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Heading up to New Hampshire tomorrow. It will be a quick trip, but look forward to seeing the familiar side roads and horizons.
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What a terrific start to February. Lots of heavy, wet flakes. Wind. Sea. Marvelous.
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Last year winter was just this benign as I recall.
It was our first year in Newport and we were looking forward to vacation off the coast of Mexico coming up. A bit this different this year...not weather-wise, which has been great so far, but in that we do have a little one scheduled to arrive next week. That's going to be a change. :)
Below is a short gallery of images from this morning.
It was our first year in Newport and we were looking forward to vacation off the coast of Mexico coming up. A bit this different this year...not weather-wise, which has been great so far, but in that we do have a little one scheduled to arrive next week. That's going to be a change. :)
Below is a short gallery of images from this morning.
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Here's to new beginnings!
After years of hauling a full-frame DSLR around I've made the decision to put it up for a while and shoot exclusively with a pocket camera.
Admittedly though, this is not just any ol' point-n-shoot. It's a Leica D-Lux [Type 109].
As you may know, in addition to their iconic rangefinder uber-cameras Leica has been making pocket and compact cameras for some years now, some with fixed prime lenses and others with variable focal length fixed lenses.
The advantages to going with one of their pocket models are many. Many dollars, that is.
I shot years ago with a 35mm M3 and a single 50mm f2 lens and absolutely loved it...in fact, that very camera is still up in New Hampshire, and I truly hope to re-purchase it someday soon. When I do, this new D-Lux will document the whole trip.
So, what is the goal here? I think it's a mostly a move back to simplicity. One camera, one lens [although a zoom], probably manual focus, probably B&W only, and most importantly it will always be at hand.
In the past I have babied all of my gear to the point that when reselling it I could always claim 'like new, not a scratch, dent, or ding'.
That's likely not going to be the case here. This is a user. I hope to have it over the shoulder or on the car seat at all times...dings and dents be damned. We'll see if it's up to the wear and tear. Depending on how things go I may finally move over to an M9 and a few lenses and be done with the huge DSLRs for good.
Until then, of course, if a job comes up that demands it I'll pull the big guns out of storage. And if I feel too limited with the 109, the same. Don't think that's what's going to happen though.
I'll let you know.
Looking forward to an interesting 2016!
[Edit: Interesting to see my post from exactly two years ago, where I say "Still looking for the digital replacement for my beloved M3." Ha! Looks like I've found it! http://chrisstump.com/1/archives/01-2014/1.html]
After years of hauling a full-frame DSLR around I've made the decision to put it up for a while and shoot exclusively with a pocket camera.
Admittedly though, this is not just any ol' point-n-shoot. It's a Leica D-Lux [Type 109].
As you may know, in addition to their iconic rangefinder uber-cameras Leica has been making pocket and compact cameras for some years now, some with fixed prime lenses and others with variable focal length fixed lenses.
The advantages to going with one of their pocket models are many. Many dollars, that is.
I shot years ago with a 35mm M3 and a single 50mm f2 lens and absolutely loved it...in fact, that very camera is still up in New Hampshire, and I truly hope to re-purchase it someday soon. When I do, this new D-Lux will document the whole trip.
So, what is the goal here? I think it's a mostly a move back to simplicity. One camera, one lens [although a zoom], probably manual focus, probably B&W only, and most importantly it will always be at hand.
In the past I have babied all of my gear to the point that when reselling it I could always claim 'like new, not a scratch, dent, or ding'.
That's likely not going to be the case here. This is a user. I hope to have it over the shoulder or on the car seat at all times...dings and dents be damned. We'll see if it's up to the wear and tear. Depending on how things go I may finally move over to an M9 and a few lenses and be done with the huge DSLRs for good.
Until then, of course, if a job comes up that demands it I'll pull the big guns out of storage. And if I feel too limited with the 109, the same. Don't think that's what's going to happen though.
I'll let you know.
Looking forward to an interesting 2016!
[Edit: Interesting to see my post from exactly two years ago, where I say "Still looking for the digital replacement for my beloved M3." Ha! Looks like I've found it! http://chrisstump.com/1/archives/01-2014/1.html]
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So last Friday I was at the Dept of State in Washington, DC, taking photographs for a Christmas card. I left the building just as the terrorists were beginning their attacks in Paris. The next day was my birthday, and I had a 10PM flight to get me home in bed by 1:30AM or so. A good friend from my IT days in DC met me at the Sam and Harry’s in DCA, and we reconnected and toasted to each others health until it was time to head to my gate…all the while reports from Paris, one more horrific than the next, silently scrolled by on large screens.
