2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Music: Stream or buy?
Which is right for me, streaming or buying my music?
TL;DR: Both
Phil’s recent note about streaming vs
Archives
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Starting with a clean desk
My home office environment was getting out of hand, clutter-wise. They say that a messy desk is the sign of
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Visual Meditation
I’m not sure I’ll ever be capable of sustaining an ongoing “meditation practice”.
The idea of regular meditation
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Holding a Leica M camera
I’ve used many wonderful film cameras from many different systems: From Nikon F to Hasselblad V to Linhof, Olympus
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Sold the Leica SL2-S and bought a Leica M10-R
The Leica SL series of cameras are special, but not unique. I had an original SL and then bought the
2022 Thoughts
✦ January
What makes a good family photograph?
The above photo is a good family photograph. Why? Because it doesn’t just capture members of the family, it
2022 Thoughts
✦ January
Studio self-portraits
I finished a roll in the MP today by taking a bunch of self-portraits in my basement “studio”.
The shots
2021 Thoughts
✦ September
The shitty camera with you
The best camera is the one you have with you. Unless it’s a shitty camera. In that case the
2021 Thoughts
✦ August
Large Format: Challenges
There are too many things that can go wrong when shooting large format (4Ă—5) film.
I made four exposures
2021 Thoughts
✦ July
The Linhof Master Technika
Anyone who’s dabbled in large format photography knows the name “Linhof”. It’s one of those companies with a
2021 Thoughts
✦ July
Which Leica gear to keep?
After a year of buying really nice cameras and lenses, I’ve gotten to a point where I’m feeling
2021 Thoughts
✦ July
Betting long on film with a new Leica MP
I enjoy both film and digital photography, but the pendulum has been swinging toward film recently, and I’ve been
2021 Thoughts
✦ June
A tweak to the photo workflow
I’m trying to stick with the Adobe suite for processing, editing, and managing photos.
I prefer Capture One’s
2021 Thoughts
✦ June
A visual thinker using text-based tools
Yesterday I was asked something about a project I’d worked on two years ago. At that time I’d
2021 Thoughts
✦ June
Using Zotero as a bookmarking and read-later service
I’m almost certainly using Zotero wrong.
Instead of for citations and research, I’m using Zotero as a bookmarking
2021 Thoughts
✦ June
Dusting off the Olympus Stylus Epic
I bought my first Olympus Stylus Epic in 2004 and fell in love. I’ve owned one ever since. That