Tag: Leica

Third Time’s A Charm

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Third Time’s A Charm

First, on a serious note… Early February, 2020 found me back in Joshua Tree for the third year in a row with Don Messec of Making Art Safely. Early February seems almost like a lifetime ago with covid-19 now confining us to our homes. We had heard that there might be some people quarantined at the nearby Twentynine Palms Marine base but it didn’t seem to be that big a deal. Boy, was that wrong! So please pay attention to the medical professionals and not the politicians. This is and will be a trying time for our country but come Read more »

Focused on Creating a Real Black & White Print

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Focused on Creating a Real Black & White Print

So I’m retired, now what? For the past two years or so I’ve been focused on creating a good black & white print much more than a color print. Call it getting back to my roots. My spousal unit may not be completely happy with that but she is supportive as always. I post images in half a dozen Facebook groups, my Instagram account, and lately in SmugMug. That’s fine because it reaches a bigger audience than trapping friends with a slideshow. But at least we give them food and drinks so they tolerate me, I hope. In the end Read more »

Wyoming Beauty

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Wyoming Beauty

Well time sure flies don’t it. Here I’d planned on doing regular posts since I’m retired now. Anywho, here’s a photo from our trip to Jackson Hole to visit with our friends Beth and Jeff Schenck who are getting ready to build a house there. This is a 3 shot panorama with a Leica M-P and the APO 50mm lens. The detail is incredible. Many, many thanks to Beth for printing this for me! It’s out for framing right now. The little white spot on the left edge of the light green shoreline is actually a boat in the water Read more »