Impossible Love


This slide show was created during the Miami Street Photography Festival, in Maggie Steber workshop “Miami Mystery”, run by the Leica Akademie and co-led by Tom A. Smith. Two wonderful teachers, and a week of excitement. This is the third time I take this w/s and hopefully nor the last. Music by Melody Gardot) Please… Continue reading Impossible Love

Night Life at Mango’s


We have been visiting the disco bar at Ocean Drive lately. It is a rather informal cabaret, with a few tables downstair and others on the balcony upstairs. The shoes start at 8:15Pm and keep going until 2:30AM. Great stuff, folks. You can see it from the bars or reserve a table, where cover charges… Continue reading Night Life at Mango’s

Sony a7II review, by Alfred Forns

Sony a7II, 16-35 Vario Tessar f/4, 1/50, ISO 6400 Out of camera.

Sony just released their new family member in the mirrorless full frame family. First came the a7, followed by the a7r and now the a7II. Each being different and serving a particular need. Adjusting to this new camera was easy since we had the a7r, purchased initially as a back up to the Leica M,… Continue reading Sony a7II review, by Alfred Forns

How we do fireworks


We love doing fireworks and Florida’s Disney World has three parks that offer nightly shows. You can choose from a variety of locations, using foregrounds to make the photo more interesting. Fireworks by themselves are kind of boring. Cityscapes under them usually work, but incorporating people or structures usually give you a stronger image. Normally… Continue reading How we do fireworks

Prague, the beautiful city, part II


As promised, some more of the pictures that have been processed for web. As most of the rest, they were captured with the Leica M9-P, and mostly wide angle lenses, the ones at night, obviously tripod mounted. We use the Sirui, carbon fiber with the added Sirui bullhead. Not the 12 inch light one, but… Continue reading Prague, the beautiful city, part II

Night photography at the Fair.

NEX-7 and 50 f/1.8 f/1.8, 1/4000, ISO 12,800 Creative Edit in LR and CS6

Santa’s Enchanted Forest is a seasonal fair that operates every year between Thanksgiving and the first week of January. I had only been there the first year they opened and was not terribly impressed with it. But I could see the improvements from the highway as the years passed. Last Friday we decided to give… Continue reading Night photography at the Fair.