I crawled into the woodshed with my new Canon 7D monochrome camera and got this shot of the firewood we have stacked so far for the coming winter and the afternoon sun poring through the open window. I am loving my new camera and can’t say enough about Dan Llewellyn of maxmax, the wizard who invented the monochrome conversion process. If any of you are considering this, the prices range from $450 to $2,500. It’s a new and exciting way to shoot black and white.

Dan is amazing and incredibly helpful. He has been a tremendous help in assisting me to figure out this camera, and has stayed with me. He even wrote me to say he loved the photos I am putting up, how gracious of him.

I’m going to New Jersey to meet him, hopefully soon. This shot is a part of my experimentation, standing in the dark with blinding light on the other side. The camera handled it beautifully. Maxmax is the first (and only one that I know of) company to figure out this process. I had the choice of buying a new converted camera or sending me one of my own. He helped me decide.