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 ›
Cameras
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 ›
THE COMING OF THE iPhone – Marilyn Armstrong
My son talked me into it. It was the best deal I was ever going to get. My cousin’s son and my best friends’ sons did the same for them — all at the same time. It’s probably the quarantine… Read More ›
IT’S ALL CONNECTED – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s the little things that trigger epiphanies. Those tiny moments of recognition that make me say “Oh! I see!” A few days ago, I took my Panasonic out of my shoulder bag where it lives. I’m very careful with my… Read More ›
THE SQUIRRELS KEEP FLYING WHILE EVERYTHING KEEPS EATING – Marilyn Armstrong
It takes me a really long time to get these pictures into any kind of condition where I can post them and you can see what they are. The problem is not that the camera is too far away. It’s… Read More ›
