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Nor’easter | Here comes the calvary…. YAYYYYYY | Day 3

February 18, 2013December 9, 2021Posted in photographyTagged Nor'easter | Here comes the calvary.... Day 3, Nor'easter | Here comes the calvary.... YAYYYYYY | Day 3Leave a comment

As day 3 arrives, no sign of the snow plow. There’s 4 feet of snow still in the street. It’s a Sunday. I’m sure the phone lines to City Hall were burning up. We’re a mobile bunch here and we’ve been snowbound since Friday noon. It’s funny to see how some people react in atypical situations. God help the snow plow driver when he shows up. lol

The good news is the sun is out. My neighbors and I have shoveled the sidewalks and around our houses.

Finally, around noon the big yellow lumbering snow plow honors us with it’s appearance. YAY ! Because the city has waited to plow, it may have been better to have a front end loader and dump truck to take some of the snow away. A snow plow essentially just pushes and compacts the snow as it goes. You can imagine where that pushed snow ends up – in the places people have already shoveled.

As you can see from the pictures, people are standing in front of their houses with great expectation. A tremendous psychic pressure is on that driver, you can be sure. The plow inches it’s way up the street filling in all the shoveled places. Some sigh, some yell and some even do a war dance. ;-)

Finally our street is cleared, at least as clear as it’s going to be and time enough to get a little more shoveling in before sunset.

Wish you were here! ;-) lb

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02/10/13

12:47:12 Canon 5D MkII 105mm f8 1/400s cropped from below

12:47:12 Canon 5D MkII 105mm f8 1/400s

12:55:00 Fuji XPro-1 18mm f11 1/350s

12:56:00 Fuji XPro-1 18mm f11 1/420s

13:01:34 Canon 5D MkII 93mm f10 1/500s

13:12:37 Canon 5D MkII 105mm f7.1 1/400s

Nor’easter | the rude awakening…. Day 2

February 17, 2013December 9, 2021Posted in photographyTagged Nor'easter | the rude awakening.... Day 2Leave a comment

It had been snowing all night but all things must pass, even nor’easters. These storms remind all of us living here of the awesome power of nature. One gains respect quickly as well as the knowledge to coexist peacefully. I love the wind. And I’m very happy to be in a nice warm house when it’s blowing like the devil outside.

My neighbors and I spent day 2 digging out. We all know each other, some of us better than others but I wouldn’t say we were all very close. But when a blizzard hits our neighborhood, everyone pitches in and helps each other. I’m very happy about that.

Anyway, no sign of the snow plow. The City of Boston has forgotten our street. ;-) And noone is going anywhere. Some of my neighbors are hopping mad with the Mayor and I believe they told him so. It’s probably for the best because it was a snow emergency. I’m sure this was also a way of keeping people off the roads while they were plowed.

But if there was a real emergency on the street, a fire or someone with a medical issue, there would have been no way for help to reach them.That won’t do. lb

All of these images were taken with the Fuji XPro-1. As I said, it produces a cooler tone but I’m sure that can be adjusted to taste.

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02/09/13

09:00:57AM Fuji XPro-1 18mm f5.6 1/210s

My back yard under about 4 feet of snow. That tree always falls like that and I always clear it off and get it back up. I tried tying it together with rope but no go.

15:49:49PM Fuji XPro-1 18mm f7.1 1/400s

15:49:55PM Fuji XPro-1 18mm f6.4 1/420s

15:49:57PM Fuji XPro-1 18mm f7.1 1/400s

15:50:06PM Fuji XPro-1 18mm f7.1 1/350s

Time to rest until tomorrow. Maybe the plow will come then. ;-)

Nor’easter | And so it begins…. Day 1 / updated

February 17, 2013December 9, 2021Posted in photographyTagged Nor'easter | And so it begins.... Day 1Leave a comment

A nor’easter is a cyclonic storm that moves along the east coast of North America. It’s called “nor’easter” because the winds over coastal areas blow from a northeasterly direction. More about nor’easters

