Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
My favourite camera of the moment (and possibly ever) is the dinky yet divine Pentax Q. It's one of few cameras where I can set up the black and white (b/w) in camera and get results I want straight off the memory card, with zero post processing. This maximises my time out with the camera,… Continue reading The Colour Quest (IV) – Infrared Photography With The Pentax Q
I don't know about you, but I love being organised. Order brings me satisfaction and calm, whether it's finding a way to arrange physical items around me, or the thoughts in my head. Losing things, forgetting things and being late, all frustrate me greatly, so I do all I can to avoid them happening. By… Continue reading Why I’ve Abandoned Categories On My Blog
Shooting 35mm for five years, naturally my favoured aspect ratio was the 36mm x 24mm of a frame of film, ie 3:2. When I starting shooting more digital photographs than film, I followed this ratio through, with cameras like my Pentax K10D and Ricoh GRD III, because I was so used to composing in these… Continue reading Why 4:3 Has Succeeded 3:2 As My Favoured Aspect Ratio
After you first 1000/10,000/100,000 photos (delete as applicable) I'm sure like me you realised you'd started to find your own style. The kind of subjects you like to shoot, the equipment you prefer, the compositions, the colours (or lack of, with black and white), the processing (or lack of), and other factors that all add… Continue reading The Fine Line Between Formula And Formulaic
Do you prefer to photograph what you find, as you find it, or set up your compositions like a stage? In many areas of creativity in the past I've found that imposing limitations on myself is freeing, converse to what might seem logical. By defining the edges of the box, we're able to start filling… Continue reading Found Photography – And Why It’s My Only Approach
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