The wardrobe suits the mood.
Photography
I took a photo for my daughter using my favorite and very fancy Summilux lens. I’d stopped down a lot and the background was distracting, so I used Adobe’s new “Background Blur” feature. She loved the pic, but I feel dirty and can never share it.
While I tolerate and even encourage motion blur or slightly out-of-focus images when shooting film, I find these imperfections in digital photos to be annoying (as in the photo above).
My uncle Ray. He’s been suffering from dementia, and it’s been difficult. He still laughs a lot. Always has.
I can’t remember if I shelved the wonderful little Canonet because of some issue or if it just sort of happened. I’ve loaded a roll of HP5 into it, so we’re about to find out
I don’t really enjoy printing contact sheets, but I love having printed contact sheets, so that’s what I’m doing this morning.
I shot a couple 4x5 frames of Ektar I had in the fridge and it was kind of fun so I thought I’d try some Portra. It’s around $7.50/sheet in 4x5. Pass.
My wife needed a new passport photo so I took advantage of the rare opportunity of her posing to snap a few extras.
I took the same route on my walk yesterday, but brought a digital camera instead. It’s not the same: baty.net/2023/tryi…