(ALMOST) FALL FOLIAGE On the first day of squaring my camera gave to me: More than five hundred repetitive bracketed shots of the dam over the Mumford in the middle of town. I think the camera created at least half… Read More ›
Cameras
MEETING ALFRED EISENSTADT
In the early 1990s, Garry did a feature about Alfred Eisenstadt and Lois Maillou Jones, both of whom lived on the Vineyard and had been given Presidential Medals of Honor for their work. We became friends with both artists. Eisenstadt was… Read More ›
CAMERAS AND THEN SOME
Since I let Garry have my little Leica, I’ve been looking for something small enough to tuck into my bag. Everything is too big or too heavy — or doesn’t give me quality I like. I’m never satisfied with pictures… Read More ›
PORTRAITS OF THE HUSBAND IF YOU ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WIFE
Every now and again, Garry needs a new “head shot.” Back in the old days, this was almost always a black & white head and shoulder pictures. Black and white because these were often inserted into newspapers which until lately,… Read More ›
KNOWING ALFRED EISENSTAEDT
Maybe it doesn’t matter but maybe it does.
A MURKY FUTURE FOR OLYMPUS – REBLOG BY ATMTX PHOTO BLOG
A couple of days ago, a few people reached out to me about Olympus. They knew I am an Olympus fan, and that I own and use many of their cameras. If you haven’t heard, a press release indicated that… Read More ›
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES AND KNOWING ALFRED EISENSTAEDT
The first time I went to the Vineyard, it was my honeymoon — to my first husband and the year was 1965. I didn’t know anything about the Vineyard. I hadn’t even known it was there, but we were looking… Read More ›
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT OLYMPUS?
Last August, there was an announcement that Olympus was selling a part of their organization to another Japanese finance company and that the cameras would move to the new company while Olympus put their emphasis in medical instrumentation. Clearly there… Read More ›
THE DAY OF THE NEW CAMERA
It isn’t a new camera in the sense that it was never used before, but it’s close enough! I hasn’t been used much and this is the first time I’ve gotten a new camera and immediately seen an improvement in… Read More ›
LEICA AND THE JEWS OF GERMANY DURING THE HOLOCAUST
If you needed a good (or better) reason to buy Leica products, other than their extraordinary high quality, here is another which has nothing to do with the quality of lenses or cameras. LEICA AND THE JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST… Read More ›
THE CAMERA I DIDN’T BUY – AND THE ONES I’VE ALREADY GOT
I got an “on sale” notice from Adorama about the Olympus OMD M1 Mark II, down from $1300 to $900. I know from long experience that if Adorama has it on sale, so does everyone else. That’s because the Mark… Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CAMERAS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, OR EQUIPMENT
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Cameras, photographers or equipment I love taking pictures of people taking pictures and I also love taking pictures of my cameras. I still have the same cameras I’ve had for years except for a recently… Read More ›
