Big Dan

If you're familiar with Nordeast Minneapolis (or good beer bars in the Twin Cities in general), you are probably familiar with the Bulldog NE.  Not only do they have great food and lots of great beers on tap, but the whole front of the place is a giant east facing window.  Yep.  A great big constant light softbox you can shoot with.  Well, at least if you go there for a beer in the afternoon or evening.  It's where I got the photos of Jordan in an earlier blog post here.

Was there in July with some friends, including my friend Big Dan (he has also been on this blog in the past, complete with his giant pancake).  I had the little Panasonic GF-1 with me, along with my 40mm/1.4 Nokton for my rangefinder.  On the GF-1, it is pretty much the equivalent of an 80mm, which is a great portrait length.  I just need to work on my manual focus skills....especially close up and at f/1.4.

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EXIF:  Panasonic DMC-GF-1, Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.4 SC, f/1.4, 1/250, ISO 400
Exposure Date:  July 14, 2011