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She got her speed from running, I got mine from the shutter, we were both fast
For a long time in the past, I thought photography was about taking pictures of scenery, friends, and family. When I saw Henri Cartier-Bresson’s street photography album in a bookstore, I had to close the book and hide my face to prevent strangers from seeing how excited I was. It turns out that street photography…
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dancing on the edge of time
time flows like water Time is like a wave that washes away all the hand-painted artwork on the beach. It will also wash away the footprints that each of us has left on the streets. And I will use my camera to record those calm and innocent expressions on film. Unbeknownst to the photographed, with…
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Why do we love photographing flowers?
Watching the flowers bloom so beautifully, it seems that life should be so beautiful too, and all your worries will dissipate. Therefore, whenever I come across a beautiful flower, I stop to take a picture. Many seasoned photographers don’t take these photos. They think it’s too easy, that anyone can take them, that it’s not…
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Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux II Pre-asph
Glow The lens has a slightly soft focus, suffers from chromatic aberration, and vignettes at its maximum aperture of f/1.4. When shot wide open, it produces a soft, dreamy glow with shallow depth of field, and swirly bokeh, which is why it is nicknamed the ‘Leica glow.’ This type of soft and dreamy bokeh is…
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Water stains left on the film
During the process of developing my black and white film, sometimes there are water stains left on the negative. It’s like, everyday life is calm as water, but even a small stone can make it ripple. Life is always full of dangers and even a drop of water can be magnified on film. Water stains…
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Use Leica ASPH lenses with film
I have shot film with a summmicron 35mm f/2 asph lens and it is very sharp. But I use more of the older Leica lenses on film. About 80% of the film in my photo library was shot with non-ASPH lenses. For a long time I have been using the Summilux 35 f/1.4 first generation.…
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Love film, beauty smile
It was a passerby conversation that I gave a record of: “I like pictures taken with film because it carries the smell of sunshine.” “If film becomes obsolete, will you still like film cameras?” “Even if the film camera is history, the images it takes will always be there, and I still like it because…
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Getting back into photography
I’d like to take a new look at photography. From film. From Leica. It’s what gave me the courage to go out on the streets.It’s what made me strong and gentle. The slowest shutter speed is the speed at which the snow melts on my hands. Which shutter speed should I use to capture the…
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LEICA SUMMICRON-R 50MM F/2 E43
Leica R lenses can be designed using M lens designs, but only for long focal lengths. This is because the last glass element of rangefinder telephoto lenses is far away from the film plane, so a reflex mirror can be placed in the middle gap, for example, for 90mm and 135mm lenses. The standard 50mm…
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Photography
Poem
I’m passionate about photography and poetry. I sometimes even think they’re one and the same.