Woody Campbell

Monday March 19, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday March 26, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – I’m here to attend a press conference announcing the nominees for the 2012 James Beard Awards. We take this show on the road every year – if you page back to March 2011 you’ll find that we did this in Portland Oregon in 2011, and in New Orleans in 2010. Las Vegas seems less creepy than I remember. It may be that the vices that people choose to engage in here seem innocent relative to the amount of real evil in the world these days. I traveled with my Sony Nex-7 and a small selection of Leica M-mount lenses. This is with the Voigltander 16mm.

On this day one year ago: a lazy out my window. Not every day can be great.

Tags Las Vegas

Garden Home Landscape

Sunday March 18, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – A rainy foggy day. I’ve done quite a few “distant barely discernible trees in the fog” but that pretty much defines the landscape today. So I took the Alpa closer to home. This with my Alpa TC handheld at knee level, with my new Rodenstock 32mm lens. I was skeptical when I shot it be seeing it here I kind of like it.

On this day last year: early days with my Alpa TC.

Tags Connecticut, Fog, Warren

Landscape

Saturday March 17, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday March 23, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I spent a good part of the day shooting with the big camera around our place in Warren. This is once again an exercise in getting to know my new 32mm Rodenstock lens. How it performs at various f-stops. How it handles on the Alpa. The whole setup is pretty eccentric. Most people get along with their iPhones. But I love the rich, detailed files that the combination provides, and the lovely large prints that I can make from them. Worth the trouble. Anyway, here are two images taken handheld with the 32mm Rodenstock and my Alpa TC.

On this day one year ago: Another interior testing a lens.

Tags Barns, Connecticut, Warren

Events and holidays Family and friends

Friday March 16, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday March 22, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We stayed in town tonight (rare for us on a Friday) to take some Swedish friends to the Red Rooster, a restaurant owned by celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson. “Celebrity chef” is used without irony here. Marcus is a sensation and his success is well-deserved. Think of the dinner as an “event” in very poor light. I shot the following with my Sony Nex-7 waring a 50mm Leica Summilux lens.

On this day last year: The familiar view out my window. A brick wall torture test for a new lens.

Tags Harlem, New York, Restaurant

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Thursday March 15, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday March 21, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had a bit of time to day to get to know my new lens a bit better. Here’s an image taken in our living room. I’ve used a technique called focus stacking: taking 6 (in this case) images with differing focus points and combining them (using specialized software) into a single image. This was taken with my Alpa Max; I’ve leveled the camera and shifted the lens downward about 12mm to get a pleasing composition with a prominent foreground (a common strategy for shooting wide angle lenses) at the same time keeping vertical lines true.

Here’s what my Alpa TC looks like with the new Rodenstock 32mm lens and my Phase One digital back. As you see it’s a handful, but actually quite manageable.