Imagist Blog

I’ve driven past this location a dozen times; always thinking I’ll have to stop and photograph it. A couple weeks ago I finally did stop. The temperature hovered around five degrees as I hunted for the arrangement of those qualities which attracted my attention. At the moment I’m unable to choose which view sums up those qualities into a single frame; I guess it takes time.

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Though I think this, the second, the square, really does sum up the visual appeal; or maybe I need the door as seen above.

Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph, and 28 mm Summicron Asph

Weeks have passed with very little photography.

Been digging around in tool bags quite different than the camera bags.
Rather than reaching for the correct focal length lens, choosing ISO and shutter speeds, and apertures…
I’ve been choosing saw blades, planes, chisels, gouges and trying to find a taper jig for the table saw.

Laid the new hardwood on the step to transition into the kitchen.

 The fan finally arrived and is a delight to look at as it transitions to the cedar.

Quite immersed in the beauty, and smell, of oak and cedar trees…

Did manage to share coffee and a few stories with fellow photographer, Troy Freund;
who offered up a couple “Magic Arms” in exchange for a large vanilla bean coffee from Stone Creek.
Troy had rented an Leica M (240) and asked me about my take on Leica focusing vs. auto focus DSLRs.
I handed him my Olympus EVF to clip on his rental M. That was my answer and he “got it” instantly.

 Blending the eclectic, perhaps even eccentric…
Searching for solutions to return to true and plumb in a world where the concept seemed irrelevant.

 

Fitting and finishing… you’d hardly know that short wall was twisted in two different directions…

The joy of craftsmanship, the smell and feel of wood being formed and fit…
accompanied by a certain melancholy…
as the arthritis whispers of aging, and trigger fingers lock up around the gouges and mallets…
back now seems chronically in pain… aging does not favor weeks of bending over the work…

Leica M, 35 mm Summilux Asph

created by:
a change in temperature;
a change in point of view;
a change in the focal length of a lens,
or sensor, or ground glass area;
a change in mood;
another sentient being entering your space,
or you entering theirs.

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Hasselblad 500CM w CF39 back, 135 mm S-Planar

Friday, January 2, 2015…
The mission? A flower.
Why? Because someone (was it Sonny?)
said, “I shoot flowers every Friday.”
And we all, apparently, thought it a good idea.
That’s the LUG (Leica User Group) for you.

What’s “new” about a “year?”
other than the number assigned to it;
and the taxes due to it.

Perhaps more interesting, to me, are the facts that:
I left the womb 24,943 days ago.
3,563 weeks and 2 days ago.
That’s 68 years and 106 days, including 17 leap years.
Or 68 years, 15 weeks and 1 day.
In other words — 820.03 months.
Or 68.29 years.
Slipped out on a Wednesday.
My next “birth” day anniversary will occur on a Friday
(much like this here day of the week)

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Hasselblad 500/CM/CF-39, 135 mm S-Planar