It’s been a busy week and only a week since this blizzard occurred. We always seem to get one or two major storms a year these days but this one was memorable.;-)

I have three days worth of photos. I used a Fuji XPro1 and Canon 5D MkII. I’ll add more detail to the photos and more explanation over the week. lb

Update: I grew up in Boston and even though I’ve moved around a bit, my wife and I eventually decided to buy a house here. The nor’easter is part of living in the Northeast of these United States. When I was young, it seemed like it was snowing for the whole winter. It’s something you must get used to if you want to live here but we have all four seasons to balance.

These images were shot with a Fuji XPro-1 and Canon 5Dmk II. They are all unmodified though I had to rotate one to be horizontal.;-) I’ve been looking for a smaller camera to carry all the time, as I mentioned before, but I also want the best quality images I can get. The Leicas would seem an obvious choice but they are too expensive. I like the Fuji so far but using it is a little different than using a Nikon or Canon DSLR. Still, it might just be the one. I’ll write my thoughts and choice in a future post. lb

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02/08/13

12:01:58PM Fuji XPro-1 18mm f4 1/140s

A nor’easter always start off slow with a good wind. This is my back yard.

15:53:47PM Fuji XPro-1 18mm f3.2 1/140s

And after a couple of hours…

20:04:02 Fuji XPro-1 18mm f2 1/4s

The street in front of my house. Look at these wires. No wonder the power goes out. ;-) Boston is one of the oldest cities in these United States and some of the infrastructure looks it.

22:10:06 Canon 5D MkII 24mm F/4 1/8s

It’s piling up. Notice the warmer image rendition of the Canon. The Fuji and Fuji 18mm combination is a bit blueish and crisper.

22:10:25 Canon 5D MkII 24mm F/4 1/10s

22:12:18 Canon 5D MkII 47mm F/4 1/10s

All’s quiet on the nor’eastern front but ….. Day 2 is coming.I like this image but I wished I had framed it a bit better.

Treasure Hunting

January 21, 2013April 24, 2021Posted in photographyTagged Treasure Hunting | Leo BradyLeave a comment

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Nikon D100, Nikon 18-70mm 70mm F5 at 1/800s

Massachusetts has an area of its land that juts out into the sea like a curled arm. It’s called Cape Cod. There’s a Massachusetts Bay side of the arm and an Atlantic Ocean side. This picture is taken at the tip of the Bay side near the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Artist or Technician? Are you creating art, or just buying the tools? | Ken Rockwell | kenrockwell.com

January 16, 2013April 24, 2021Posted in photography, thoughtTagged Artist or Technician? Are you creating art or just buying the tools? | Ken Rockwell | kenrockwell.com, Ken Rockwell, kenrockwell.comLeave a comment

Ryan and Katie’s stash, January 2013. (Photo: iPhone 5.) This free website’s biggest source of support is when you use any of these links when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. Thank you! Ken.

January 2013 Better Pictures Nikon Canon Fuji LEICA All Reviews

Artists are all about what we create. We couldn’t care less what tools we or someone else used to create something; we’re concerned with the art itself.

We don’t care about the process; the final art is all that matters.

Sure, if we see something really cool we might ask another artist how he got that effect, but we don’t spend much of our time blabbing about tools or techniques when we could be making more art, or exchanging ideas instead.

Poke fun of our tools, and who cares? We take it as a compliment — and it marks you as an idiot. As artists, we force whatever tools we have at our disposal to create what we demand: to take what’s in our mind’s eye and fix it in tangible form.

To an artist, his work is him. His work is his vision realized. He is his work. His art is his own soul. His art is important, while the tools are irrelevant.

Artists are consummate technicians, possessing virtuosic ability to make our tools do exactly what we need then to do — but the tools are just an enabler; never the end result.

