6:00 am - March 2, 2015 - Mitch Zeissler

Home

Nala in her perch — Central Maryland (January 2015)
Leica M7 + Arista Ultra 100 + Leica Summilux 21/1.4 ASPH

Home isn’t an easy concept for me. My dad wasn’t in the military — he was a mechanical engineer always on the lookout for more money and more challenging work — but we moved around. A lot.

We constantly pulled up stakes and traveled to wherever the next job site was. By the time I was four, we had moved five times. By the time I was a sophomore in high school, it was up to twelve moves, seven different school districts, and six different states. My family moved back to southern California during my junior year in college, when I was in design school in Richmond, Virginia — and they have all had many moves themselves since then. Continue Reading →

Category: Photography Tags: 21mm, Black and white, Bokeh, Film Photography, Leica, Leica M7, Maryland, Monochrome, Photo101, Photography

4:00 am - March 2, 2015 - Mitch Zeissler

Reentry Effects

Space Shuttle Discovery -- Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantily, Virginia (January 2015)Leica M7 + Kodak BW400CN + Leica Summilux 21/1.4 ASPH

Space Shuttle Discovery — Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia (January 2015)
Leica M7 + Kodak BW400CN + Leica Summilux 21/1.4 ASPH

Category: Photography Tags: 21mm, Architecture, Black and white, Bokeh, Film Photography, History, Kodak BW400CN, Leica, Leica M7, Monochrome, Photo101Rehab, Photography, Travel, Virginia

12:00 am - March 2, 2015 - Mitch Zeissler

Soft But Spiky

A cactus from the National Botanic Garden — Washington, DC (March 2014)
Leica M 240 + Leica Summilux 50/1.4 ASPH

Category: Photography Tags: 50mm, Bokeh, DC, Flora, Leica, Leica M240, Nature, Photo101Rehab, Photography, Travel, Washington

10:00 am - March 1, 2015 - Mitch Zeissler

What & Where?

Lead-shielded locomotive — Arco, Idaho (September 2014)
iPhone 5S + 30/2.2

It’s been a long while, but I thought that a stormy day would be a good one for a new quiz. But you better hurry — Tillerman and Elisa just destroy these things when they arrive on the scene.

This quiz will adhere to the strictest of rules — there aren’t any. You can do a reverse image search (I’ve already checked, so good luck with that), use Google for any edge you think it can give you, shotgun your guesses, etc.

Hints? Hah! You only get hints in the comments section once people begin to ask questions. This is meant to be fun, so have at it!

Lead-shielded locomotive — Arco, Idaho (September 2014)
iPhone 5S + 30/2.2

UPDATE: Congrats go to Tillerman, Robin Kent, and — of course — my Dad, for contributing background info to many of these science and technology quizzes. As Tillerman discovered, this is the lead-shielded diesel locomotive used to transport the nuclear-powered jet engines on display out in Arco, Idaho. You can read more about the nuclear-powered jet engines in my earlier post about them here. Continue Reading →

Categories: American West, Photography Tags: American West, Architecture, Black and white, Film Photography, History, Idaho, iPhoneography, Landscape, Monochrome, Photo101Rehab, Photography, Quiz, Travel

12:00 am - March 1, 2015 - Mitch Zeissler

Spring Green

A shrub from the National Botanic Garden — Washington, DC (March 2014)
Leica M 240 + Leica Summilux 50/1.4 ASPH

Category: Photography Tags: 50mm, Bokeh, DC, Flora, Leica, Leica M240, Nature, Photo101Rehab, Photography, Travel, Washington

6:00 pm - February 28, 2015 - Mitch Zeissler

News Link: Adrift in the Arctic Ice With a Shipload of Norwegians

5:34 am - February 28, 2015 - Mitch Zeissler

Gorgeous Detail

Boeing 307 Stratoliner “Clipper Flying Cloud” — Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia (January 2015)
Leica M7 + Kodak BW400CN + Leica Summilux 21/1.4 ASPH