Monthly Archives: January 2014

I guess I’m on a crusade to spread my love for Donald Mc Cullin, the photographer *and* the man, by sharing various links of available videos about him This is the BBC “Imagine” 1:31 documentary that was made in 2013. … Continue reading →

Another dark winter day at the stables. 3200 ISO dark. Laurent, one of the blog’s most faithful readers, suggested I got up on the large wooden beams supporting the barn’s roof, to get pictures are cool new angles. Well, Laurent, … Continue reading →

Marla’s riding session was canceled last Wednesday. Instead, she went riding this (Saturday) morning. Which means, the light was different. She usually hits the barn on her poney around 3PM, but today, it was just a hair past 11AM. The … Continue reading →

From RAW From Jpeg From RAW From Jpeg What does this tell us ? Well, I can see pretty well what the in camera jpeg processing of the NEX 7 does to the RAW files. It actually applies effects I … Continue reading →

From RAW From Jpeg Obviously my RAW editing ain’t quite up to speed yet… But I’m not stubborn or opposed to exploring new horizons. At least I made one huge progress tonight, a genuine leap. I found a way to … Continue reading →

And here we go again. Only a few days ago I complained about constantly being criticized, attacked and ridiculed by RAW extremists for my choice of shooting -and editing- jpeg files, almost exclusively. Today the world’s largest and most widely … Continue reading →

There has been a boatload of articles, news features and fora debate going on lately about the “future of cameras”. And boy I’ve never seen so much doom predicted in any one area ! DSLRs are dead ! Mirrorless is … Continue reading →

I often get called upon, flamed, or even ridiculed, for playing close attention and giving a lot of importance to looks and feel in a camera. Cameras, after all, are tools, I told. Nobody cares what a hammer looks like, … Continue reading →