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02/27/2015 01:06:14 PM · #26 |
| Jeb, getting back to cars, it's sort of the same way you might just *prefer* a stick shift to the best automatic in the world because it makes you more a *part of* the car; but still, at rush hour on the 10 in Santa Monica, that automatic sure is sweet to have. |
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02/27/2015 01:11:50 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Jeb, getting back to cars, it's sort of the same way you might just *prefer* a stick shift to the best automatic in the world because it makes you more a *part of* the car; but still, at rush hour on the 10 in Santa Monica, that automatic sure is sweet to have. |
No....I got it, I was just confused at first. I kind of took what he said as a "It's not the destination, but the journey" kind of thing, which I do get, but I wasn't sure if that was entirely it.
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02/27/2015 01:20:47 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Jeb, getting back to cars, it's sort of the same way you might just *prefer* a stick shift to the best automatic in the world because it makes you more a *part of* the car; but still, at rush hour on the 10 in Santa Monica, that automatic sure is sweet to have. |
Pfft. You call a stick shift purism? Anything newer than a Model T is cheating... If you don't need driving goggles and a spare leather belt, you don't know what pure motoring is.
LOL... ;-) |
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02/27/2015 01:41:43 PM · #29 |
I will never understand the whole "Good Ol' Days" thing. Manual everything, no creature comforts, no electronics....WTF? Why have progress at all????
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02/27/2015 03:01:25 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I will never understand the whole "Good Ol' Days" thing. Manual everything, no creature comforts, no electronics....WTF? Why have progress at all???? |
Yes, I get that Jeb. I just love the feel of taking a photograph, the act, the sensory stuff. It's sweet alchemy for me, and sometimes I never look at the end result at all, probably afraid of my illusions being dashed by a cold bucket of reality. I have (no, had) lots of undeveloped film.
Anyway, you're a serious car man. I know you value the sensory and whimsical over the practical and comfortable, because I seem to recall that you once admitted to owning an MGB? That's really suffering for your passion. And I am quite sure that you nevertheless loved that wretched, diabolical thing more than you could any contemporary Toyota Corolla or even Lexus. We're fools of a feather, Jeb. |
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02/27/2015 03:41:57 PM · #31 |
It is a natural reaction to predictable perfection, as also shown by the popularity of lensbabies, lomography, pinholery, and Krappy Kamera. Fascinating that one can devote oneself to playing with these unpredictable variables, to allow the wonder to come in.
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02/27/2015 11:14:15 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I will never understand the whole "Good Ol' Days" thing. Manual everything, no creature comforts, no electronics....WTF? Why have progress at all???? |
Originally posted by ubique:
Yes, I get that Jeb. I just love the feel of taking a photograph, the act, the sensory stuff. It's sweet alchemy for me, and sometimes I never look at the end result at all, probably afraid of my illusions being dashed by a cold bucket of reality. I have (no, had) lots of undeveloped film. |
Okay.....then I wasn't mistaken.....it sometimes is simply about the journey. I most whole-heartedly understand that.
Originally posted by ubique:
Anyway, you're a serious car man. I know you value the sensory and whimsical over the practical and comfortable, because I seem to recall that you once admitted to owning an MGB? That's really suffering for your passion. And I am quite sure that you nevertheless loved that wretched, diabolical thing more than you could any contemporary Toyota Corolla or even Lexus. We're fools of a feather, Jeb. |
Wretched diabolical thing????
Silly man! It's a complete delight. But it's a weekend escape hatch for my GF and I. I hand built it from a rusted out hulk, lovingly smoothing over the rough edges to make it the delightful little countryside cruiser that it was built to be. I could never understand why people thought these simple things were so daunting to own and operate.  Bear_Music can attest to the fact that it found its way from Central Pennsylvania to his place on the Cape with nary a worry, and in the decade or so since I restored it, it's been a wonderful car. I made the silly things my life for over forty years and have always found them to be good stuff. If you like, I can easily give you fifty+ names of my customers over the years who will attest to the cars' reliability when properly repaired and maintained.
 On the beach at the Cape....
 At home in the yard....
But I drive a 2013 Jetta as my mainstay for day in, day out usage. The B is for naught but wasting time and gas and putting the stupid grin on our faces.
Maybe someday I'll understand the attraction for the way you work with your camera, but I ain't there yet! LOL!!!
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02/28/2015 08:34:46 AM · #33 |
| Time to line up the trim on the port-side door, Jeb... |
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02/28/2015 12:06:03 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Time to line up the trim on the port-side door, Jeb... |
That would involve a Heritage fender instead of the POS Asian rim repro that ended up on it before BMH was started.
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03/02/2015 12:09:21 AM · #35 |
It seems to me that the deliberate act of taking a photograph and at the same time reveling in mistakes and imprecision are mutually exclusive. But if one aims for the latter digital technologies can offer even greater opportunities for creatively fouling up.
If one wants a more pure form of photography then why choose digital at all, which at one point or another (or in many points) in the workflow has to influence both the craft and outcome. It
Making one's own wet plates and shooting with a field camera of some sort while using a black shroud and shutter release cable would appear to give one the most considered experience of capturing images.
I doubt the Konost is going to be stripped down of digital tech but rather loaded with it. More automatic that would belie it's apparent simplicity. |
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03/02/2015 10:50:36 AM · #36 |
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03/02/2015 12:31:00 PM · #37 |
| That is really cool upside down. |
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03/02/2015 12:54:50 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
That is really cool upside down. |
Isn't that bizarre??? We have a lot of fun with that when people stop by our gallery. We just flip it and wait for the "Oh, WOW!!!". LOL!!!
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03/02/2015 01:00:26 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
That is really cool upside down. |
Isn't that bizarre??? We have a lot of fun with that when people stop by our gallery. We just flip it and wait for the "Oh, WOW!!!". LOL!!! |
What am I missing? |
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03/02/2015 02:30:36 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
That is really cool upside down. |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Isn't that bizarre??? We have a lot of fun with that when people stop by our gallery. We just flip it and wait for the "Oh, WOW!!!". LOL!!! |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
What am I missing? |
I dunno......some of us just like the way it looks as though the image could be displayed either way.
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