If you poke fun of my camera, I take it as a compliment because it means I’m able to work around bigger roadblocks than the next sap to get the results I want. When my kids ask me to fetch a piece of paper, scissors and a red crayon, they certainly would give me a funny look if I said they had a good or a crappy crayon. Who cares when what’s important is making a red heart for Mama from scratch? The end result matters, the methods don’t.

Technicians, on the other hand, are all about their tools. Poke fun of a technician’s tools or how he uses them, and he’ll take it personally. To a technician, he is his tools. His tools are a physical extension of his body, so say something good or bad about his camera, and he takes it personally.

Full Article: Artist or Technician? Are you creating art, or just buying the tools?.

Additional test images | Canon S100

January 11, 2013April 24, 2021Posted in photographyTagged additional test images | Canon PS1001 Comment

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Note: I haven’t processed any of these images so please take that into account when viewing. They all need polishing. My somewhat finished work resides under the photography dropdown.

These additional shots should give you a good idea of the potential of this little camera. lb

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Life is a Beach Maybe | Chatham, Massachusetts | Canon S100

January 10, 2013April 10, 2021Posted in photographyTagged B&W, Canon S100, Life's a Beach | Chatham MA.1 Comment

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Canon S100, 26mm F5.9 at 1/640s unmodified

As much as I like to plan, on occasion when I’m scouting, I just happen to see an image I want and I know I’ll never get again. Continuing on from the previous post; In this instance I had a Canon S100: 12 megapixels, 35mm film equivalent: 24-120mm zoom, flash, autofocus powershot with me. I hadn’t used it much and I wasn’t expecting anything spectacular but I was pleasantly surprised by the results. I’ve been on a B&W kick lately. I’ve been experimenting with film and digital with various levels of cameras. Although there is nothing that compares to the grain of real raw film, even when digitally scanned there is an attractive, oversaturated, sometimes painting like quality of the color S100 images that I like.

The original is above and the B&W conversion is below. I’m not a big fan of lots of post processing. Maybe because I’m lazy. ;-)
I convert, set the brightness, contrast and sharpen if necessary.

I like this little camera, especially when I want to remain inconspicuous. I can see it as a great asset in street photography. It’s doesn’t produce Leica class results and it may be a bit small for your hands or not but it shines at wants it produces.

I’m also testing a Fuji XPro 1 but more on that in a future post. lb

img_0002UP1 — Canon S100, 26mm F5.9 at 1/640s converted to B&W. minor modifications

IMG_0007UP — Canon S100, 26mm f5.9 at 1/1250s minor modifications

Nauset Beach | Orleans, Massachusetts | Droid 3

January 3, 2013April 10, 2021Posted in photographyTagged Beach, Droid 3, leo brady, Massachusetts, Nauset Beach | Orleans, realreality productions boston MA1 Comment

Like many, I love the beach. I’m drawn to it and many of my photos contain it’s beauty. What caught my eye here was the pattern of the fence and shadow with the colors of the sand. the natural aspect with the man-made.

I use a variety of film and digital cameras and devices for my film work. In this instance, all I had with me was a Droid 3 phone: 8 megapixels, LED flash, autofocus camera. I love my tech, low and high and am quite impressed by these little devices. Obviously most of them don’t provide the highest quality when enlarged but not too bad at this size. I’m finding it more important these days to carry a simple setup that produces quality results and just get the photo. This setup isn’t it but it wasn’t too bad in a pinch.

I have been trying a number of setups and will detail some in future posts. leo brady

Here’s a couple of more from the set:

Boston Neighborhood Network Needs Your Support | Boston Neighborhood Network

December 29, 2012April 7, 2021Posted in Art, book, film, music, news, photography, theaterTagged Boston Neighborhood Network Needs Your Support | Boston Neighborhood NetworkLeave a comment

Boston Neighborhood Network Television is a nationally recognized, award-winning community media center and 501(c)(3) nonprofit, that acts as a public forum for all Boston residents, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and governmental and educational institutions and provides them with affordable training and access to emerging media technologies.

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