Greetings, this blog is dedicated to my life in photography. I want to make this a place to stop and relax. In the hope that this will help in these trying times
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The power of the Leica, candid shots.
Naturally the camera does not take the photo nor does a new and better camera make one a better photographer. Nevertheless, shooting with a range finder camera like the Leica with its superb optics and handling makes one take shots that would be more difficult with lesser cameras. The ability to see outside the frame, unlike with a SLR where one sees through a tunnel, makes composition much more hands on. I always say that with the Leica one is looking out of a window. These three shots, taken at different venues all were shot with the 50mm Summicron F 2 a marvelous lens. All hand held and all without flash using the famed Tri-X developed in D-76 full strength to reduce contrast and smooth out some of the grain.
The top photo is of an Haitian artist in Brooklyn, the middle one is of a pediatric nurse at Mary Immaculate Hospital, now closed, and the bottom one is of Mother Theresa when she visited Newark. I always liked the contrast between the well fed bishop and the frail nun.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
These shots were As I go through my old cd's to re burn them, I keep fingid many great shots with the S1. It always amazes me what that ...
-
There was something right about the skin tones of the D 1-X. Only the Fuji S2-Pro did better. The Nikkor 35-135 F 3.5-4.5 was used.
-
Yes indeed, old photos from Sicily. I will be posting new ones very soon. The above photos were shot with Tri-X and with the Canon Ft and...
No comments:
Post a Comment