Chris + camera

Naomi Skywalker and Ezekiel Solo prepare to battle it out with the forces of evil on the deck of the starship Bertha while Princess NaNa 3 watches intently from below.

I’m finding that I really like shooting with the 35 Summaron, goggles and all.  I like it so much I’ve almost got myself convinced that I need a second M body just for 35.  A black M4-P keeps calling out to me …

My tendency is to always want to get in tight but the wide angle and fixed focal length really force you to change your perspective.  In looking at a lot of older family pictures, I’ve realized that a part of what gives them their unique look is the environmental aspect – the inclusion of the wider surroundings as well as the subject.  When you see an old picture, you notice so much more than just who it is (in fact, the names of those people are more often than not lost, all that’s known or knowable is the where); you see the buildings, cars, home furnishings and the like that the shooter took for granted at the time.  It’s only with the passage of years that those environmental aspects become noteworthy.  I hope that I can be varied enough in the types of shots I frame that my girls will enjoy them as much 50 years from now to them as I do now.

M3, Kodak Portra400NC, 35 Summaron @ F/4, 1/500