by Mark Bohrer | Jul 5, 2018 | How to shoot, Landscape photography, Leica, Night Sky, Shot Design |
You just finished shooting an absolutely killer sunset, waiting 10 minutes after the sun disappeared for the best color. So it’s time to head inside, put the cameras away and pop a cold one, right? After the sunset, El Prado, New Mexico Nope. Now a different...
by Mark Bohrer | Jun 14, 2018 | How to shoot, Leica, New Mexico |
Everyone shoots them. But most sunset shots make you yawn – see one end-of-day color riot, and you’ve seen ’em all, right? InfoTrends estimated all of us shot 1.3 trillion photos in 2015. Of that number, a large percentage were sunsets. (If all 1.3...
by Mark Bohrer | May 17, 2018 | Equipment, How to shoot, Leica, Photographic physics |
Mine came without caps. There were a few scratches, but the soft front coating was mostly intact. Most important, there was no visible haze when I blasted a flashlight through it. Buzz at home – vintage 90mm f/2 Summicron v2 (1959) Old lenses are cheap. You can...
by Mark Bohrer | Mar 22, 2018 | How to shoot, Landscape photography, Leica, New Mexico, Petroglyphs, Shot Design, Sigma, Travel, ultra-wide-angle, Zeiss |
Go close. Or put it this way: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” Clan mask, Piedras Marcadas, Petroglyph National Monument Leica M10, 35mm f/1.2 Nokton Aspherical VM II That was Magnum photographer Robert...
by Mark Bohrer | Mar 6, 2018 | Equipment, How to shoot, Leica, Photographic physics, Travel, Zeiss |
I was running around in headless chicken mode, preparing for a trip to Pagosa Springs, Colorado. I knew I’d be shooting the night sky, but wasn’t sure which wide-angle lens to take. Conventional wisdom told me to bring the 25mm f/2.8 for a wider field. But...
by Mark Bohrer | Feb 22, 2018 | Astrophotography, How to shoot, Landscape photography, Night Sky |
I’ve always loved night skies. As a young child, I spent summers on the family’s Western Montana ranch, far away from city lights. One of my favorite things was going outside after dinner and watching a night sky full of stars. Starfield near Pagosa...
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