I rarely get to shoot anything these days so I was happy when my coworker Jon pointed out a enormous ant in the middle of the hospital lab. So I had to bring it home and shoot it.
Ant Man
Prey and Predators
The ducklings are being picked off one by one.
Mutha’s Portraits
Sandy asked for some portraits since Mommi & Ysa are visiting, so I whipped out my ZV-1. I’m not sure why the thumbnail images are so “green”, if you click on the image they are fine.
Burd Chaos
There was a flurry of feathery activity the past 2 afternoons. New ducklings, bug catching phoebe and squirrel hating crow.
Aubrie & Jaxon Wedding 2025
I took a gamble and only brought my Sony ZV-1, RX100 VII and a 100W strobe to a family wedding in Escondido. The snapshots I can always use my phone, but portraits I have to use a strobe. Sadly I didn’t take enough photos. Unfortunately Aubrie & Jaxon were so busy I never got a photo of them. I’d be a great wedding photographer.
Sony ZV-1
I bought a used Sony ZV-1 (introduced 2020) about a year ago and have never touched it. While mainly manufactured for video I see it for a potential pocket portrait camera with it’s hot shoe. At max zoom of 70mm it’s f2.8, but will it produce a nice background blur? I doubt it.
Burd Drama
This afternoon some newly hatched duckling made an appearance. Of course this brought out the predators and a angry drake. I attempting to capture these images and not burn the pork I was grilling.
Chatty Images
Jim informed me that Chat GPT does AI imaging as well. While the results aren’t as good it’s super easy.
With my current setup I cannot render groups of people. When I tried without AI model…
When I tried 3 separate models…
Dad from the past
Found these while cleaning out Mom’s house. Rather than sitting in a box I thought I would post some digital versions.
1st Duckies 2025
Sandy alerted me to the new family.
