Woody Campbell

Saturday November 23, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday December 1, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Laura, Alexander and Baby V joined us here for the weekend so you’re getting . . . a gallery of baby pictures. The first is with my Leica S2 medium format camera and 120 macro lens. Focus with the lens hunts like the devil in an application like this. It’s frustrating. I’m tempted to chuck the whole thing and buy a Nikon. The rest are with my Leica Monochrom and f.95 Noctilux lens. Remember that I have a love hate relationship with this lens.

On this day last year: Still on Mustique. Also taken with my Monochrom and Noctilux.

Tags Victoria

Abstract Minatures

Friday November 22, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday November 30, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A day of getting very close with my iPhone – which does well as a macro camera. Today I shot light sources around the house. The stripes on the wall of the square one are an artifact of a 60 cycle flicker of the LED light source. This was a “make something out of nothing” day.

On this day last year: Mustique.

Tags 1185 Park Avenue

Landscape Urban

Thursday November 21, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday November 28, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I got up early and walked down Park Avenue — my morning commute — to a day of meetings. I got sunrise out our window with a Leica M and 280mm lens (which is fussy to use because focus is critical and it demands good tripod technique), more sunrise on Park Avenue with my Leica Monochrom, and a grid within a grid out the window of a conference room later in the day with my iPhone. I’ve posted them in reverse order because I like the grid image best.

On this day last year: The Grenadines.

Tags Manhattan, Park Avenue, Sunrise

Landscape Urban

Wednesday November 20, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday November 27, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A clear beautiful day. My kind of day to get out and find some light and shadows, but I’m house-bound because of professional commitments. I took an hour’s break with a telephoto lens out my window. I don’t often shoot with long lenses. This is a 280mm Leica lens made for the Leica R but used on my Leica M with an adapter. The M lets you focus through the lens with an electronic viewfinder but this lens is very demanding in terms of focus accuracy and good tipod technique. Here’s a sample.

On this day one year ago: Mustique rocks.

Tags Manhattan

Landscape Urban

Tuesday November 19, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday November 26, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – On foot on Park Avenue today with my Leica Monochrom and Luxocron lens. Pretty typical stuff, but not bad.

On this day one year ago: At Basil’s bar.

Tags Manhattan, Park Avenue

Landscape Urban

Monday November 18, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday November 25, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – One characteristic of Leica shooters is that we are likely to have multiple versions of the 50mm standard focal length lens. In my case I’ve lost count – six or seven – with the oldest dating to the mid-1930s and the newest being the f2.0 Summicron Asph. which is backordered and difficult to find. Today I’m shooting with a 1958 dual range Summicron which I have had modified for use on digital Leica M cameras. This is the classic Leica lens. Here’s what it’s images looks like:

On this day last year: Mustique.

Tags Manhattan, Park Avenue

Landscape

Sunday November 17, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday November 24, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – A rainy day. I guess this is what we’ve been saving for. Out with my Monochrom and 18mm lens catching rain and fog with a wide lens. Visually it’s hard to make headway against the sameness of days like this. Here are three tries:

On this day one year ago: Maria in repose.

Tags Autumn, Connecticut, Rain