Something for when you wake up tomorrow morning

[Gianluca Drago]

I’m continuing my study of shop windows and reflections. This is a café called—fittingly—‘Caffeine’, and this is the formula it adopted for its window display.




I like to imagine that he’s in love, with bright, glowing lights in his thoughts, while she’s just thinking ‘caffeine’. Can't you see it?

In the next shot: A gentleman was cleaning the window of the same shop. I wanted to take a photo through the drops of glass cleaner running down it, but I arrived five seconds too late. He realised what I was after (he’s a keen photographer himself, from what he told me after) and, without me even asking, sprayed the glass again just for me, and smiled. Brilliant!

 

[Gary R. Smith]

These are both great! I love the depth due to the reflection and the lamp inside contrasting the decal on the window.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

These are both great! I love the depth due to the reflection and the lamp inside contrasting the decal on the window.

Thank you for your kind words @Gary R. Smith! Much appreciated.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

How do you like your new camera as compared to the LX100?

 

[Gianluca Drago]

How do you like your new camera as compared to the LX100?

This is a difficult question that would require a fairly detailed answer. I’ll try to be as concise as possible.

The LX100 was very enjoyable to use; I never felt intimidated by it and used it with complete freedom to experiment. However, that often came at the cost of many failed shots. The OM-1 still intimidates me — if only because of its size, which does not go unnoticed — but its performance is exceptional. For example, I can take perfectly sharp, correctly exposed, blur-free photos while I’m actually pedalling my bike through the busy streets of my city. And the lens I use is always a Leica lens, as with the LX100, but of significantly higher quality in terms of colour, sharpness, and overall rendering.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

I like my Panasonic mFT cameras and you're right the OM-1 is a daunting beast. I have it setup to shoot birds and I never use it for anything else. It's funny, I got rid of my LX100 because I thought I'd be happier with the GX85 which is about the same size but which supports interchangeable lenses. In truth, I typically land on a lens for a camera and then never change it - well, never is too strong but once I find a body/lens pairing I like I'll often just take out a camera/lens pair that suits what I'm going for. Truth is that I miss the LX100. Mine had the brown "fake" leather look.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

And more 'Caffeine' from yesterday photo-walk. I find it interesting how the man appears somewhat ambiguously in size; he looks almost like a giant outside the bar, reflected in the glass.