Photography and getting over covid-19 Shortly after my last blog update, which was week 5 with the Leica M system, China decided to drop its zero-COVID policy and open up everything. No more testing, no more quarantine, and a lot more freedom to move around and...
Week 5 with the Leica M After last week’s horrible time with the 7Artisan 35mm f1.4 lens, I decided to do some research into alternative options for the 35mm field of view on the Leica M system and found a few alternatives that would not break the...
Week 4 with Leica M This has been a difficult week for me. I have been struggling with the 7Artisan 35mm f1.4 lens and the potential lockdowns looming over my head all week, while worrying about food supplies and COVID tests. I know it is really hard for...
Week 3 with Leica M Week three with the Leica M system has been fun. I think Leica should change its motto to “Putting the fun back into photography” as all my shoots with the Leica M10 have been fun so far. Sure, there are some growing pains...
Trying Infrared photography I have never really paid much attention to IR photography before. I have seen some black-and-white work with IR cameras, but I never liked it all that much, especially when compared to film. Black-and-white film is just way...
Week 2 with the Leica M This week will be a simple test week, weather and COVID permitting. I took my weekly COVID test yesterday, so I should be allowed to travel within the city and shoot some photos. This week’s goal with the Leica M10 will be testing...
China lockdowns and swimming down the Leica rabbit hole. It has been nearly a whole year since my last update on the website, and there have been many reasons why I stopped blogging. The two biggest reasons were that China decided to use a new...
The importance of persistence One of my biggest weaknesses as a photographer is persistence and patience. As a music photographer, the moment only lasts a split second, and then it is gone forever. But outside of work, that is seldom true. Sometimes,...
Coming out of Lockdown in China About two months ago, COVID-19 decided to show back up near my base city in China, and the whole province went back into lockdown again. Being a foreigner with a camera meant that I was put into serious lockdown, and I...
Photography is more about access than cameras I was listening to an interview with photographer David Yarrow and he said that “Photography is more about access than cameras” and that really struck a chord with me because what he said was so...
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