The beautiful light.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4
Watching the fireworks.
2012, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Portrait, PrintOn Victoria Day.
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↑All images taken with the Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Springtime.
2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, PortraitPersonified.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
The window, Part 2.
2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Portrait
That next step.
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M2, Portrait(please click on the image to view)
Leica M2, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
The window, Part 1.
2012, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Portrait, Teaching pointA superimposition of the reflected and the refracted.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Happy Mother’s Day.
2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Print(please click on the image to view)
↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
The natural.
2012, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Portrait(please click on the image to view)
↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4 + 3 stop ND filter.
Jump! (Cinematic).
2012, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Portrait
Field of dreams.
2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Portrait, Teaching point, The Beautiful GameI resisted the temptation to crop away the top and bottom portions and present this as a pseudo-panoramic horizontal strip… something about the original image (as presented here) appears very surreal, very much like a “dream”. Or perhaps a diorama.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPPH @ f/1.4 + 3 stop ND filter.
3 years of haircuts.
2012, Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Nikon, Nikon 58mm f/1.2 NOCT, Portrait(please click on the image to view)
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1st image (2010): Nikon D3S and Nikkor-NOCT 58mm @ f/1.2.
2nd image (2011): Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
3rd image (2012): Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Worker, 1937.
2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Portrait, Teaching pointActually, this was captured this week… but something about him made me think of a bygone era.
I also could have called this Worker 11, as it follows my previous 10 Worker images.
In the past, I’ve sort of criticized the 50mm Summilux ASPH as being “too perfect” of a lens, but I love how it has rendered him, and this moment.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Dog days.
2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, PortraitHoney waking up, following an afternoon nap.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Soul.
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, Teaching pointAs captured on film.
I can try and process my digital files to approximate this look, but — for me — the essence of who we are is better conveyed with the older medium.
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
A – portrait, revisited.
2012, Film, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, PortraitSuffused with window light, infused with film grain.
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
The Madonna.
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M2, PortraitOuter glow ← inner glow, as captured on film.
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↑Leica M2, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
She, then and now (film).
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M2, Leica M3, Portrait, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 NoktonA few years ago, I realized I had never captured her on film.
It was important to me for some reason.
So I started shooting film again.
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2009:
↑Leica M3, Fuji X-tra 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
2010:
↑Leica MP, Ilford HP5 Plus 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
2011:
↑ Leica M2, Ilford HP5 Plus 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
2012:
↑Leica M2, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
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I look at these images now, and follow the path of light:
originating from the late afternoon sun,
filtering through the window,
touching her face before reflecting off,
traversing the distance between us,
bending in the glass elements of a lens,
and finally etching her image onto an organic emulsion.
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The film, like the viewer, is forever altered.
And it all happens in a fraction of a second — just like growing up.
—Peter.
The baker washes up (1 & 2).
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M2, PortraitWith the muffins safely baking in the oven, the clean-up begins.
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↑Both images: Leica M2, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Prosophos 