Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
The first photograph I remember seeing is one of me and my grandad in his old wooden greenhouse, midsummer, surrounded by tomatoes. I must have been about three or four, and in my memory the tomato plants are bursting out of the windows in all directions, heavy with large ripe red juicy tomatoes. I was… Continue reading The First Photograph I Remember
We spoke the other week about cameranogamy - using just one camera - and some of the major benefits. I'm moving ever closer to this, but I'm not quite there yet. A warning before we go any further - this post is a bit of a gear post. I will probably use phrases like ISO… Continue reading One Camera Candidates – Ricoh GX100 Vs Sony Xperia
How and when do you give titles to your photographs? Personally, I've titled mine in three different ways - 1. A poetic title A deliberate (attempt at a) fusion of words and image to create something stronger and more evocative than either could alone. I haven't really done this for years - it was more in my transitional… Continue reading How And When To Title Photographs
When I shot predominantly film, I used to have it developed and scanned at a lab, then used the images straight from the CD. Yes, of course there was some digital processing involved by the software and the person developing, but in terms of my input, it ended when I pressed the shutter button. It… Continue reading Disintegration Layers – A Processing Experiment
Recently we talked about how (un)important aspect ratio is. The last few years, aside from occasional dips into square format, I've shot exclusively in 3:2, the ratio I became so embedded in from five years or so shooting 35mm film. Though I still love 3:2 and it feels most right to me, my thoughts have… Continue reading The 4:3 Embrace
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