I had the pleasure of meeting Max and Pearl at the park last weekend for a family shoot …

Canon 1DsMKII, Canon 35 f/1.4 L, Canon 580EX
f/3.2 @ 1/800, ISO 100
I had the pleasure of meeting Max and Pearl at the park last weekend for a family shoot …

Canon 1DsMKII, Canon 35 f/1.4 L, Canon 580EX
f/3.2 @ 1/800, ISO 100
The Tots had a pj party for the last class of the year …

Canon 1DsMKII, Canon 35 f/1.4 L
f/3.2 @ 1/80, ISO 1000
A foggy winter’s morning, waiting for school to start …

Leica M3, Canon 50 f/1.5 LTM Sonnar, Kodak T400CN
f/8 @ 1/50
Much to my happiness, Ava still fits in her candy cane striped pajamas …

Canon 5D, Canon EF 35 f/1.4 L
1/50 @ f/1.8, ISO 1600
Don’t fear the flare, use it for extra drama …

Canon 5D, Canon EF 35 f/1.4 L
f/5.0 @ 1/200, ISO 100
Ava’s class had their Halloween Part, led by the Queen of Hearts …

Canon 1DsMKII, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8 L
1/60 @ f/4, ISO 400
Ava’s first field trip with the Tiny Tots …

Canon 1DsMKII, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L
1/80 @ f/8, ISO 100
You didn’t think I could go anywhere without some B&W film did you?
A Leica, a 50 and a couple of rolls of Tri-X are all you ever need …

Leica M6, Canon 50 f/1.5 LTM Sonnar, Arista Premium 400 (Tri-X 400)
I’m going up the country, baby don’t you wanna go
I’m going up the country, baby don’t you wanna go
I’m going to some place where I’ve never been before
I’m going, I’m going where the water tastes like wine
Well I’m going where the water tastes like wine
We can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time …
Well, there wasn’t much drinking going on, us being mostly teetotalers and all, but
we felt like we were a world away in the Marin headlands over spring break. This is
one of the buildings on the site, a former army base, that’s now been converted to an
artists’ residence and studio complex. I’m not much of a landscapist, but the lovely
soft tones of the Portra film lend themselves nicely to the subject.

Leica M6, KM 50 M-Hexanon f/2.0, Kodak Portra160NC