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ここのところカフェから仕事してることが多い。ここがお気に入りのカフェ。平日でも同じように仕事してる人が多いんだけど、ヒップスターなカフェみたいにゴミゴミしてないから仕事がしやすい。電源もあるし、明るいのに直射日光も入らないし、店員さんや店長もいい感じだし、コーヒーも一杯ずつその場で挽いてからドリップでおいしいのです。ほっとくと一日中ここにいます。

Hello again, 二眼レフ

やっぱり静かにミディアムフォーマットで撮りたいならTLRが一番ね。

Chasm III

(from flickr)

About the series Chasm.

About the Left Eye set.

恐怖症

Flickrの丸写しですけど、長々書いた日はせっかくなのでこっちにも。

I have two phobias: Height and Wide Angle Lens. :p

I used to do motocross racing and I LOVED jumping sooooo high and far. But that's JUMPING, not BEING PUT on a high place or falling. There is a difference, at least to me. :p I still hate flying a commercial jets (friends tell me if I actually fly it, it's completely different...) and looking down from anywhere higher than one story tall. I'm such a baby...


Now, the second phobia, the wide angle lens. That's my biggest enemy and a wall that I haven't been able to breach. Too much space, too much info, too much distance from the subject!

I know for many photographers, 35mm is their "standard" focal length and 50mm is too close for them. Some even say 28mm is THE standard, and they consider 21mm and below to be "true" wide angle. I do love 15mm portrait stuff the infamous Al Kaplan is known for. But I'm a 50mm guy, and I like the FL because that gives the unintrusive distance to my subjects while emotionally engaging with them. I'm not bold enough to get closer, but not sneaky enough to aim from distance with telephoto (although I love my 85mm Zuiko for OM :).

And I still like to keep my personal rules of no cropping, candid, walk-by shooting style. It's been a real challenge for me to get used to 28mm focal length. Only time I thought I loved it was when I had long-gone GR-D (I miss that little beast. Unfortunately it had many problems and repair wasn't economical choice). I think it's because GR-D was so small, stealthy, and quiet, I could "zoom" into the subject a bit more comfortably. Now, the rangefinder cameras I use are very very quiet and unintrusive in many ways. I'm giving 28mm and my own abilities another try. Let's see how it goes...


BTW, on an unrelated note, today, August 3rd is the day HCB passed away 6 years ago. If you haven't seen the documentary "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye," you are really missing out! (also available on Netflix)

"Yes, no, yes, no, yes." ;)

ふうたろう、部分的光合成ちう。

SFは夏でも暑くならないので、いつでも光合成する気になります。