Category Archives: Street Photography

Fuji X-Pro 1: Thoughts On A New Camera

This is not a tech heavy, pixel peeping review (you can easily find that elsewhere). I really don’t care about all that. What I care about is the final image. I’ve been reading everything I could about the new Fuji X-Pro 1 since its announcement around the first of the year. This is a new class…

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Nocturnal Visual Explorations – Oella Nights

Of late I’ve been prowling the streets of Oella after dark armed with a tripod mounted camera. Long exposures of streetscapes have yielded new views of my hometown. Somewhat otherworldly, somewhat hopperesque, I like them. Do you? Please comment below.  

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Hampden HonFest 2011

How can one resist shooting the annual Hampden, Maryland HonFest? Cheeky fun. Beehive hairdo’s, cat’s eye glasses and feather boa’s galore. I went with the LX5 in order to use the hyper sync to knock down the daylight. Shoot with strobe at arms length at 1/2000th of a second. Below is my favorite and a…

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A walk with my daughter: breaking the rules.

One thing I tell new photographers is to break the rules. Oftentimes you’ll like the results. Case in point is below. Lets look at the traditional photography rules I broke. Rule one: use your viewfinder to carefully frame the photograph you are taking. I shot this from the hip pointing the camera in the general…

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