I’ll do three short posts on New York. The Good, the Bad and the Takeaways. I did something similar already in this post, but this time I want […]
gear / tech
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Shooting Modern vs. Shooting Retro
Recently I had two outings (one lengthy vacation in New York and a 5-day visit to Poland) and I took very different camera gear to each: in New […]
travel
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New York, New York
I had the New York visit! It was certainly one of my top 5 traveling experiences so far, and was well worth the prepping from a photographic perspective. […]
gear
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Nikon’s Weather Sealing at its Limit
New York was fun! The weather though… We called it “museum day”, which was a euphemy for pouring rain all day long. As I had written, I planned […]
book
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Bryan Peterson’s Understanding Exposure
The best book I’ve read about photography thus far. Starts off a little slow – aims to cover people with zero prior exposure to photography (no pun intended) […]
book
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Prepping up for New York II.
Partially as prep-work, partially as part of my general visual education, I read the book on Architectural Photography by Adrian Schulz. I’m not sufficiently skilled to make a […]
tech
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EXIF stats tell a lot about your style
I recently became infected with CCD mania, and among others, got myself a Fujifilm S100FS bridge camera from 2008. It’s my millionth retro camera acquisition lately, but this […]
gear / travel
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Prepping up for New York I.
Apparently there’s a special place in every person’s heart for the Big Apple: no matter whom I tell about my vacation plan of spending a week in NY […]
gear / tech
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<28mm is Usually Too Wide
Recently, I’ve been using a Panasonic TZ100 compact and also a 12-40mm M4/3 lens. The Panny starts at 25mm the 12mm equals 24mm in 35mm terms. Looking back […]
family / travel
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Kids in Bad Light
If you ask pilots about the worst flying conditions, they’ll unequivocally point to thunderstorm. I think kids in bad light might be the photographic equivalent. Yesterday I took […]