A few weeks ago I found myself back on assignment in Texas. I was working on a story about human bodies that were disgracefully buried in a public cemetery; some remains were dumped in plastic bags and piled on top of one another. It was a sad story, but one that is symptomatic of a much … Continue reading
It’s been well over three months since the last one of these. Here are some of my favorite shots from that time that never made it to any other posts here. They were captured in various parts of the southern US and Jamaica. All of them were taken with my X-Pro1 and processed differently in … Continue reading
It’s been more than four months since my last ‘random shots’ post. It is what it is. I’m not trying to explain anything beyond saying that I’ve been busy… I just wish I had been busier taking pictures. These are some of my favorites from the past few months that haven’t made it to any … Continue reading
According to the website, VSCO’s fourth pack is dedicated to “current and discontinued slide film emulations that produce rich and vivid tones” – it does not disappoint. The pictures in my last post were all processed in Lightroom using this latest VSCO film pack. In the past, I’ve posted several examples of different VSCO film … Continue reading
I finally decided to buy my first macro lens about six months ago. I chose the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, a lens I’m growing increasingly fond of after each use. It’s also a lens with a rather steep learning curve, at least for me. Perhaps that’s only true because I had zero macro experience before buying this piece … Continue reading
It’s been two weeks since my last ‘random’ post, and although I haven’t been taking as many pictures as I’d like recently, I still wanted to share some of my favorite shots from the past couple weeks. Even if they’re nothing spectacular, I like each one of them for different reasons. They were all taken … Continue reading
The other day I went out with my 5D to shoot some flowers. I was on the hunt for bees… but I had no luck with that. I did walk away with some keepers though, two of which form the foundation of this post. I really love my macro lens and I’ll be writing a long overdue … Continue reading
Not that any of you noticed, but I missed a week. Up until now, I had been maintaining a good bi-weekly rhythm with these posts. Every now and then I tend to skip a beat. Don’t hold it against me. These are some of my favorite shots from the past three weeks that haven’t made it into any other … Continue reading
A while ago I decided I wanted to get a new point-and-shoot camera, particularly one with Wi-Fi capability. I’ve also been wanting to try out a compact from Sony for some time now… in fact I was torn between a NEX and my X-Pro (although I have zero regrets). I ended up buying a DSC-WX80. I … Continue reading
These are some of my favorite shots from the past couple weeks that never made it into any of my other posts. All of them were shot with my Fuji X-Pro1 and 35mm lens before minimal processing in Lightroom. I just ordered the 14mm and look forward to putting it to use! Maybe the next … Continue reading
I love the spring. Surely I’m not alone… The weather in DC truly blows most of the time.The only exceptions come in spring and autumn. I took some pictures two weeks ago on ‘the first day of spring’ but it was cold and windy, plus there wasn’t much to shoot. It just started getting really nice outside … Continue reading
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates! Right about now I’m not too happy… when this post goes up, I’ll be wrapping up a teleconference meeting. That’s become part of my Sunday routine – work. I’d rather be out enjoying the nice weather! But over the last couple months, I’ve been trying to do some different kind of … Continue reading
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