Leighton,
Here is a sight I hope has fond memories for you and Barbara. I always enjoyed your market photos, and the behind the scenes peak. I re-imaged these from a trip to a local Farmers Market. There are way too many to share. My standard MO is to ask permission first. If granted, I shoot then purchase at least one item from the vendor. My poor Barbara had to carry a lot of vegetables that day. The way I look at it - the farmers are also food stylist. They make my job like shooting fish in a barrel. It is just too easy to come away with a bunch of great shots, and I am extremely fast at it. All these were with the 85mm f1.4 ais
Most impressive, James. Colours are great and from the tomatoes onwards, the beackground rendering is like nothing I have seen before. Thought the tomatos were the winner, but then came the mushrooms.
Thank you Siphiwe. All of these were shot at f1.4 except the radishes were at f2. The 85mm f1.4 ais has a reputation for the bokeh you mention.
SiMuMe wrote:
Most impressive, James. Colours are great and from the tomatoes onwards, the beackground rendering is like nothing I have seen before. Thought the tomatos were the winner, but then came the mushrooms.
James Markus wrote:
Leighton,
Here is a sight I hope has fond memories for you and Barbara. I always enjoyed your market photos, and the behind the scenes peak. I re-imaged these from a trip to a local Farmers Market. There are way too many to share. My standard MO is to ask permission first. If granted, I shoot then purchase at least one item from the vendor. My poor Barbara had to carry a lot of vegetables that day. The way I look at it - the farmers are also food stylist. They make my job like shooting fish in a barrel. It is just too easy to come away with a bunch of great shots, and I am extremely fast at it. All these were with the 85mm f1.4 ais
James, I'm glad to see all of the market pictures. We don't hit our local market nearly as often as we used to. The largest farm that brought a good variety of high quality local produce went under during the middle of the pandemic (was fairly scandalous and not necessarily directly rona related, but I'm sure that didn't help). This reminds me of their booth so much.
Serge,
For the newspaper I use to get lots of photos including the people. Back then the legal theory was they were in the public, and no photo release was required. Never-the-less, I always asked permission, and stated that I worked for the newspapers' marketing department and the "photos may be used in future publications". If they were fine with that; I would shoot away. Towards the end the lawyers wanted signed releases that stated what specific publication the photos may be used. It made the whole exchange awkward, and many times I would lose the organic moment which had made me want the shot to begin with. I still ask permission to include the people, but I don't publish them anywhere - they are just for me. I wrestle with sharing my newspaper, and studio professional work online even when I have a signed release. Some wonderful stories I photographed that never made it to publication really bother me. However, I guess the lawyers were right, I never had anyone complain about a photo I took.
To answer your question: just shooting vegetables with none of the above considerations is lots of fun.
Jim
serge07 wrote:
James, excellent series. Terrific colors and great work on the manual focus front.
Thought I better post an image while I still remember how
Have been busy in the shop the last couple weekends bringing a 24 year old bike of mine out of retirement and getting it ready for some time trial riding this spring.
Shot with the Nikkor-S Auto 5cm f/2 non-Ai F mount on the Fuji GFX. Wide open, no crop, ACROS simulation. Just brought in to Photoshop for border and resizing.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Thought I better post an image while I still remember how
Have been busy in the shop the last couple weekends bringing a 24 year old bike of mine out of retirement and getting it ready for some time trial riding this spring.
Shot with the Nikkor-S Auto 5cm f/2 non-Ai F mount on the Fuji GFX. Wide open, no crop, ACROS simulation. Just brought in to Photoshop for border and resizing.
Have a good weekend folks.
George
Gotta love that Acros simulation. You ought to ride that thing on up here.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Thought I better post an image while I still remember how
Have been busy in the shop the last couple weekends bringing a 24 year old bike of mine out of retirement and getting it ready for some time trial riding this spring.
Shot with the Nikkor-S Auto 5cm f/2 non-Ai F mount on the Fuji GFX. Wide open, no crop, ACROS simulation. Just brought in to Photoshop for border and resizing.
Have a good weekend folks.
George
George,
Good on you. Still a lovely looking piece of hardware.
Don't disc brakes and bluetooth/electic gear changers tempt you?
Is that the 9 bladed version of the 5cm?
Thanks Colin! Disc brakes maybe. Electric shifting? No thanks. Just like my lenses, I like my bikes with full manual control. There is not one nut, bolt, screw, bearing, gear or cable on that bike that I have not removed or maintained over the years.
Can’t get US handmade Cannondale bikes anymore, so holding on to these (also have a 2004 Six13 Team Saeco)
The 5cm that I used for that shot was a 6 blade.
George
DeltaSigma wrote:
George,
Good on you. Still a lovely looking piece of hardware.
Don't disc brakes and bluetooth/electic gear changers tempt you?
Is that the 9 bladed version of the 5cm?
now you're talking!
