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2011-12-25T13:32:37Z

Notes: Nikon D70s // Nikkor 35-105 3.5/4.5 Macro Technically, Christmas came a month early, but what the heck.

2011-12-23T22:56:26Z

Notes: Sometimes my job has its perks. I just came off nearly two weeks on the road and had a thrilling time directing photoshoots on location in Steamboat Springs and in studio in St. Louis. It was an absolute blast and could not have been better. The only hitch was that I picked up a nasty cold the last two days in St. Louis and likely will miss Christmas as I quarantine myself in my apartment. Fortunately, I have stacks of books and movies to keep me busy. Happy holidays to all!

2011-11-28T21:44:26Z

Notes: Nikon D70s // Nikkor 35/2 My kind of fun.

2011-11-27T21:35:23Z

Notes: Nikon F4 // Nikkor 35/2 // Kodak BW400CN

2011-11-27T19:34:45Z

Notes: Nikon D70s // Nikkor 20/2.8 New work station.

2011-11-22T23:58:43Z

Notes: Nikon D70s // Nikkor 35/2 I've longed for a typewriter for at least five years but didn't get serious about it until last spring. I had squirreled money away here and there since and finally settled on one. It's a 1964 Olympia SM9, one of the early models in that last line of fine portables made in West Germany. The condition is far better than I expected, and it works flawlessly. The case is equally superb and looks like it just rolled off a Pan Am 707. I had not used a typewriter since 1987, when I purchased my first Mac (I still have it, and it still works!). My college machine was an electric Brother, which I thought was quite brilliant. The last manual I typed on was my Mom's Royal, which I used in high school. So I was startled when my hands instinctively reached for the paper release as I put the first sheet in the Olympia. I still remembered where all the controls were and what each of them did even though I had never typed on this machine and hadn't touched a manual typewriter in more than 25 years. I clacked away for five minutes without making an error and steadily found a rhythm. The experience was surreal, yet magical. The striking sounds, the smell of typewriter oil and metal, and the fluidity of my hands on the keys felt like a dream. I bought this specifically to use it, not as a pretty object on a shelf. Like my film cameras, I believe strongly in using as many of these old tools as possible because they still have years left in them and perform so much more reliably than products today, which are plagued by planned obsolescence. This Olympia is just a few years older than me but has just as much vitality and usefulness as I do. I see us happily growing old together.

2011-11-04T17:32:08Z

Notes: Nikon D70s // Nikkor 35/2 Up—and down—on my walk home tonight.

2011-11-04T10:03:25Z

Notes: Nikon D300 // Nikkor 17-55/2.8 An outtake of A'Laina and Dozer from last January.

2011-11-03T22:54:32Z

Notes: Nikon D70s // Nikkor 35/2 Long week.

2011-11-03T17:29:47Z

Notes: Nikon D300 // Nikkor 17-55/2.8 Keith racing in the weeds a few weeks ago.