13 December, 2025
A Summer Workshop and my Yashica Electro 35 G
In my previous post, I mentioned I teach Advanced Placement (AP) Drawing and 2-Dimensional Design. Over the summer, I attended the AP Summer Institute (APSI) at the University o...
12 December, 2025
How Nissan Crossing Has Changed Over Time
As a petrolhead, I always make a point of visiting Nissan Crossing whenever I’m in Tokyo, even if only for a few hours or half a day. Situated in Ginza, one of Tokyo’...
11 December, 2025
In the Land of Fjords – Finding Scale with the XPan
Landscapes are a tough sell for me. I’m not a dedicated landscape photographer, and all too often, I find myself tiring of my own vista shots over time. My house only has ...
10 December, 2025
Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4 – A Demanding Use Case
For shooting Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Teatro Marrucino, I took a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 lens as a backup for long shots. Master Adriano Lolli replaced the origina...
10 December, 2025
Predator Or Vampire: A Revision of Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Yesterday night I was on the (back)stage of Teatro Marrucino for the premiere of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as always in my capacity of official photographer, with the goal of docum...
10 December, 2025
A Stroll Through Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Neighborhood with a roll of Kodak Double-X
It was the last day of my trip to Singapore for a conference, and I was hoping to make the most of it photographically. After being stuck indoors for the past couple of days, I ...
6 December, 2025
Vintage cars, bikes and a bus ride
Like a lot us from the older generation, meaning the geriatric brigade, brought up on milk, delivered to your door, red telephone boxes for phone calls and double Decker buses, ...
6 December, 2025
Osaka with a Leica iiig and Summitar
After a three hour drive and a two hour flight I needed a drink – I say ‘a’ euphemistically: beer, nihonshu (“sake”), red wine and whisky hit the spot but set the tone for the f...
