Digital cameras are like automatic transmission cars: convenient and practical, but make me feel much less involved. So, right now, I’m going through a little traditional film phase. I recently picked up a FED4b 35mm film, rangefinder camera (see inset image). It is built like a Russian shot-putter, and you don’t half know its weight [...]
I have memories of visiting model villages as a child, little did I expect to end up driving around one. Our typical exploratory excursions, sans GPS, consist of defining a destination or three, making a wrong turn or two, and at least once impulsively detouring to explore something that whispers of old stuff to look [...]
It’s work away from home time once more with another two weeks in chilly San Francisco. Unlike my last trip back in July, I am staying down town in a pretty decent – and very comfortable – hotel which is gratefully within good walking distance of the office (I cannot bear to use cabs for [...]
