THE DULL CHANNEL - Philosophical Photography

March 7, 2021

Vintage Lens Jeopardy #1: Porst Color Reflex 55mm F2.8

Introduction Today I am starting a new project on this blog called Vintage Lens Jeopardy with a fun cheap lens the Porst Color Reflex 55mm F2.8. Last year when I bought my Fujifilm X-T3 I got a couple of cheap…

March 4, 2021

A depressed walk on a gray day

Recently I had a little rant on Twitter about becoming depressed from continued lockdowns. Having a child I really can not afford to be depressive. No one really can. It will be a struggle to get up every day and…

March 1, 2021

Each COVID death is one too many

We are all very busy obsessing over the number of people who have died from or with COVID19 and within these discussions I often hear the phrase that each of the deaths is one too many. This seems to be…

February 26, 2021

My life in cameras part 12: Fujifilm X100F review

It is time for the camera that really gave me back my passion for photography. Incidentally this will also be the last “my life in cameras” for a while. The next one will be when I replace the Fujifilm X-T3…

February 23, 2021

Crane porn, train porn and night skies

Introduction Be warned. The following images are all grainy and blurry. It is how I like to do low light photography. It is how I do photography in general. I enjoy walking around and just take shots whenever I see…

February 20, 2021

Tetris on the go #2

On a particularly dreary day I took these 3D tetris shapes into the stairwell hoping to find some inspiration there. Of course the Little One kept grabbing them every time I had them neatly stacked up. These are really just…

February 17, 2021

All those deaths stacked up

All those deaths stacked up (2014) I just discovered the Tuesday Photo Challenge and this weeks topic and the general situation with the pandemic got me to remember this photo. Now it would be easy to make a post about…

February 14, 2021

The Book of Questions #6: Exchange children mixed up at birth?

You discover your wonderful one-year old child is, because of a mixup at the hospital, not yours. Would you want to exchange the child to correct the mistake?

February 11, 2021

No worry no life

This is the dome of Sanssouci. One of the more famous palaces in Germany. Although “palace” is not quite apt for what is essentially a king’s summer house not larger than some English manors. The name which means “no sorrows” in English is ironic for a king who threw his country into multiple wars some of which could have ended quite disastrously.