…in the yard as snow flakes fall through spring and food from the kiln Leica M, 60 mm Macro Elmarit-R
Category Archives: Places
Serendipity…
By happy happenstance… Jake, from the Waupun area, 45 miles Northeast of my home, wanted to purchase the floor board nailer that I had listed for sale on craigslist. Once we agreed on the price I offered to drive 10 miles his way to ease his travel time. He countered with, “half way.” Now. Do […]
Monday morning weather forms…
wind sculpted snow between our cars weather woman says, “6 degrees; wind chill feels like -7 degrees” frosting our windows (click photographs for larger view) Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph Hasselblad 500 CM / CF-39, 135 mm Carl Zeiss S Planar
Winter light
brings with it a moodiness to the contemplatives (click photograph for larger view) Hasselblad 500 CM / CF39, 135 mm S Planar on Auto Bellows Leica M, 28 mm Summicron Asph
Still light…
falling on still life (click photograph for larger view) Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph
Waiting…
for someone or something to return on the 24,951st day of this life (click photograph for larger view) Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph
Why photograph? Why use black and white? Why use color?
We photograph to explore our fascination with reality and all its remarkable, fleeting moments. …because we love light. …to discover how the moment may look when frozen in time. We photograph to remember. To tell a story. To illustrate. To explain. To say, “Look what I saw.” To learn more about “this or that.” To share. To show—as proof. We’re fascinated by, and […]
The last Mequon Road House porch studies? Perhaps.
memories are made of these: the fan died nature reclaims the hot plate with a firm hug (click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 50 mm Summilux Asph & 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit —R
A day with the Leitz Apo—Macro—Elmarit—R 1:2.8 / 100 on the M (240)
(click photograph for larger view) Dust to dust. Wabi (a quality of austere and serene beauty expressing a mood of spiritual solitude recognized in Zen Buddhist philosophy.) Sabi (“The concept sabi carries not only the meaning ‘aged’—in the sense of ‘ripe with experience and insight’ as well as ‘infused with the patina that lends old things their beauty’—but […]
More with the Leitz Wetzlar Summilux—R 1:1.4 / 80 on Leica M (240)
This group demonstrates the reach and OOF bokeh of the 80 Summilux when used “on the streets.” The first two come from the view from The Anvil Restaurant in Cedarburg, WI; where Ann and I had dinner after looking for a “vanity” for one of the bathrooms in the house we’ve bought. The rest come […]