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George, my old companion. This was hand-held with some Tri-
X on the carpeted floor of an office building. I was using Adobe
PhotoShop to crop this image for the Web when an art director
from Hearst walked by. He grabbed me by the shoulders and
shook me until I realized that it was the space in front of the
dog that made the photo work.
Roommates. The MIT nerd perfectionist in me can't avoid
seeing the horrible technical flaw in this photo: the reflector
edge in the lower left corner of the frame.
Reading. From my Cape Cod series. This was taken with the
80mm lens, a normal focal length for 6x6. If you're not trying to
fill the frame with the subject's face, you don't actually need a
telephoto lens to avoid an unflattering perspective. In medium
format, this can have economic implications. A telephoto lens
for a 'Blad or Rollei 6008 is about $2000!