johnmflores

Category: Photography

  • Cherry Blossoms at Branch Brook Park, Newark NJ (Panasonic GH2 withSuper Takumar 50mm F1.4)

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    Cherry Blossoms at Branch Brook Park, Newark NJ (Panasonic GH2 with Super Takumar 50mm F1.4), originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:My wife is the flower photographer. I feel like a hack compared to her. We’ll go out, shoot the same thing, and have completely different photos. She sees things that I don’t. It’s…

  • Cameras Aplenty at the Cherry Blossoms of Branch Brook Park

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    Cameras Aplenty at the Cherry Blossoms of Branch Brook Park, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:Here’s a little known fact – there are more cherry blossom trees in Branch Brook Park in Newark New Jersey than the much more famous cherry blossoms in Washington DC. Even on this dull day the park was…

  • Bocce Ball in Branch Brook Park (Comparing the Pentax K-01 to the Panasonic GH2)

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    Bocce Ball in Branch Brook Park, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:We came for the cherry blossoms, which on this dreary day were still quite stunning. But on the way back to the car I noticed that the bocce courts, which before had been overrun by children, were now being used as they…

  • Low Light Pizza (aka Pentax K-1 @ ISO6400)

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    Low Light Pizza (aka Pentax K-1 @ ISO6400), originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:Nearly every time I hang out with my wife’s family, someone mentions the pizza that Granma and Granpa used to make in Newark back in the day. The stories of Sunday gatherings to eat pizza are legend. It’s been over…

  • Most importantly, how is the Pentax K-01 with “Foodtography”?

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    Most folks that take pictures of their food for Facebook use their phones, but real foodies and artists bring a real camera. It’s a tough gig with low light levels and rapidly cooling morsels, so a dedicated foodtographer has to be quick and the gear has to be up to the taks. Under these challenging…

  • So far yet so close… (Pentax K-01 and video)

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    There’s a Pentax K-01 in there somewhere. I had hoped to use it as shown for a video shoot tomorrow. And while the setup looks complex, it’s that way to make up for some shortcomings of the camera. That Tascam on top for example is hooked up to the Sennheiser shotgun mic because if I…

  • Spring comes to Somerville

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    A week of unseasonably warm weather coaxed some flowers to bloom early, but the sun has retreated and the mid-spring chill has returned. While wandering around town on this grey day, I thought that I’d capture some color alongside one of the town landmarks, the old county courthouse.

  • Handmade, wood-framed qajaq (kayak) at Jersey Paddler show

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    Handmade, wood-framed qajaq (kayak) at Jersey Paddler show, originally uploaded by john m flores. Ahhh, freedom from the mirror and the optical viewfinder! If I had brought a dSLR, I would have had to have someone hold my legs as I hung upside down and contorte myself into the belly of this kayak. And don’t…

  • Pentax K-01 at The Cloisters – Final Thoughts

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    Blessing Bishop (St. Nicholas of Bari), originally uploaded by john m flores. That’s it. I’ve just about uploaded all of my photos from The Cloisters to Flickr. If you’d like to see the complete set, here they are: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmflores/sets/72157629608673783/detail/ At the end of the day, the Pentax K-01 acquitted itself quite well in this environment.…

  • Is the Pentax K-01 a “serious” camera?

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    By the reaction of some camera enthusiasts, no. After all, it lacks a viewfinder, a proper grip, and it comes in yellow! But maybe the camera wasn’t made for them. Here’s an interesting blog about the camera from another perspective: http://www.laimyours.com/12446/playing-around-with-marc-newsons-pentax-k-01-at-ar/ Some choice words… The camera is shockingly easy to use, one of those cameras…