For shooting concerts, I’m thinking of bringing two cameras so I can get a couple of different focal lengths without changing lenses. My thought is my 35mm Summicron for my Leica, and my 105mm Nikkor for my Nikon. I’d bring a 50mm as well just in case. Opinions?
I switched from Kindle to Kobo, and I think I like it better? The hardware might be slightly less refined, but everything else is better.
I don’t know for sure how Steve would have comported himself in the Trump era, but I kind of wish we could have seen it.
Lloyd Center mall is less dead than I expected. I’d say it’s only about half dead. I could see them redoing the facade to look less foreclosed and doing some weird stuff in there like an indoor farmers market or something. #pdx
I mean, there are better programmers than me who don’t know the first thing about C or pointers or any of that, and I’m sure better photographers who only shoot in auto modes. That doesn’t mean it’s not still a useful exercise to do those things.
Much like how learning to program in C requires you to understand how memory works, using entirely manual cameras has forced me to really understand how focus, exposure, and metering work. I think that’s worthwhile and makes me a better photographer, even if I use more featureful cameras later.
I appear to have solved whatever problems I was having with dust when developing negatives at home — which is great. Taking those spots out was 90% of the editing I’ve been doing for black and white.
Something I notice with my Leica, even more than my Nikon FM2, is that the space between the frames on the negatives is identical. On the point and shoots I have it’s really variable. #leica #filmphotography
Mira the dog at band practice.
🎞️ Kodak Tri-X 400 📷 Leica M2
#filmphotography #believeinfilm #leica
“To NW Bridge Ave” — Forest Park, Portland, Oregon
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400 📷 Nikon FM2
#filmphotography #believeinfilm
I am fairly certain that the Saint Johns neighborhood of Portland is primarily a coffee shop based economy.
Picking up coffee beans at my local shop.
Enjoying my murdered out black Kånken I got myself. I usually go for colorful things, but this spoke to me.
Picking up some coffee beans at my local shop.
Thinking of submitting some of my photos for this black and white gallery show. Don’t know if they’re good enough to get accepted, but maybe 😊
After ruining three rolls of film because of something I did wrong with D76 developer, I picked up some Kodak HC-110, which seems a bit more foolproof.
If you’ve tried sudoku in the past and had trouble getting into it, I recommend trying it in Apple News. I’ve been playing everyday and it’s pretty fun!
I’ll never get over there being conservative Star Trek fans who complain unironically that the series has “gone woke.” A big part of why I’m the way I am is because I grew up watching Star Trek. It’s intentionally been very progressive from the start.
Something I’ve learned about using a rangefinder camera — take the lens cap off when you start shooting and then leave it off. Otherwise I end up forgetting to take it off and shoot six blank shots.
I took ChatGPT off my phone. I’m going to try just using it just through Siri if I really need something answered and otherwise try and cultivate my traditional researching skills.
I really dislike getting sent a link or a code in an email to sign into a website. I don’t know when this caught on, but it’s my least favorite of the available options.
I have to leave what I’m doing, go to a different app, maybe refresh a couple of times, click the link and then finally I’m in.
I like computers.
I almost never put non-CRUD routes in my Rails controllers anymore. If I’m tempted to, I try to think of how this concept could be represented in its own controller, which it can just about all the time.
It’s crazy with Luigi and this perp walk and the whole thing how they aren’t even pretending they don’t value rich people’s lives more than the rest of ours.
I’m interested in connecting with people involved in intentional communities, eco villages, off-grid living or related for a photography project in which I would document and write about what they’re doing. If you have any connections, get in touch please. #intentionalcommunity #offgrid