Author: Lea Hartman
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iPhoneography + VSCO
I’ve talked about my VSCO feed before. It predates my first Instagram account. I loved it from the beginning because it was a place to share images without comments or likes or distractions – and it has remained dedicated to this. Yes, it’s curated to some extent, but I still think it’s the truest photographic […]
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Can I still be a photographer if I don’t have a camera?
For the first time in over 15 years, I don’t have a camera. It’s kind of liberating. As I sold off gear and prepared to buy something new, I was feeling that old familiar anxiety about what to choose. So I decided that for right now, I’m not going to choose anything. It’s been a […]
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Fear and failure, part 2.
(Be sure to check out part 1 before reading further.) This past Friday was a beautiful morning, full of glowing mist and the confidence to get out of my own way and make a few photographs of it. In an effort to set myself up for success, I made sure to leave the bathrobe in […]
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Fear and failure.
Every weekday, I drive past the same empty field on my way to drop my kids off at school. It seems that at least one morning a week, it’s covered in a low lying mist that begs to be photographed. And yet, every morning, I drive right by (twice – there and back). I imagine […]
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Square? Don’t knock it until you try it.
I don’t do a lot of cropping. I tend to just stick with the native output from the sensor. But lately, I’ve been branching out and trying something new – the square crop. So far, I’ve really been enjoying the different take on a scene. I know it’s been the thing with Instagram for a […]
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I’m done talking about gear. For a while anyway.
What are the perils of too much gear? Never mastering its usage because you have to devote the time to learn all your other gear as well Shooting less due to indecision regarding what gear to bring Potentially more subpar gear rather than investing in quality limited gear Becoming camera poor – funds are allocated to […]
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It may just be time for something drastic. And I mean totally crazy.
Have you ever been so desperate for a change that you got it into your head to do something that seems stupid, drastic, and maybe even a little crazy? This is my current dilemma with this week’s announcement of the Ricoh GRIIIX with a new fixed 26.1mm f/2.8 lens. I know, I know. I just bought the […]
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Apple, you really let me down. But I’ll forgive you.
Just a quick note to say that my iPad Pro – which pretty much allows me to seamlessly run my life, both personally and creatively – has been sent to Apple for repair or replacement after only five months. I’ve never gotten a dud Apple product before… AppleCare to the rescue, am I right? Thankfully, […]
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I bought a new camera…again.
After much experimentation and deliberation, I pulled the trigger on something I’m very excited about. But we’ll get to that in a minute. Let’s recap. In the past few years, I’ve owned the following Fujifilm gear, all with its own pros and cons. Cameras: ⁃ X-T1 ⁃ X-T2 ⁃ X-E2s ⁃ X70 ⁃ X100F ⁃ […]
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I tried out the 27mm f/2.8 R WR recently. And I sent it back. Sorry, not sorry.
The lens itself is well built and quite sharp so no issues there. However, the included hood and lens cap are ridiculous (the lens cap is the cheapest piece of photographic garbage I’ve ever seen). I wanted to love it for its size alone but honestly, it’s very close in size to the 18mm f/2 […]
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Leaves, leaves and more leaves.
One of my on-going projects is photographing leaves. It’s not macro photography, especially given that many of them are oversized, but I do focus on really filling the frame and trying to capture some of the detail that makes each of them unique. I’m enthralled by the variety. The colors, the veins, the patterns. All […]
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My biggest creative weakness and what I’m doing about it.
I never considered myself a particularly creative person. I don’t paint or draw. I don’t have a vivid imagination. I’m a good writer, but more of an expository one. I wrote photography tutorials for photography based businesses for years. Photography has always been sort of a half creative, half technical thing for me. Yes, there’s […]
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