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Leica – Why it is really worth it!

March 7, 2014 Jerk With A Camera, Leica M9 2 comments

Recently (Well in truth it was last December) Guardian photographer Sarah Lee wrote a brilliant article about her Leica M-E and why it was worth the money! So Many things resonated with me. From having the nearly the exact same price tag conversations on a regular basis and getting nearly the exact same reaction  (truth be told as I have an M9 my price tag can be even more of a shock) to all the points she makes about getting back in love with photography again! Her article so resonated with me that I felt the need to mention it and demand that everyone read it!

I also find it refreshing that someone out there across the pond is thinking the same things and having similar experiences!

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In fact I pretty much agree with her on all fronts! As she says, & I badly paraphrase, It is not the ‘best’ camera out there based on features. In fact I agree on all her points about the ‘technology’ I personally don’t shoot above ISO1600 or even bother chimping photos using the LCD (seriously shut of the automatic photo review and your battery will last way longer) and the buffer is not great for any of the wedding work that I do. Not to mention that, unlike Sarah Lee, I couldn’t even afford an actual Leica Lens so I am using a Zeiss 50mm f/2.0 (not that there is anything wrong with zeiss it is just not a Leica 50mm 1.4 or a Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 but at 1/10 the cost I am ok with it.)

All that being said I have never been more free in my life! Seriously all the shortcomings just make me rethink the process! I zoom with my feet a lot more! I am free! People ignore me! I ranted on this two years ago when I got the camera and I stand behind and could expand on every single statement that I said then a mere month into shooting with it. This article from Sarah Lee just makes me remember just why I love my camera!

In Fact here is my camera bag from back in 2008! Now back then, I truly considered this to be a minimalist kit. I have always affirmed that it is not about the gear, but comparing back then to now, I was a horrible gear slave!
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This is my current camera bag…
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…. You may notice there isn’t even a bag there! I load the M9 with either a 16 or 32gig card (I go for the super fast Sandisk Extreme Pro cards if anyone is interested) and I stick the extra battery in my pocket! That’s it! The camera has all the case it needs! That is all I need! Thank you Sarah Lee for refreshing my belief in the simple experience of taking a simple photograph is still far better than shooting with the latest & greatest technological marvels!

It is not the price tag that is attached to the camera it is the shooting experience!

Robson Street

January 10, 2014 Art, Leica M9, Picking On Complete Strangers, Vancouver No comments

Last year at around this time I had snagged this commission to do photos for a hotel & restaurant renovation on Robson street. The creative team hired me to create what I normally do edgy gritty and creative, but then didn’t want anything edgy, nothing creative, and definitely nothing gritty.  They instead wanted the typical lame hotel art drivel that makes us all cringe. The project thus fell through when I got tired of ruining art, but I did manage to create some awesome work that I am just getting to look at now.

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September 4, 2013 British Columbia, Leica M9, Photowalk, Photowalk, Vancouver No comments

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Astoria Hotel, Trains, & Dr Suess

August 18, 2013 Art, British Columbia, Leica M9, Multiple Exposures, Nikon D7100, Photo Art, Vancouver No comments

We be rocking a wedding on a boat today but here is my latest Overlay

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Small town antique Stores

August 17, 2013 Art, British Columbia, Leica M9, Photowalk, Vancouver No comments

Oh man I do like small town antique stores.

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Jori, The Caddy, and Gig Posters Galore

August 16, 2013 Art, Leica M9, Multiple Exposures No comments

This an overlay technique. I was doing a lot of these by overlapping/multi exposing film but I also developed a way to rawk these digitally.  I was doing these large fantastic ones for the un-named fucktard hotel installation but alas they are fucktards so… well yeah that’s just another story. Suffice to say every time I go to dig those up I get angry and then hate the work but I do love the process!

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Walk about

June 28, 2013 Leica M9, Photowalk, Picking On Complete Strangers, Street Photography No comments

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Weekend Of Camping and I didn’t take any photos except this one

June 17, 2013 British Columbia, Leica M9, Picking On Complete Strangers No comments

Seriously this is one of the only photos that I took all weekend.
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And it is not even really all that good :)
It was a weekend of relaxing and music,camping, and complicated dinners for Lani, Noah, Shan, Josh, Miranda, Corbin & I and while I had my camera with me the way that I always do I didn’t really bring it out except for this one instance. We went up the sunshine coast to a place called Porpoise Bay just past Sechelt, BC. We took the Trillium and Corbin Seemed to have a blast :)

Walk For A Morning Coffee

June 13, 2013 Leica M9 No comments

So one of the benefits of have an a tiny human is that you are up’n'at’em bright and freaking early :) As someone with kids I indirectly know once said “You know that you are a parent when you haven’t set an alarm clock on two years” As such the kiddo and I will often go for walks to run errands and such. This was from here in Railtown on our way to the JJ.Bean :)
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Garden hose at a Tea place

June 9, 2013 Leica M9 No comments

We went for high tea at this place on Robson (Horrible place with the worlds worst tea, Seriously we sent the tea back and had smoothes instead) but there was a neat garden hose thingy outside :)

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