR II, Nikon D500, Portrait, Street
↑ Nikon D500 + Nikon 200mm f/2 G ED VR II.
Leica M2 and 35mm Summaron f/2.8.
Inspiration, Leica M2
She.
2018, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range f/2, Leica M3, Portrait, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Within 200 feet of My House™
↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
Love, 2.
2018, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range f/2, Leica M3, Portrait, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Within 200 feet of My House™
↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
Pause.
2018, Beyond 200 feet of My House™, De Mello Palheta Coffee Roasters, Favourite, Inspiration, Nikon 28mm f/1.4E, Nikon D850, Portrait
↑ Nikon D850 + Nikon 28mm f/1.4 E.
Honey.
2018, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range f/2, Leica M3, Portrait, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Within 200 feet of My House™
↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
The Glasses Portrait.
2018, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range f/2, Leica M3, Portrait, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Within 200 feet of My House™The cheekiness is still there.
—Peter.
↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
Love.
2018, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range f/2, Leica M3, Life's Little Moments, Portrait, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Within 200 feet of My House™
↑ Leica M3, Leica 50mm Summicron Dual Range, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Plustek 8200i.
Aaron C Greenman (link to images).
Guest Post, InspirationHere is a link to some wonderful images created by a good friend of this site, Aaron C Greenman.
As Aaron tells it, “this is where I’ve called home the past seven years…“.
—Peter.
Ray of Light.
2018, Beyond 200 feet of My House™, De Mello Palheta Coffee Roasters, Favourite, Inspiration, Nikon 28mm f/1.4E, Nikon D850, PortraitFor the last few weeks I’ve been posting mostly B&W film images. The feeble winter light here seems to paint every scene with moody and muted tones anyway, so why not just get rid of colour altogether? However, even I get tired of that after a while so today I want to inject some colour into the proceedings.
Here then is an image from De Mello that was taken in early December, when the light was a little more plentiful.
—Peter.
↑ Nikon D850 + Nikon 28mm f/1.4 E.
Prosophos 