number one is nice, the lake shot is excellent!

Leica submarine periscope mount. came optional with every u-boat purchase in the 40's I believe.

yeah I fixed that typo...lol!

When I decided to pursue more corporate gigs, esp with the video, I decided to incorporate. It is a numbered corporation.
When I make 10 million dollars on my first feature film, corporations pay less income tax than peoples.
The flowers were actually a gift... I was filming a web show for a designer and we had a florist for a guest.
She gave us the arrangement after they made it on the show.
I plastered the logo and copy right on it as I may decide to publish this one later.. haven't decided yet....

anybody wondering how the 35 2.4 performs? the 13x19 inch print is very nice and at f22 that was outside the lens's sweet spot of f 5.6-8

my epson photo scanner 1660 does a very good job, just don't expect to make huge enlargements....... 5x7 is good 8x10 pushing your luck... bigger than that you're better off using a slide/neg duplicator on your d-slr...

maybe I just got carried away with the lighting and didn't present the flowers in the best composition..
they are actually a nice arraignment... lots of color but made to lay low in a rectangular container. nice on a table as it doesn't block your view or get knocked over when pouring the wine!

this BTW is shot with a k10 and 35 f2.4 lens at f22.

lighting was actually hard lighting done well so it looks softer than it really was...
gridded reflector from the top...
gridded snoot from behind....
ringflash for contrast control...
bare reflector throu a cookie on the backdrop, which is a plastic table cloth.

try cutting the sleeve off an old raincoat...

for the prints and documents, use your camera.
get two lamps set them up at 45 degs off either side, do a white balance off a sheet of paper... set your exposure manually (you can do both white balance and exposure with a kodak greycard).
for the negs use a dedicated neg scanner. There are some cheap models out there.

could also be a rotating gimbal tripod head a rotating collar to go from vertical to horizontal while maintaining free floating pan and tilt control....