Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No matter how often I've seen it, I just love jejeune culture. S. On Aug 3, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > Hey folks, > > I wasn't sure how much of this was top secret, but everybody else > is talking about it so I'll mention that I signed up to do a book > with science-fiction author Neil Gaiman called "Who Killed Amanda > Palmer" it's a photo book with pix by me and text by Neil starring > Amanda Palmer. > > i was just up in boston for a week working on it. Basically we had > 20 little "sets" and Neil sat in the back scribbling away in a > moleskin while I took photos. It was great fun. > > Here's a photo by Beth Hommell that was taken after one of the shoots > > http://kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/nfg3.jpg > > and I wrote about it a bunch in my blog > > http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/ > > as did Neil Gaiman > > http://journal.neilgaiman.com/ > > It should be out in October and your kids will think you're cooler > for knowing about it now. > > i took the Leica d700 which arrived the day before I left with the > 24-120 VR lens, which I found very useful. I also used the > artificial horizon on the back of the camera. It performs a lot > like the d300 did, except it's full frame, of course and the high > ISO's don't show nearly as much grain. I shot from 400 asa to 6400 > and did a lot of handheld at low shutter speeds with the VR lens > and am generally quite pleased with the results. Because it was new > I also brought the d200 along and it ended up just being weight. A > lot of weight. > > I had two batteries in the d700 and one was drained completely > after 4 days of shooting. I just took the grip off and kept going, > a bit happy for the lighter weight. > > More later when I know more, > > Kyle > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information