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The Leica Yearbook

DSR — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:59:27 +0000

Each year I participate in a the Leica User Group’s annual Yearbook project. We each get two (and only two!) pages to show off our work. Here is what I submitted this year:

Snakes on a Blog! (More Photos from the Australia Workshop)

DSR — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:44:08 +0000

So one of our photo shoots was done with a carload of snakes on an Australian beach. Sounds pretty weird, but it was all in the spirit of helping us to practice the advanced lighting skills we were learning. It felt like old times to me since I spent two of my college years living in a house with six real (and wannabe) herpatologists and their many many snakes. Here are a few of the pictures….

And this last one of our incomparable instructor, the amazing JoeyL (Joey Lawrence). You can see some of his work at his website here: JoeyL’s Website . And when you are done ooh-ing and ah-ing, consider that he is right now all of 19 years old and he has already been shooting professionally for years. Seriously. And yeah…. He told us he was afraid of snakes. So maybe there is a lesson here in how confronting your fear leads to success.

Photo Workshop in Australia! Did I Mention it was in AUSTRALIA!!

DSR — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:46:18 +0000

I recently returned from a photography workshop in Australia organized by a fellow photographer and featuring some of the coolest photographer/instructors around. I hope you will pardon some off-the-beaten-path photos from me, but here are a few samples.

DSR — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:11:00 +0000

From today’s walk: The East Budapest Train Station at midday.

By the way…. some of you may not know that you can see a larger view of the picture by clicking on it. Lots of cool little details in this one….

DSR — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:30:00 +0000

Spent the entire day walking semi-aimlessly around Budapest. Saw lots of interesting things. Here’s one of them.

DSR — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:10:00 +0000

Spent all day today in City Park…. in the company of native Hungarians and far from tourists. Met the family of this little girl (and her twin sister) and they were kind enough to let me photograph her.

DSR — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:18:00 +0000

And have I mentioned that Budapest is romantic city too? We were saying tonight over dinner that public displays of affection (read: conspicuous smooching in public) is WAY more common here than it is in the States. But no smooching pictures. Here’s a different kind of romantic….

DSR — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:54:00 +0000

First full day in Budapest. It’s a sprawling city of more than 1.5 million, so I have only scratched the surface. Lots of people out and about… even on Sunday… and there seems to be a very healthy and vibrant cafe lifestyle.

More diversity than Prague. More beggars too. And hustlers.

Lots of people have dogs (sorry…. there will be no dog pictures from me).

Lots of kids around. Most are happy to be photographed.

DSR — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:06:00 +0000

Day 6. Spent the entire day on the train from Prague to Budapest. What was supposed to be a 7 hour trip became a 9 hour trip– make your own jokes about Eastern Europe trains not running on time here– due to (depending on which story you believe) mechanical failure, a highway accident, or the train striking a pedestrian. We arrived late, but safely.

First impressions of Budapest is that it is a more hip city. The people look really good. Many fewer tourists.

No pictures from today. Instead, here is a picture shot last night in Prague. These “fast food” sausage stands dot the pedestrian areas. For those whose Czech is a little rusty, Menu 1 is a pork cutlet, menu 3 is fried cheese on a bun, and menu 2 is a Vaclek sausage (think natural casing hot dog, twice as big around, sharply spicy, and with a great “snap” when you bite into it). God only know what gets ground up into these, but they were REALLY good and I will miss eating them.

DSR — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:11:00 +0000

Day 5…. Last day in Prague. Went to see the 2007 World Press Photo show. The winning photo is a strong picture but has been somewhat controversial. Further info here: www.worldpressphoto.org

We leave on an early morning train to Budapest. I will miss the beautiful city and the extremely friendly people. I will not miss the masses of tourists which I’m told are absent in Budapest.

Here is another record shot which gives the flavor of the Prague neighborhoods and streets. This was taken just outside the Cafe Slavia, a historic focal point of the Prague art/photo scene.