It's been too long since I went hiking, even if it was just a quick two hour return to Mount Cordeaux Lookout. Easy to forget what it's like to be in the rainforest on the side of a mountain. Fresh aired bliss at 7ºC.
Read MoreYou know what? I may have to end up rolling up some of these weekend posts into three day bonanzas if I keep this up. I just tend to make photos on all three days of my (longer) weekend, so instead of pushing all my articles down from posting too many new B&W photo posts, I'll roll them into one sometimes.
Read MoreBit of random day in the city (again) shooting with Rocky's Summilux 35mm (again). It's a curious thing, this depth of field tool we have as photographers. As someone who uses a rangefinder with an separate optical view finder, I've tried not to rely on having shallow depth of field, but as I add the razor thin focus of the Summilux to toolbox again, I find its effect to have resonated with how I want photographs to portray their subject matter.
I think I'll have to go back to my own Summarit f/2.5 to recalibrate myself and figure out if I really would prefer to have the separation that is only possible at the wide aperture.
People looking at maps
People looking at menus
Arlo attacking Hannah
SAY CHEESE
When photographs don't portray the musical talents of a performer...
Rocky was kind enough to lend me his Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4 lens instead of my Summarit f/2.5. I've really forgotten what it's like to shoot environmental portraits with such shallow and dreamy depth of field. I actually really missed it to be honest and may end up with one in the future to replace my Summarit.
Hannah
Breakfast with pa
Taj in a koala onesie
Jeremy and Taj
A wild Contax G2 appears...
