Photograph and Camera talk
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my photography
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Great lens for the price
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Nice, Derivative! I would like to see some photos as well. I'm planning on getting started on wedding photography. I first want to acquire a FF body and create a portfolio before I send out any message if anyone is in need of a second shooter/gear boy. I would love to just go to weddings and observe the photographer rather than getting paid to be honest.
Rafa, don't know about Nikon but for Canon the Sigma 50 1.4 is the second to best nifty fifty. The Canon 50 1.4 sucks as it usually is in need of constant repair, plus Sigma has a 5 year warranty!
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And of course a photo :)!
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I stumbled on this. Nothing to do with denim, but I really wanted to share that
some of the triptychs are fucking haunting
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I love 35mm.
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50 is something else… it truly is an amazing lens.
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Das Auto by Jacob Skoglund, on Flickr -
@jesselirola - will get a Leica M9 if/once I master my Leica X1 (or I go back to shoot black&white with my Rollei 35's).
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Some shots from an Islanders game I attended.
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Great photos on your site Jesse!
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Great photos on your site Jesse!
Thanks for the compliments, you check jesselirola.tumblr.com as well - that's where my choice frames make it quicker than jesselirola.com, love that marshall image on your avatar, Jim was one cool motherfucker.
I have some images of him on my flickr.com/j_lir - we got to talking, i was working CMJ years ago and Jim had an opening @ the Morrison Hotel that night. I was across the street shooting the XX's first US show @ the apple store, it was a flop of a show, they subsequently ditched the indian chick in the band. She had no stage presence, I later heard she wrote all of their material. Ha, what a nice business music is! haah, I've seen her around some festivals, so maybe they kept her on as a lyrical consultant or whatever one would call that.
Anyhow Marshall and I got to talking, he signed a copy of his book "trust" for me and then Michael Douglas and Katherine Zeta Jones walked in. Marshall popped up with celerity screaming "MICHAEL" and then they got to talking. I was pissed, ha. Either way I was just happy to have some time to talk to jim, he had just received a M9 from Leica with his signature on top, he was talking shit on my the M8's I had on my shoulder. He told me "those M8's are shit, get a M9!" I said "none are available, let me borrow yours" his reply was "fuck off" haah.
Good shit, he was right too - those M8's are shit, hahah, but they make great images. I'd tend to agree the M9 is shit as well, but nothing digital in the 35mm format makes better images, so shit or not, I still use two of them. It's far from reliable, but I love the images. My M6's work always and will for the rest of my career.
cheers,
I suppose all of this should have gone in the photo section.
jesse
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@jesselirola - will get a Leica M9 if/once I master my Leica X1 (or I go back to shoot black&white with my Rollei 35's).
The X1 isn't somthing I think is worth the money, I'd say sell it and get the Lumix GX1 and find an old C-Mount (Bolex) 25mm ƒ .95 or ƒ 1. You'll get the look of the Noctilux (which is pictured on my M9) for a fraction of what my setup costs. Granted the sensor is 1/2 the size of a 35mm sensor, but shit - i'm sure it'll work out.
I'd say go back to the Rollei 35, I use Richard Photo Lab in LA, they give great prices and do really quiality work. I live in CHI and even though I work in LA often I still ship film from jobs around the country there. They have it up on a FTP in 3 days and send you your negs back within the week.
Steve Block is my guy there, tell him I recommended you and you'll get a great price.
When the M10 comes out keep on me I'll be selling the M9's immediatly. Probably for a good price, my bodies will be beat to shit, but the sensor's will be perfect. That being said who doesn't want a Leica that looks like it's been used anyhow? I've dents, barely any black paint left, broken screens, hahah. I just work with many bodies at the same time for long hours and although I take great care of my glass the cameras are tools, you don't baby your tools. I don't mistreat them, but when they're on my shoulder at a job whether they knock into one another is the last thing on my mind.
Cheers
Jesse
