At 100
The woman on the left is 100 years old and, 99 years ago, modeled with her mother for a painting class that was taught in the barn where my arts organization will operate next year. We brought her back to the barn with her, comparatively young, 65-year-old daughter to film a short promotional video.
Mid-race texting
I can’t think of another race in which a participant would dress up as a ballerina or stop halfway through to message her friends on her BlackBerry. But this is San Francisco, and this is Bay to Breakers.
Leica M8 with 40mm Leica Summicron-M, processed in Adobe Lightroom.
The Leica character
I’m in the process of selling someone else’s 50mm Leica Summicron-R lens. However, I first decided to test it out on my Panasonic GF1. (I personally own a copy of this lens, but having another to sell inspired me to try it on the digital body.) It’s a 100mm equivalent on the 2x crop of the micro four thirds sensor, but it still renders colors and bokeh as a Leica lens should.
Panasonic GF1 with 50mm Leica Summicron-R, processed in Adobe Lightroom