Back to Basics in Black and White
The color photos of William Eggleston were something of an inspiration for the present website. His oeuvre of photographing the ordinary offered a rationale for documenting the world around me -- just photograph the world as it appears. And the world appears in color. But most of the work of the great 20th century photographers was in black and white. There is a directness and purity to the black and white image. Can this still be had in the digital age? Can you just co
A Walk Around The Lawn: Zeiss APO 135 mm
The Zeiss ZF.2 135 f/2.0 APO Sonnar is a superb lens. Often, there is a temptation to claim that a great photo is so good because of the lens, or maybe the camera, even though the same great photo might have been taken with different gear on the same day. That's the temptation with the Zeiss 135 APO Sonnar - to claim that your photos are great because of the lens - but the more you use it, the more it really seems to be true, and the more you just seem to make great photos
