 Alright, good morning. I'm taking my own advice today and I got up early to create but also to make sure I get my work out in Because I want to talk about how important your mental health is to create now Obviously a lot of artists are fueled by anguish. That's not a mystery. We all know that But that doesn't mean you should just wallow in your grief, right? you really need to Express yourself and I think it needs to come out in more than one way not just Artistically for me. It's Brazilian jujitsu, which is very creative to me and working out and I'm gonna go do that. I'm gonna go get my workout in and do some more creating. I it really fuels me up I also want to talk about this guy here. You're all familiar with it I'm sure if you're a film fanatic if you're into film photography You probably know the Nikon f3. This camera is definitely an icon But I don't use it I bought this camera and I've used it like once and I want to talk about why I've only used it once and that's because It's too nice. I bought a camera that looked brand new I mean, it's a Nikon f3 that looks brand new and I'm not a collector I like to shoot but when it looks brand new I don't want to be the guy that ruins it because it's finite. They're not gonna make more f3s and The more time that passes the fewer you're gonna have that look like this So I don't want to be the guy that ruins it, but I'll tell you why I bought it I bought it because as a kid and a lover of photography. I never thought I could affect afford the best I never thought I could afford an icon f3 or The medium format cameras. I wanted I shot with the Canon e-lon I think it was the e-lon 2, you know mediocre nothing special That would have been fine, but I had a terrible kit lens And so when I had the money when I was finally successful enough with my Professional photography. I was like, okay, I'm gonna buy the best SLR. I could buy so I bought it I got it. I shot it once. I was like, okay, it's too nice. It's just too nice I can't ruin it. So I'm gonna put it back in its bubble wrap and I've thought about even selling it because You know, I'd rather like someone that wants to use it should use it or I can buy something. I'll actually use which is preferable to me Also some other news. I bought I finally finally I'm getting to shoot with my Leica m3 because I finally have a lens for it Um, I'd show you guys up close, but I know it won't pick up on it because oh there it goes The Canon face detect is really really good. And so sometimes it won't lock onto the camera But I ended up getting a Voigtlander Everything I saw online seemed to be suggest that it's just almost as good as a Sumacron or a Leica equivalent It's just more modern, which isn't really what I wanted, but I just got tired of waiting. I might still I might not keep it I'm not a hundred percent sure the Leica store said they can hold me a Sumacron that they have and I might pick that up. I haven't decided yet If anyone shoots with a Leica and has input, I'd really appreciate it You can't find any definitive info is how I feel. I've looked online for Really solid comparison tests and I haven't found many that compare the Voigtlander to the Leica equivalent So if anyone has some info on that, let me know. I'm off to the gym and I'll see you guys soon Bye