Georgian Dragon

I shall resist the underwhelming urge to throw in a bit of canonical wordplay concerning St. George, and merely say that this is my first insect photograph with my new 50mm F1.8 lens. The dappled sunlight behind the dragonfly is a testament to the glory of shooting with this enormously apertured lens – the bokeh is a pleasure to both create and to view. I was only in Georgia for ten days in between Kerala and New York, but it was a pleasure to step out of my grandmother’s (an avid odonatophile) back door to find this dragonfly patiently waiting for me. Continue reading →

Bon Anniversaire, Henri

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If you happen to be in Paris, celebrate in person at the location he chose as repository for his photographic legacy.  Thanks to the foundation that he, his wife and daughter created, you can do so here.  If, like most people, you are not in Paris then their website will have to suffice for now:

“The 20th century was the century of the image …To tell Henri Cartier-Bresson’s story and to unravel his work is essentially to tell the story of a look. Continue reading →