About ImageReflex.com
After years of working as a photojournalist and sports photographer, I lost sight of what photography really meant to me. It just wasn't fun anymore. As a result, I decided it was time for a dramatic change.
 Braving the snow to take pictures in Central Park, New York. |
Much the way I'd done a decade before--when I put aside my electronic, autofocus SLR equipment and picked up a set of Leica manual rangefinder cameras--I put aside all of my equipment and purchased a digital camera. With one digital camera, I managed to connect again with the part of photography that I always enjoyed. I was able to find the joy in creating images (some of which are/will be displayed on this site).
The experience with that digital camera was enough to convince me to give up film cameras altogether, with the notable exception being my Leicas. If ever I need to shoot film again, it will be with those. For the foreseeable future, it would appear that digital has become king (even if the current pro and semi-pro cameras only enjoy a brief reign before they fall victim to the megapixel wars, becoming outdated and obsolete).
Having once again 'discovered' the joy of photograhpy, I started this blog as a place to share some of my images (why do we take photographs, if not to share our vision with others). Along the same lines, I also started this blog as a place to share some of my thoughts, insight and philosophy regarding photography and photojournalism.
I hope you enjoy your visit to my blog. If you have any questions, please e-mail them to slewis@nospam.imagereflex.com (remove the "nospam." from the e-mail adress before sending).
Links
- SportsShooter.com: The resource for sports photography
- The Nikonians Website
- Rob Galbraith Digital Photography Forums
- fredmiranda.com forums
- Nikon USA's website
- Leica Camera website
- theimagingfactory, makers of Convert to B&W Pro.
- PictureCode, the company that developed NoiseNinja.
Credits/Legal
The photographic images appearing in the ImageReflex Gallery are protected under U.S. and International Copyright Laws. The unauthorized publication, distribution or use of these images is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise noted, all content and images Copyright © Sam Lewis, all rights reserved.
Monitor Calibration
In order to see these images in the gallery correctly, you must be able to see black, white and each individual shade of gray in the scale above. If the scale doesn't look right, you probably need to calibrate your monitor.
To calibrate your monitor, decrease the brightness of your monitor until the last two dark shades on the scale above appear black. Then increase the brightness until the first shade of gray appears next to black at the end of the scale. When you can see two separate shades at the far left side of the scale, stop adjusting the brightness and instead, adjust the contrast until the rest of the shades appear distinct from dark on the left side of the scale to bright on the right side of the scale.
This sort of calibration is not a substitute for real calibration tools, but in the absence of such tools, it is better than nothing.
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