Mario

Kitchen 86

Palm Desert, CA

Friday & Saturday nights feature "dueling pianos". Kris and Mario put on a great show.

Apple iPhone 15 Pro - Screen shot from a video clip

Photographed 3/20/26

Kris

Kitchen 86

Palm Desert, CA

Friday & Saturday nights feature "dueling pianos". Kris and Mario put on a great show.

Ricoh GRIIIx @ f2.8 | 1/40 sec | 40mm equiv | ISO 3200

Photographed 3/20/26

Dedication Or Smarts?

Palm Desert, CA

Not sure if it is dedication or smarts that caused these gents to play sports at night with daytime temps of 100 and nights dipping into the 80s.  Either way they presented good IRL moments to capture this week's challenge photo.

1:  Sony A7Cii @ f5.6 | 1/200 | 40mm | ISO 12800 [52 Frames - Week 12 - Low Key]

2:  Sony A7Cii @ f4 | 1/500 | 40mm | ISO 12800  [52 Frames - Week 12 - Low Key Alternate]

1 & 2:  Voigtlander 40mm F1.4 Nokton Classic (adapted)

All photographed 3/16/26

Eye Of The Lion

52 Frames - Week 11 - Roll of 24

Venturing into Old Town Scottsdale, I committed that the first 24 shots would be my 52Frames "roll".  I made it a bit more challenging by using a manual 90mm lens that doesn't get out often enough.

This lion's eye/self-portrait represents my 16th shot. There is no crop here; all full frame resolution utilizing the close-focus capability of my Leica M to Sony E lens adapter coupled with the 90mm focal length.

Sony A7Cii @ f4 | 1/400 | 90mm | ISO 100

Leitz Wetzlar 90mm F4 Elmar-C (adapted)

Photographed 3/9/26

Today's Color Is Red

Old Town Scottsdale

Not a lot of time for manual focus, but I got the shot.  Fortunately the light was red also!



Sony A7Cii @ f5.6 | 1/200 | 90mm | ISO 100

Leitz Wetzlar 90mm F4 Elmar-C (adapted)

Photographed 3/9/26

Since 1958

Sugar Bowl

Old Town Scottsdale, AZ

The best Coffee Cafe  Float around (coffee ice cream doused with iced coffee in a large glass, topped with whipped cream).



#1: Sony A7Cii @ f5.6 | 1/160 | 90mm | ISO 100 w/ Leitz Wetzlar 90mm F4 Elmar-C (adapted)

#2: Ricoh GRIIIx @ f4 | 1/125 sec | 40mm equiv | ISO 640

All Photographed 3/9/26

Rhythm Is Life - Redux

I heard the melodic sounds and wondered if it was the same steel drum guy that I had heard last year and featured in a blog post.  Sure enough, it was!  Cole was, once again, filling the air with his beautiful music.  He remembered our encounter and allowed me to shoot some additional photos.  While doing so, I noticed that his drum looked different.  Cole confirmed that it was the same drum, however it had just been cleaned and not all notes had been re-written on the surface.

Check out the link to last year's post to learn more about these amazing drums along with links to Cole's band.  https://jeffm211-p52.blogspot.com/2025/03/rhythm-is-life.html

Photographed 3/8/25

Rhythm Is Life 4

Sony A7Cii @ f1.4 | 1/1600 | 40mm | ISO 50

Voigtlander 40mm F1.4 Nokton Classic (adapted)

Rhythm Is Life 5

Sony A7Cii @ f1.4 | 1/1000 | 40mm | ISO 50

Voigtlander 40mm F1.4 Nokton Classic (adapted)

Cooks In The Kitchen

52 Frames - Week 10 - Chaos

EC:  Composite

Vacationing in a very "chill" location this week making it difficult to find chaos.  I felt forced to create my own sense of chaos via photographic technique.  Then we went to Culinary Dropout in Scottsdale Quarter where I saw actual organized chaos (and had a great dinner).

Image is a composite of 3 photos.  How many people can you pick out?

Sony A7Cii @ f1.4 | 1/125 | 40mm | ISO 1600

Voigtlander 40mm F1.4 Nokton Classic  (adapted)

Photographed 3/5/26

Alternate shots are below.

Visual Chaos 1

Visual Chaos 2

Passé x 3

Kierland Commons

Scottsdale, AZ

Sony A7Cii @ f1.4 | 1/400 | 40mm | ISO 100

Voigtlander 40mm F1.4 Nokton Classic (adapted)

Photographed 3/5/26

La La Land

Kierland Commons

Scottsdale, AZ

State of the Union.

Sony A7Cii @ f1.4 | 1/125 | 40mm | ISO 100

Voigtlander 40mm F1.4 Nokton Classic (adapted)

Photographed 3/4/26