Notes from the field

On autofocus and why the camera stops hunting

On autofocus and why the camera stops hunting

One of the unexpected effects of using the OP7 close focus conversion lens isn't the magnification. It's autofocus. After using it for a while I noticed that continuous autofocus became...

On autofocus and why the camera stops hunting

One of the unexpected effects of using the OP7 close focus conversion lens isn't the magnification. It's autofocus. After using it for a while I noticed that continuous autofocus became...

A Way of Coming Closer

A Way of Coming Closer

OP7 lens emerged for looking closely. Not to escape the world, but to meet it.  A leaf. A patch of moss. Light on wet stone. The same branch after rain. The same flower a...

A Way of Coming Closer

OP7 lens emerged for looking closely. Not to escape the world, but to meet it.  A leaf. A patch of moss. Light on wet stone. The same branch after rain. The same flower a...

Infinite close-up observation possibilities in public spaces. Curated Biodiversity meadows in Tartu

On curated biodiversity in Tartu, Estonia

There are places in Tartu that reveal themselves slowly. You can walk past them for months without really seeing them. Not because they are hidden. Because they ask for a...

On curated biodiversity in Tartu, Estonia

There are places in Tartu that reveal themselves slowly. You can walk past them for months without really seeing them. Not because they are hidden. Because they ask for a...

Spatial rendering, Ricoh GR IIIx + OP7 lens

On Be(e)ing there

That subtle buzz resulted in this encounter with the first bee of this spring...... which reminds me again to listen and to smell. In. Out. Return. (Slightly changed.) ^^^ (Kodak...

On Be(e)ing there

That subtle buzz resulted in this encounter with the first bee of this spring...... which reminds me again to listen and to smell. In. Out. Return. (Slightly changed.) ^^^ (Kodak...

On travels

On travels

Only when you have time… Link back to Orto’s Tranquil Garden experience where was plenty.

On travels

Only when you have time… Link back to Orto’s Tranquil Garden experience where was plenty.

On Possession

On Possession

Ownership is useful for objects. Encounter is different. The more tightly it is held,the less remains. Some forms of value appear only while participating. Like listening. Like watching. Like returning.

On Possession

Ownership is useful for objects. Encounter is different. The more tightly it is held,the less remains. Some forms of value appear only while participating. Like listening. Like watching. Like returning.