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Why Photography?

“There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.”--Henri Cartier Bresson. It's Guinness. Life is a compendium of successive slices of time. Photography let's you capture them and freeze them for eternity, or at least as long as your negatives last. I've always been fascinated by the ability to do this through a complex mixture of chemicals and mechanical boxes that focus the light, the light, and let you freeze it like a fly in amber. I've always been fascinated by the decisive moment. I shoot with a variety of cameras, the magic box, and I like to shoot Kodak Tri-X, that staple of photojournalists, of which I once were. But film, digital, 35mm, full-frame, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, iPhone 11 Pro. None of that matters. It is the decisive moment that matters. Look at the movement. The emotions. The lines. Individuals, captured, in a slice of life. A moment that meant so very much to each of them, together. Never to be replicated or exp...

GAS. Gear Acquisition Syndrome

We've all had it. That perpetual search for just the right camera. Coming from a long film background, I finally plunged into digital about six years ago by purchasing a Nikon Df. Beautiful camera, beautiful files. Eventually acquired six lenses, four primes and two zooms. Took it on vacation to Scandinavia, and realized, "here's why I never carry this, it's too heavy!" Used my phone. So, I sold it off and bought into an Olympus kit. Two bodies and about eight lenses. Beautiful cameras and lenses, really enjoyed them. Took a lot of photos. But I noticed my iPhone 11 Pro was taking better pictures, most of the time.... So, the night before I left for a cruise around the Caribbean, I packed them all up and shipped them all off to a buyer, and just took my phone along. Got a lot of great shots and only carried one thing. Afterwards, rapidly went through a Nikon Z7, a couple of Sonys, and then a Nikon Z50. All good cameras, but all...heavy and complicated and no fun ...

Just Some Recent Work with the iPhone 11

I recently went on vacation. As usual, I brought all of my photo gear. And as usual, I shot all of my best, or favorite, photos, with my iPhone 11 Pro. Here's a few. The elusive Jeff. Nobody has taken a photo of him since his high school graduation. And here he actually talks on a phone! My brother in law Steve. He just gets things done. Last sunset of Summer. First Sunrise of Autumn. And this was with my actual camera, a Fujifilm X Pro. Autumn.

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