Test test
I don't have much time to tap anything of importance out except a test. I'll be posting more of my random thoughts here soon. Don't look for anything long. Just short notes about what I see out there,...
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I interviewed an Iraqi army battalion commander. He's one of the few who made it out of the old army and in to the new one here. Lt. Col. Sabah is nice guy, very affable and more honest about the...
View ArticleF/16
This will probably shock some of you but I have been shooting film over here. Yes, yes, don't panic. It's only with my little Leica M6. I only shoot sunny f/16 though. All of my shots are shot at that...
View ArticleF/16 part deux
Ok, here's a quick one. I won't be shooting f/16 with my digitals anymore. I don't like the results. I probably won't even shoot my little M6 that way anymore either. I'll post the digital example on...
View ArticleThinking?
So I'm thinking about going home earlier than planned. This isn't a rant against the industry. No this is just a rant about... my personal life. I haven't hit some creative wall or anything. In fact, I...
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Back in the saddle
Bill Putnam sitting in a Humvee on patrol near Ad Dawr, Iraq, March 6.Bill's Update: Ok, I am back in the saddle now. I can't quite explain how painful kidney stones are. Suffice to say it woke from a...
View ArticleTwo cameras.
I may sound like some raving lunatic here but... I wish I had one of my Nikon F4s and a Holga here with me. I know, I know you're probably asking why. I don't even know myself. Nostalgia, maybe?I loved...
View ArticleVideo
I've started posting short videos to my blog. It's something I've had in mind for a while, I just now found a way of hosting it. Most of it will be mundane like driving in a Humvee. Some of it may be...
View ArticleThinking about switching.
Last week (I think) I talked about missing my Nikon F4. What that "longing" (or whatever you want to call it) actually is this: full frame. Don't get me wrong, I love Nikon D-SLRs, have been since 2000...
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304th ING
Junedis during a search operation south of Baghdad Aug. 1, 2004. I spent most of 2004 and 2005 as an Army photog in southern Baghdad. A lot of that time (most, in fact) out in the field with the...
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