Photography

Photography as a record makes less sense as I grow old May 16, 2024
A (small) improvement to photo display on Glass.photo March 9, 2024
Canceling SmugMug September 28, 2023
Roll-108 (Leica MP. HP5) June 2, 2023
A week with the (original) Fuji X100 May 18, 2023
Why am I not taking photos? May 15, 2023
Some old cameras I found in storage May 13, 2023
Roll-105 (Leica MP, HP5) April 17, 2023
Barthes on the noise of Time April 9, 2023
Nick Brandt on using a digital camera — I hated it March 23, 2023
Leitz Elmar 9cm f4.0 March 22, 2023
Roll-104 (Leica M3/HP5) March 19, 2023
Scanography March 12, 2023
Using jAlbum for photo galleries March 1, 2023
Leica SL2 February 24, 2023
Sold: Leica M6 February 19, 2023
Are there really only three things to photograph? February 18, 2023
Things I can’t quit: Film photography and Emacs February 14, 2023
Roll-101 (Stylus Epic) February 2, 2023
Contact Sheet: Josie January 26, 2023
Photo wall January 26, 2023
youre-pointing-the-camera-wrong January 25, 2023
Trying again but with digital January 13, 2023
Roll-100 (Hasselblad 500C/M) January 9, 2023
I don’t know what I want January 7, 2023
Darkroom printing with borders January 5, 2023
Roll-099 (Leica MP) January 5, 2023
Roll-098 (Leica MP) January 4, 2023
Two photography quotes January 1, 2023
Back to scanning film with a real scanner December 30, 2022
My camera situation at the end of 2022 December 10, 2022
How I’m feeling about large format film photography November 27, 2022
It’s never the photos one expects to like November 4, 2022
Sunsetting the Canonet October 17, 2022
A (very) short review of the Sigma 35mm L-mount lens September 18, 2022
Roll-085 Leica M3 September 11, 2022
Sold: Leica Q2 Monochrom May 27, 2022
I need a new film scanner April 23, 2022
The kinds of portraits I prefer…Judith Joy Ross, for example April 10, 2022
Comparing film and digital: Mom April 7, 2022
Feelings about the Leica M10-R March 17, 2022
I love this boring photo of a lamp March 12, 2022
Fiber-based silver gelatin prints are a wonderful PITA March 8, 2022
I enjoy processing film March 1, 2022
The Kodak Retina IIIC February 27, 2022
Holding a Leica M camera February 13, 2022
Sold the Leica SL2-S and bought a Leica M10-R February 5, 2022
About to give up on making digital prints January 12, 2022
What makes a good family photograph? January 12, 2022
Studio self-portraits January 11, 2022
The shitty camera with you September 7, 2021
The Grafmatic back (and yet another 4×5 failure) August 17, 2021
Large Format: Challenges August 4, 2021
The Linhof Master Technika July 28, 2021
Which Leica gear to keep? July 23, 2021
Betting long on film with a new Leica MP July 9, 2021
A tweak to the photo workflow June 25, 2021
Dusting off the Olympus Stylus Epic June 16, 2021
Selling cameras is usually a mistake May 27, 2021
A reluctant Lightroom user May 18, 2021
The first photo I uploaded to Flickr March 31, 2021
The Minolta Autocord March 29, 2021
Keeping the Leica SL February 8, 2021
It’s not a good darkroom, but it works January 12, 2021
I forgot I wasn’t going to shoot any film this year January 10, 2021
The answer to “Whom should I let manage my photos?” January 2, 2021
Who should I let manage my photos? December 30, 2020
The Leica APO-Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH December 27, 2020
The Leica SL2-S = Instabuy December 10, 2020
My new (5-year-old) Leica SL November 13, 2020
Am I losing interest in shooting film? November 10, 2020
Manual Schmanual November 1, 2020
4×5 Self-portrait with strobe October 25, 2020
Very expired ektar 25 October 25, 2020
Using the Skier Sunray Copy Box 3 for digital film scanning October 24, 2020
Cheating with digital July 30, 2020
The MyHeritage Photo Enhancer July 26, 2020
Cameras I’m using and cameras I want July 21, 2020
The Lost Satisfactions Of Manual Competence — Cal Newport June 9, 2020
I may take a break from 35mm film May 30, 2020
Scanning film negatives with a digital camera April 30, 2020
More notes about Mylio for photo management April 14, 2020
Gallery of meals April 11, 2020
Using Mylio for photo management April 10, 2020
Did we ever really understand film? - Dante Stella April 5, 2020
Sending the Leica M3 in for repair and CLA February 14, 2020
Bringing my photos in from the cloud November 9, 2019
Thinking out loud about having the Leica Q September 22, 2019
Keeping a Digital Print Archive July 7, 2019
Old Photos Are Not Worth Anything - Missy Mwac April 27, 2019
unused-leicas April 23, 2019
annoying-with-the-hasselblads April 21, 2019
Using a Speed Graphic for snapshots April 20, 2019
flickr-login April 13, 2019
These photos aren’t for you - Missy Mwac April 11, 2019
luminar-flex-setapp April 11, 2019
What not to photograph March 16, 2019
What if I don’t build a darkroom? March 13, 2019
The Lesson from Costco’s Photo Lab - Missy Mwac March 10, 2019
Stuck with Lightroom Classic March 9, 2019
lightroom-classic-and-cc March 7, 2019
Leica announces the Q2 March 7, 2019
photo-mechanic-6 March 6, 2019
selfie-with-eggs March 3, 2019
lightroom-vs March 2, 2019
trees-in-snow February 27, 2019
tires February 27, 2019
pakon-problems February 27, 2019
film-photos February 27, 2019
scanning-station February 17, 2019
lightroom-on-ipad February 14, 2019
caran-dache February 13, 2019
hasselblad February 13, 2019
close-to-capture-one February 13, 2019
Testing Retrobatch February 6, 2019
Billingham Hadley Small Pro Camera Bag January 30, 2019
Why tag film photographs? - Bijan Sabet January 28, 2019
Reflexive Shopping - TOP January 22, 2019
Mylio as a photo organizer January 22, 2019
Struggling with Lightroom CC January 20, 2019
Lightroom CC pros and cons November 17, 2018
Start stopping down November 9, 2018
My Photography Website July 20, 2018
“The Magic City. A Portfolio of Original Photographic Views of the Great World’s Fair”. 1894 July 17, 2018
The Joy of Not Sharing August 31, 2017
Contact Sheets as Art August 30, 2017

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