By the time I recognize this moment
This moment will be gone
But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on….
And I will wait to find
If this will last forever…
And I will pay no mind
When it won’t, and it won’t, because it can’t
It just can’t
It’s not supposed to
– John Mayer, Clarity.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summicron @ f/2.
Once again, the title says it all.
This is the second image posted today that was taken with the Leica 35mm Summarit – a lens that would not typically be considered as an ideal option for low light portraiture, but I find it quite versatile.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35 Summarit @ f/2.5.
Alex, by the glow of the afternoon window light.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summarit @ f/2.5.
The kid’s a natural.
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Both images taken with the Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Noctilux f/1.0 @ f/1.0.
When at play.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 75mm Summilux @ f/1.4.
…and more so 48 hours later, after falling from the monkey bars and breaking her arm.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica Noctilux f/1.0 @ f/1.0.
Catching spangles of light.
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↑Leica M3 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
A view of adjacent frames on a roll of film, scanned together in the Plustek 7600.
Two incomplete frames in the flow of life’s film strip.
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↑Leica M2 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
Concentration is necessary so that accidents don’t happen, in Pony Park.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Noctilux @ f/1.
Toppled on the couch.
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↑Leica M3 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
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↑Leica M3 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summarit @ f/2.5.
When your mother died… it was four years ago today.
When your mother died… you were only two years old.
Do you remember her?
I have a photo of you hugging her – the one in the kitchen – during that final summer together. In it, you are overcome with joy, and she – she is forever embracing you.
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↑Leica M2 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
Dear S,
Rest in peace, my sweet love.
Birthday.
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All images taken with the Leica M9 and Leica Noctilux 50mm @ f/1.0.
The exhilaration of being, on a sunny autumn day.
This photo was chosen as a Leica Fotografie International (LFI) Master Shot.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 75mm Summilux @ f/1.4.
As you can see, the 75mm Summilux produces an extremely shallow depth of field at f/1.4. Nailing focus here – while he is running towards me – is tricky.
Further complicating things is the long focus throw of the 75/1.4, which is designed for precision and not for speed.
I rarely get this kind of shot with this lens, at this aperture… and to have caught him in mid-stride was the icing on the cake.
A candid moment, taken through the glass window of her salon.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Noctilux @ f/1.0.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Noctilux @ f/1.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Noctilux @ f/1.
Continuing my exploration of the Leica Noctilux f/1.0 (E60)…
Something tremendous about the light here – can’t quite elucidate what, specifically. The image definitely wasn’t taken during the “Golden Hour”, so I’m left wondering whether there is a “Noctilux effect” at play.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Noctilux @ f/1.
Prosophos 