Sometimes the Journey Is the Reward
Sometimes the Journey Is the Reward We were between locations, hours into yet another drive across the volcanic desert of southwestern Bolivia. The kind of place where the road is barely a suggestion, and the landscape shifts is just vast expanse without roads. We weren’t chasing a shot. It was supposed to be just the ...
Salar de Uyuni
There’s light. And then there’s Bolivian light. I've had strobes accidentally popping off in my eyes, but I've never known light, bright light, until I was here. Photographing the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, of Bolivia, was one of the most disorienting and visually surreal experiences I’ve had behind a camera. It’s like ...
Using GF50mm for Portraiture
Portrait of Mr. Phua: Making Space Where There Is None — with the GF 50mm Some portraits stay with you long after the shutter clicks. This one of SK Phua, the master craftsman carpenter in his impossibly packed workshop. is one of them. The space was tight. Every inch of wall, floor, and bench was ...
Pentax 645 – The Quiet Romantic
Ode to the Pentax 645: The Quiet Romantic of Medium Format In the world of medium format photography, some names shout. Hasselblad shouts pretentiousness, I mean, status. Mamiya is more like a dependable workhorse, all business. But then there’s Pentax. Humble, earnest, quietly brilliant. And among its creations, the Pentax 645 stands as something truly ...
An Ode to the Contax 645
Why I Still Shoot with the Contax 645 And Why You Should Too In a world dominated by the latest mirrorless marvels and AI-powered phone camera apps, my go-to camera is a relic from a bygone era , the Contax 645. Yes, that Contax 645: heavy, film-hungry, temperamental at times, and entirely devoid of megapixels. ...