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
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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 (4×5) 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
2021 Thoughts
✦ June
Pilot Custom 823 Fountain Pen
It’s been a while since I bought a new fountain pen. This is about the Pilot Custom 823.
Literally
2021 Thoughts
✦ May
Selling cameras is usually a mistake
I’ve owned a lot of cameras and lenses.
More than average , I’d say. I’ve of course sold
2021 Thoughts
✦ May
A reluctant Lightroom user
I’ve never loved editing photos in Adobe’s Lightroom (Classic) . It does the job fine, and it has all
2021 Thoughts
✦ May
Writing everything in TiddlyWiki and publishing just the public parts
I take all my notes in TiddlyWiki now, and publish most of them to rudimentarylathe.wiki .
For the past few
2021 Thoughts
✦ May
May is "Easy Mode" month
I’m exhausted. I think it’s because I haven’t been working in more than a month and my