Wherein the family takes a walk, again

Expertly styled legs | Leica M262 + Leica Elmar 50/2.8

Sometimes I’m unsure of how to start these things and even less sure of what to fill up the body of text with. These posts are really just a way for me to post work in a format that’s not some shitty social media platform and the blog format seems to call for at least some kind of wordular content. So I seem compelled to fill it with platitudes, small talk about what I’ve been up to, meandering pontification about themes-photographic that most people aren’t really going to care about. I sometimes wonder if I should just stop posting these smaller update/gallery blogs and just use the blog posts for larger pieces of writing. What do y’all think?

Now that I’ve got the crushing weight of that admission off my chest, I can get to filling this space with words. Jess and I seem to have settled in to a fun new habit of talking off on little “photo walks” through the neighborhood in the afternoon/evenings after we do our best to wear out Ruckus in the front yard. It’s been nice, and both of us enjoy going out and making photos together and then coming back to the house and uploading them and going through them together. She always takes the Canon 6D with the 28-70 zoom and I always grab the M262, usually with a 50 thrown on the front or some other focal length to experiment with if I have some wild hare you know where. Today was the Elmar, which is kind of becoming my go-to 50mm for reasons I’ve gone on and on about many times here.

You may have also noticed (actually, if you didn’t I’m concerned about you) that this is yet another post in which I’ve done exclusively black and white photos. Don’t read in to it. I’m not reverting back to old ways. Or maybe I am. I am just a leaf adrift atop the flows of an undulating river.