The Skagit Valley of Washington State is one of the most beautiful areas of the Pacific Northwest. In the Spring the Skagit Valley has acres and acres of tulips as far as the eye can see. I arrived a little late so a lot of the fields were put to rest, but there was still... Read More »

I suppose that my post title, Photos from an Ordinary Day, could equally apply to me, the ordinary Jeff Day, or the fact that they were taken on an ordinary day in the life of yours truly - both are correct. On the way to work last Thursday morning at 6AM the sunrise coming down... Read More »

There’s a lot of photographers who prefer the Elmarit 90/2.8 lens over Leica’s other 90mm lenses because of the beautiful way they render the image. Take the photo above as an example, which was taken as I was walking around the campus at work. Nothing particularly exciting as to the subject matter, but just look... Read More »

It is unbelievably warm and sunny for this time of year. I've got flowers coming up in the yard, and grass is starting to turn green. Normally this time of year snow is fairly likely, but not this year, it's more like an early Spring. I'm becoming a big fan of global warming! I walked... Read More »

I got the bug to get a little Leica D-LUX 4 to test the digital waters, and I have to say it’s a great little camera, after all it’s got that magical Leica glass. Like the more expensive Leica rangefinders it makes it easy to get great impromptu photos when out for a walk, like... Read More »

I’ve been involved in photography for about 40 years, not in any professional sort of way, but just for the fun of it. I’m old enough, that when I was a kid in middle school they still had photography classes where you learned darkroom technique, which came in handy later in graduate school when developing... Read More »

There’s something magical about getting out and shooting with a Leica rangefinder camera, and that magic translates into photos that are infused with a living, breathing, emotional impact that comes so easy when using a Leica. My first Leica was the film MP, shown above. I really enjoyed shooting film with it, but when the... Read More »