slow night, let's chat

[dcsang]

(Hum, where is that IRC chatroom Jorge set up a while ago ? Perhaps it's time to put it back online, or to think about an IRC network where a channel can be easily managed and protected by registering it...)

There is one that I go to that's mainly photo based - but it's not Jorges - if Jorge had one it would be equally cool as I believe this site may be more active than the one I currently attend to.

cheers
Dave

 

[FrankS]

Ahhh, Dave. The "married woman" love story? Yep, that hurts. You did the right thing.

 

[dcsang]

Ahhh, Dave. The "married woman" love story? Yep, that hurts. You did the right thing.

You are wise my friend.. 😀

I know I did the right thing - if I wanted to, I should have done it before anything even happened but the heart is a fickle beast.. 😀

Dave

 

[rogermota]

yet I did have a love for her and she had the same for me 🙂

Tis better to have loved and been loved than to never loved at all.

Now someone for christs sake make some completely unrelated comment we can all focus on instead 🙂

 

[back alley]

well, i'm about to make a pot of coffee and then take some shots of my canon p with the 35/2.8 and chrome grip and chrome soft release.
i was taking some shots yesterday with this rig and was struck by the beauty of the kit itself.

now THAT'S love...

joe

 

[rover]

g'evening gents.

How were your days? I snapped some shots with a Mamiya 1000 DTL this afternoon. Didn't have my glasses on, but my vision was assisted by a few glasses of my home made wine so I don't think they would have been much help.

 

[rover]

I pick up two kits of Corvina Classico Friday for the 2005 vintage of 3 Ralphs' Winery. It will make about 5 cases or so. I still have a quite a bit of last years wine to finish off.

http://www.winexpert.com/index.cfm/.../catname/Selection Estate Series/products.cfm

 

[rover]

It truly is a very easy process from a kit.

Of course, it doesn't get much easier than the old fashioned way of just crushing the grapes and letting them do all the work, but for a relatively small investment in equipment you can just follow the directions and in 8 weeks or so (I will age for a bit longer before I bottle) you are ready to go. These Crushendo kits are new and by including grape skins will produce a wine with more tanic acid and therefore more appropriate for aging. The kits I have made the last two years have been very good and ready to drink young.

 

[rover]

How do you fortify it? Do you make Port from a strick wine or do you make it from a secondary press of the grapes or something like that?

 

[rover]

Most of the red wines kits now include toasted oak chips or sawdust to impart the taste during fermentation. The clearing takes place relatively easily in the carboys. I rack the wine a few times during aging to draw it from the sediment as the time goes on.

 

[FrankS]

You know how some people are just good with their hands? They have an underlying understanding of the physics of what they are doing: hammering a nail in straight, beautiful handwriting, skillful drawing, etc. It is like there is a knowledge IN THEIR HANDS. Other folks are more clutsy and less coordinated.

My theory is that those people with greater sensitivity in their hands can be more discerning and more appreciative of fine tools,

like a Leica for instance. (or those other vintage cameras [Contax, Canon P, Nikon RF, etc.]made back in the years when stuff was made as well as possible, rather than as cost-effectively as possible.)

If you try to explain the importance of "the feel" of a camera to some people, they just don't/can't get it, yet for those who have this "tactile intelligence" it is something important.

This tactile sensitivity has nothing to do by the way, with how good a photographer one is. Having a "good eye" for composition is distinct from this tactile intelligence yet it is a similar concept. Both would be difficult to teach if the ability is not there inately.

Any comments?

 

[FrankS]

I moved this thought to its own thread.

 

[back alley]

i never thought about like that frank.
i do know that some things fit 'better' in my hands than do others.

i used to shoot a canon f1. it fit better than the nikon f2 i also had.
the canon t90 fit the best, like it was made for me.

my leica m4-p fit nice but didn't feel like the canon p does.
the canon p with an (angular) m-grip from photoequip is the ultimate for me in rf cameras.

ultimately, for me, it's not only the 'quality' of the gear but the feel.

 

[FrankS]

Ahhh! Sunday afternoon. My wife and 2 kids have gone to visit with her parents, leaving me to my own devices. What to do? I could while away the afternoon here at RFF, but there isn't quite enough traffic to make that a full time endeavour (thank goodness). I could for for a ride on the motorcycle. This is especially tempting since the weather's nice, end of the summer holidays is coming up, and I haven't done too much riding this year. On the other hand, the most responsible thing to do is to fire up the darkroom and print up that print order for a few 5x7 and 8x10's from a wedding done 2 years ago. I love Sundays like this! What are you guys (and gals) doing? I'll check back in a while to see.

 

[back alley]

hanging out.

might go down to the fringe festival to shoot the crowds.

 

[FrankS]

Interesting folks at those fringe festivals. The choices they have made may not be the ones I would for my life, but I really respect them for being authentic and true to themselves. Brave and self-actualized.

I can't help but think that at least some are confused and lost though.

 

[Socke]

I'm cleaning the kitchen, wash my clothes and get ready for the next week.
Then I still have two rolls to develop and that's it for the rest of the weekend.

 

[Roman]

Sounds just like my day - developed three rolls of film from yesterday (concert), washed som towels, still need to do the dishes, and then its time to pack my bag for the upcoming trip to Hungary (& Croatia, visiting 'denishr').

Roman

 

[darkkavenger]

Currently having a tea cup while waiting for my father (who is in France) to fully wake up from his nap.. I'm going to add a reservation system to his bed&breakfast pages

 

[hjfischer]

Ahhh! Sunday afternoon. My wife and 2 kids have gone to visit with her parents, leaving me to my own devices. What to do? I could while away the afternoon here at RFF, but there isn't quite enough traffic to make that a full time endeavour (thank goodness). I could for for a ride on the motorcycle. This is especially tempting since the weather's nice, end of the summer holidays is coming up, and I haven't done too much riding this year. On the other hand, the most responsible thing to do is to fire up the darkroom and print up that print order for a few 5x7 and 8x10's from a wedding done 2 years ago. I love Sundays like this! What are you guys (and gals) doing? I'll check back in a while to see.
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(IMHO) Frank S

Frank, I'm probably looking at the same screen you are, but see if this is familiar: I'm listening at the same time to my all time favorite big band, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass, all of whom are Canadians!