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LEICA STORIES

GEAR AND TECHNIQUE

Leica M10-D vs. Leica M6 compared

Techniques, ideas and confessions of a minimalist photographer. This site is a combination of  technique, gear and stories about how photos are made, mostly using Leica cameras.

Rua De Santa Caterina – Porto, Portugal

LEICA VS PHONE

The Leica M is my main street shooting camera. I can shoot while staying nearly invisible to my subjects. Nearly…
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HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

Strategies and exercises for photographing strangers in the street.The key to all people photography is access. A street photography skill…
Crossroads near Bloomington, Indiana

NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

This photo got me thinking about negatives. I made the shot in Indiana when I was a teenager. We’d moved…
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WORTH THE WAIT

Street shooting requires an instantaneous reaction to what you are seeing. It’s this need to react immediately to whatever is…
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GOING MANUAL

See these lessons from the days of film photography that will make you a better digital shooter.I grew up shooting…
A man watches a street photographer prepare a subject, Marbella Spain

WORKING INSIDE

Shooting on the inside – Working your way in.One of the advantages of Leicas over bigger and noisier cameras is…
Small Eagle Creek camera bag with Leica M10-D and Leica M10 with four lenses.

IN THE BAG

I have the perfect Leica camera bag. Because it hasn’t been made for twenty years, out of paranoia the bag…
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TRAVELING LIGHT

I really love being there. I almost always hate getting there.I like air travel because it gets me where I…
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PARIS PRINTERS

I love to photograph, just don’t bother me with the details that follow; like the processing and printing. I’ll get…