I used to own 3 Nikon bodies and 19 Nikon lenses (genuine Nikkors, not 3rd-party lenses) ranging from 16mm full frame fisheyes to 1200 telephoto. I was an equipment collector more than a photographer.

Now I have unburdened myself of clunky DSLRs and 5 kg. lenses and prefer to travel light.

Listing your camera equipment online is like a chef listing the knifes and sauce pans he owns....so what?

If you eat a great meal, do you ask "wow, what cookware did you use?".

I chuckle when people ask what camera was used for an image ... as if it was the equipment that was taking the photo, not the human being behind it.

All that matters is the results, not the tools.

We have all seen the images in the movies and TV of the photographer with the super-long zoom lens, secretly snapping photos of the girl from afar. I believe that this imagery leads to the psychological desire to "need" to have a super-long lens. No one lusts after the 16mm (expect me!) but for the 200, 300mm telephoto zooms. Portrait photography is best with a lens in the 90-140mm range, and 200mm gives plenty of bokeh and blurred backgrounds.

Mamiya C330. 80mm F2.8 Wide Open.

Ilford FP4+ in Stock Microphen for 6 mins. Scanned neg.

Bokeh and blur is all down to that lens.

La Banda del Charco

I suppose you can clasify this one in the bokeh and blur set~ :-)

My heart smiles at this. You know it is wonderful to have your child love something that is dear to your heart. My oldest loves the camera as I do. He “See’s” what a photographer wants and develops to see, some may say a natural. As in this case he comes barreling through the door hollering…Moooooom, I need the camera! That makes me smile so big….boy, it could be worse couldn’t it? I have a few shots of this little “photo shoot” that I will throw in from time to time. Goodness, I didn’t know that caterpillars could move so fast..lol. These two were taken by myself but I will post a few from my son as well, on another day. Have a great evening! Andrea

Hi. It's been a while. More than a while. Ages. Eones.

I've changed. My photography has changed. Times have changed. But I thought why not give flickr another try, hit it one more time. Ey? I've got lots of nice pictures from the last couple of years, yes. Not that much centered on bokeh and blur anymore though, no, nowadays it seems I'm more into people, putting them into different kinds of environments and shoot away.

I used to photograph single pictures, the last couple of years have been more series, stories and that might be one reason why flickr hasn't felt "me" anymore. I haven't been able to pull out those single pictures from my stories. Now, I kind of yearn to have them again, find those single pearls in my collection, and that's why flickr might be a good medium for me once again. We'll see how long I last, hah.

What else? I study photography full time at a university now. Wowza. A complete leap into the great unknown. But it's good. I learn A LOT. And feel so very inspired.

I can't wait to immerse myself more in the flickr-universe once again, see how I'll divide my time between this, a blog and instagram... I might not be the greatest commentator or contact at first, it has to baby steps. Baby steps.

And there was the novel. Ugh.

+ Leica Summilux-R 50 mm f/1.4

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+ Canon FD 55 mm f/1.2 S.S.C.

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Models : Rhiannon and Tom

More fooing around with fake bokeh and blurring on a recent photoshoot/urbex with Rhiannon and Tom.

Cross-processed, bokeh'd.

This image was uploaded to my [modelling] account, a selection of my non-modelling images can be found on my other profile here

via Instagram bit.ly/2Hek008

I can't remember everything I did.

Added Texture, Bokeh and Blur.

Lightend up her face and eyes.

Removed some of the hair in her fave.

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+ Canon FD 55 mm f/1.2 S.S.C.

Bluebells in Bury Hill Woodland, West Sussex.

I wanted to capture the bluebell in the foreground and the also the shades of blue in the bokeh and blur. So I used Gimp to 'colour select' in 'addition' mode to select all of the shades of blue in the flowers (this took about 30 minutes in all), increased the colour saturation. Inverted the selection and desaturated the background. Finally, adjusted the brightness and contrast of the desaturated background.

Came out pretty well.

Can you see the look of wonder in her eye? I promise you, its there all the time through everything she sees. We had an incredible time on the drive up, navigating the subway (not!), enjoying the ferry, and shooting bokeh and blur all over NYC!

NYC Flickr Meetup, October 27, 2011

Arriving from planes, trains and automobiles, oh and the ferry, 15 Members of the flickrattie rockin' the big apple in a meetup of epic proportions.

+ Leica Summilux-R 50 mm f/1.4

Def not as sharp as the Bee, but the shot has a nice profile and quite like the bokeh and blur too. Hope you like it!

procrastination has seemed to have won again. i waited for sunshine, that time passed, and then i waited too long. so here is week 13. on the ground. in the wet, wet grass.

SOOC :)

Too much blur for my liking, but there is still something that appeals to me about this image and prevents me from clicking on delete. Cow Parsnip is such an interesting and spectacular, tall plant. Taken yesterday, 16 July 2013, when I spent a few hours at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, searching for anything beautiful to photograph. I did come across just a handful of mushrooms, but the grasses and plants are so tall and thick, I don't know how I would ever find fungi growing in the midst of it all.

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This squirrel and I are friends of a sort! She's a bit of a ham, and I always have my camera with me. I like her white eye rings and the white on her little snout. I also like the texture of the moss and the bokeh and blur behind the squirrel. These are not effects or anything, just how the shot turned out.

Off to bed early for me tonight, will catch up over the weekend! Hugs Friends!

Hugs and thanks for viewing! =o)

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+ Leica Summilux-R 50 mm f/1.4

+ Leica Summilux-R 50 mm f/1.4