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JonPB wrote:
It has been a while since I've contributed. In the meantime, I've worked an exhausting job. Yesterday, I quit that job, and my soul is rejoicing. Today, I received a printer (Epson 3880), and I've made my own prints for the first time in nearly two decades. Now, well, since Monday, I'm totally in love with the world and everything it offers -- of which photo is only a small part, but an important part. I need to make following this thread a part of my daily routine. After catching up on what I've missed in this thread over the last few months...
Everyone: Thank you so much for posting your images here. It is wonderful to look through all of these pictures, both as a viewer and as a photographer. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Adam: I'm glad you didn't completely quit Leica. Personally, I buy used -- that's a financial thing for me, but it could become a statement thing for you. Buying used means they don't directly benefit from any of your [currency of choice]. It'd be a shame to sacrifice parts of what you enjoy about photography in order to spite a few folks who don't get it. I'm glad you're keeping what you love and perhaps recentering around what's important to you.
Charlie: Your photos of the light in the hills redoubles my desire to get out there. And, now I can. Gorgeous captures. I'll remember them as I'm trying to capture the beauty around me. I don't know what greater compliment to pay to another photographer.
Michael: Those images with older lenses make me want to duplicate my current kit (modern 35 & 90) with 50 year-old versions of the same lengths. Of course, most of that is due to your skill. Please, I ask you, never hesitate to post the images that you love, even if they're of common family moments. Your photos are great images of people, images of humanity, even if they happen to be your children. I don't see everything in them that you do, but I still see a lot that is beautiful, both in image and in subject.
Chuck: As above, I hope you never hesitate to share your work.
Dylan: I might be looking the other way when I see your images. I'm somewhat envious of having enough room to process an entirely analog workflow. But I've also always liked your work, so I'll enjoy and learn from them nonetheless.
Allen: I love what you do with tonality. Your photos aren't the kind I aspire to make, but I do try to dissect them and understand how they work. Now that I've seen a few of my own prints, I also very much so want to see some of your work in physical form. Please let the thread know if you have another show coming up; I've been wanting to return to Chicago at some point, and that'd be a perfect excuse.
Werner: I'm a fan. Pure and simple. Your work is inspiring. Thank you.
As for my own stuff over the last few months, I've largely given a miss to technical perfection in favor of being in the moment. Not sure if that reflects my psychology of being burnt out or a long-standing artistic preference, but we'll see. Anyhow: these are with 35 FLE except the second one with a 90 AA. I'm experimenting with Smugmug, as I find that Flickr has too many intrusive ads to make it worthwhile; so, feel free to visit jonpb.photo/Snapshots/ if you'd like higher resolution versions.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Snapshots/i-gFvzDzb/1/L/L1361238-L.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Snapshots/i-vWL2kGj/0/L/L1361297-L.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Snapshots/i-WgKL5h4/0/L/L1361312-L.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Snapshots/i-S96KbCq/1/L/L1361228-L.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Snapshots/i-J9SGXXd/1/L/L1361141-L.jpg
Cheers,
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Jon, I appreciate your nice comment. I'd highly recommend those classic leica glass, especially using on monochrome, though I also love the color file out of it. It save me some process time to have low contrast, low clarity portraits. Other than a few cron, the slower speed and extreme small size of elmar or Summaron are especially suit for street.
Here is one with 28 cron
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