Hobbies

New Post in RD’s Photo Gallery

I posted a few new pictures in my RD photo gallery. First in the blog section is some shots of my Sony NEX5 wearing a chunk of Minolta lens glass. There will be more to come in that story. http://gallery.ramblindan.org/index.php/pholog/23-la-ea2-lens-adapter I also posted a ranch picture I dug up from one of my old archives. I thought it was rather attractive and worthy of a place in the gallery. You can find it here on the...

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KautzPhoto.com Expanding

I am not the only Kautz on my twig of the Kautz family tree with a passion for photography. My daughter Shelley is a professional photographer and is currently expanding her personal web site KautzPhoto.com. Yes, she really earns her keep as a full time photographer. I’ll leave it to her to tell her own story as Dadio (that’s me) may tend to brag on her. Let me just say that her work is first...

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My Photography Gallery

I am enjoying exploring the art of amateur photography again, not that I ever stopped either exploring or enjoying. I am one of the oldies that has spanned the age of film and into digital photography. Not that my senior age allows that, as my daughter who is 25 years my junior, has made the same transition in her professional photography career. No career path for me. I just enjoy the technical aspects of the...

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What You See Is What I Show You

I love taking good photographs. I don’t so much like poor photography. To me there is a world of difference between taking pictures and true photography. Today we have a lot of ordinary folks “taking pictures” using simple cameras such as the ubiquitous cell phone camera. There is some good photography done with cell phone cameras, so I hold no disrespect of the tool. Current cell phone cameras have very few controls and are extremely...

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