I’ve been using the 85 mm f/1.4 Zeiss Otus recently. It is, I believe, an even better lens than the 55 mm. It’s not just that it is so sharp, or so contrasty or so free from distortion – the images just look right. The photographic term of art for this is that the lens… [Read More]

John Fogarty, in a recent issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine, tells of something he’s read that he’s tried to honor in his songwriting. I think there’s a message for photographers here as well. …when you’re working on a song and it’s not right… a bell will ring in your head. The little bell is telling… [Read More]

I once made a financial presentation to a nonprofit board. Afterwards, someone congratulated me on understanding the financial position of the institution so well. I told her that I hoped that now she did, too. She said, “Oh, no, I’m not a numbers person.” I told her that I understood that it was difficult to look… [Read More]

…this one: That was a surprise to me. Although visually striking, it has the second least intellectual content of the six, and, for me, bears repeated viewings only fairly well. I like it, of course, or I wouldn’t have submitted it, but it’s not my favorite. However, there’s one element that I just love about… [Read More]