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Ariel
This beautiful young lady works at one of my favorite restaurants and always has a smile on her face. She’s always very pleasant and was gracious enough to pose for a portrait.
Leica M9 + M-Hexanon 50mm f/1.2
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At the Pizzeria Prima Strada
Recently, while in Victoria, BC, I had a wonderful evening with a couple of close friends – my buddy Kevin and his beautiful wife Barb – wonderful people, at the Pizzeria Prima Strada. The pizza was wonderful, the Montepulciano flowed in great quantity and the company was great!
All shot with Leica M9 + M-Hexanon 50mm f/1.2 lens:
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The wood-fired oven that baked the wonderful pizza
Here’s Barb enjoying the Montepulciano
Romance
What lies yonder?
This lady took care of us – great sense of humor, a ready smile and, I suspect, a very tough lady
All in all, a most excellent evening!
Gail – A Portrait
Gail was a participant at the Miksang workshop in Victoria, BC. She graciously consented to allow me to shoot a portrait.
Leica M9 + Hexanon 50mm f/1.2, Raw conversion and B&W treatment in Photoshop.
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Gail, at the Miksang Workshop, Victoria, BC
Old Shed
I came across this old and dilapidated shed while traipsing around the very photogenic town of Blue Rock near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. That particular day everything was in deep fog, so I spent most of my time shooting abstract and quasi-abstract images. Here are a few from that day.
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The Joy of Water
Not much more needs to be said… 
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Glad to be alive!
Of late, I have been attempting to get a walk in every evening as a sort of a meditative effort – to walk, to observe, and to consciously stop the mind-chatter. It’s also been an opportunity to carry the camera and work on capturing what the eye perceives.
Today, the colors in the sky were glorious! Both these images are a perhaps a poor representation of the feeling of being outdoors in the cold, crisp air, of breathing in deeply, drinking in the wonder of nature’s palette; of feeling gloriously alive! It seems as though with every passing year, the rate at which time goes by ever increases, with life passing by too quickly. To live in the moment then, is of paramount importance…
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Heather
Beautiful young lady with a very sunny disposition.
Leica M9 + Canon 85mm f/1.8, shot wide open. Christmas 2011.
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Knarly redux
I made this image on a recent trip to Napa, California. I had processed this on my laptop and posted it previously here.
LCD screens on laptops are not very easy to calibrate. The angle of the screen also makes a big difference to how one perceives the image. A kind reader, Calvin, had pointed out in the previous post that the monochrome version lacked contrast, and he is right. After getting home I decided to reprocess the image on my calibrated setup at home and here are the results. I think both images are improved – the color version marginally so and the monochrome version significantly. Your thoughts?
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Wine Press – 2
Another image from the visit to Napa.
Leica M9 + CV 35mm f/1.2
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