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Welcome
Welcome to my space….a space where i can hear my own thoughts about photography and life in general, somewhere peaceful and quiet, away from the mad rush of humdrum everyday life. I love photography, I love to play with photo gear and i still get a thrill out of knowing that i have captured what…
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Really Good Articles
This is all about linking to people who are really good and who have incisive thoughts which can switch on a bulb in your head. Thom Hogan is one of the people i refer to both on a technical level but also on matters related to the ART of photography. this is a brilliant article…
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New Year’s Resolutions?…
This is the time of year when we plan to be better next year…typically (at least for myself and the people I am close enough to discuss New Year’s resolutions with) they are recurring, and most are tied to the concept of the “better version of me”… Is this the right approach? What should we…
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New Tech, New Day
The interaction between new technology and a new outlook is an interesting one. One of the mantras of my university tuition was “The Medium is the Message” Is it also true that the language of photography changes depending on the instrument being used. In the same way that a fountain pen changes my handwriting from…
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Print, Screen, Post…
Should I print my best work? this question raises its head from time to time, and whereas a few years ago i would have argued that any decent work should be printed, today, i am not so sure… I have been brought up in a world, where serious work is printed, and displayed as a…
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Film….A Death Sentence
Is film dead for me? As I write this, i am struck by the irony of what i am writing. I learnt the basics of photography on film, (yes i`m ancient :)) and I remember well the transition to digital with the Nikon D70 and the Nikon D100. I remember the furious online debates with…
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My Love/Hate relationship with The Nikon F100
One of the Classic SLRs made by Nikon…a basic tool for working photographers, but not for me…
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Oh What to pack!
i have reached a long suffered conclusion…the main detractor from the photographic experience is the weight and bulk of the camera bag…. to be clear…i have a fetish for bags in general…a fetish which i fuel with a long and frustrating search for the perfect setup….hours are spent playing with velcro separators, weighing lenses and…
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Colour…What to do
why is a monochrome image so fascinating….is it an association with all things artistic and intellectual, or is there something more… Is it akin to cooking up a good sauce….simmering off the excess fluid to accentuate all that is essential in the image; by removing colour, shadows, contrasts, and gradations of tone come to the…
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The Right Gear
I never learn my lesson…..at least most of the time 🙂 It never pays to buy cheap, or to buy what you need there and then, at least not in the long term. Wiser is the man who buys what he will need tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow…..less of a learning curve, and less…
Photons to Fotos
Ramblings of a stumbling photographer…thoughts, comments and the occasional useful hint…
Photons to Fotos 