The following Wednesday night I gave a short presentation to the Newport Photo Guild, in which were sprinkled some photos of Secretaries of State from past work. The opportunity to bring up events of the previous weekend was obvious, but I didn’t. The Christmas card had not been mailed yet of course, so I couldn’t show it, and I didn’t trust myself to ad-lib the quick story above. Problem was, after 3 days of incubation the cold germs I’d picked up during my trip had blossomed into a full-blown sinus head cold. I was miserable. I’ve never liked what cold medicines do to you, so had taken nothing but aspirin in an attempt to get through the evening. My head felt like a squishy, leaky melon. I had only 20mins to speak, and given my state I didn’t trust myself to stray from my script, or attempt to bring up such a story and not ramble. So I didn’t mention it.
The card has gone to press now, and I’ll have a copy for my files someday. Maybe the story and photo will work its way into a future talk.
Don’t really know why I’m posting a 2yr old photo of my cat. Maybe the head cold is still affecting my judgement.
Happy weekend to you all.
The following Wednesday night I gave a short presentation to the Newport Photo Guild, in which were sprinkled some photos of Secretaries of State from past work. The opportunity to bring up events of the previous weekend was obvious, but I didn’t. The Christmas card had not been mailed yet of course, so I couldn’t show it, and I didn’t trust myself to ad-lib the quick story above. Problem was, after 3 days of incubation the cold germs I’d picked up during my trip had blossomed into a full-blown sinus head cold. I was miserable. I’ve never liked what cold medicines do to you, so had taken nothing but aspirin in an attempt to get through the evening. My head felt like a squishy, leaky melon. I had only 20mins to speak, and given my state I didn’t trust myself to stray from my script, or attempt to bring up such a story and not ramble. So I didn’t mention it.
The card has gone to press now, and I’ll have a copy for my files someday. Maybe the story and photo will work its way into a future talk.
Don’t really know why I’m posting a 2yr old photo of my cat. Maybe the head cold is still affecting my judgement.
Happy weekend to you all.
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Morning light on First Beach, Newport
Had a wonderful discussion with David of http://www.starsandlighthouses.com/ today. He's doing great work, and has applied for a major grant in order to continue the project. Technically and aesthetically his work is amazing, and as a former sailor I have a real appreciation for what he's doing. Godspeed David!
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I'll be speaking at the Newport Photo Guild meeting on Nov 18th. Mark your calendars. Subject of the presentation will be recent work, along with the usual thoughts and musings. Been at this over 40yrs now, so I do have some of those to share. ;)
Recent submissions have been to the annual photo show put on by the same group at the Newport Art Gallery, and a three image series to the 2nd Annual Open Call exhibition at Peter Miller Fine Art in Providence, RI.
Oh, and happy to report I've been accepted as a 'Local Pro' by Surfline.com. You've seen most of the work I submitted to them on this page, so I won't repeat those images now. But, tomorrow is forecast to have great surf, so there may some great new stuff to share later in the week.
Recent submissions have been to the annual photo show put on by the same group at the Newport Art Gallery, and a three image series to the 2nd Annual Open Call exhibition at Peter Miller Fine Art in Providence, RI.
Oh, and happy to report I've been accepted as a 'Local Pro' by Surfline.com. You've seen most of the work I submitted to them on this page, so I won't repeat those images now. But, tomorrow is forecast to have great surf, so there may some great new stuff to share later in the week.
Sunrise after the rain
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Been looking at gallery and show opportunities for the season, and with this in mind came across this exchange between a pro and his viewer:
"Viewer: Beautiful images...I love looking at wonderful landscape photography, I am rubbish at taking it, but I wanted to congratulate you and thank you for sharing.
Pro: Everyone has a given amount of bad photos inside their heads. Taking photos runs the well of bad photos dry. It took me around 40,000 photos to clear out my garbage."
Pro: Everyone has a given amount of bad photos inside their heads. Taking photos runs the well of bad photos dry. It took me around 40,000 photos to clear out my garbage."
Wow. Just wow. Could not have said it better.
I also can feel my well of crap photos running dry. Can't wait.
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