Ah, time for a good old "what are you your favourite cameras" post... I've been photographing with intention since around 2005, first with camera phones, then with a Nikon Coolpix, through hundreds of film cameras, after first stumbling through the entry gate with a humble Holga 120N, and through perhaps as many digital cameras since.… Continue reading My Favourite Cameras – May 2020
Month: May 2020
The Best Photography Advice You Could Have Given Yourself A Decade Ago
It's almost a decade since I took the plunge into buying my first "proper" camera, after shooting with phone cameras for a few years. Since then, I've owned and used hundreds of film and digital cameras. So, with the hindsight of all this experience, what's the best advice I could have given myself a decade… Continue reading The Best Photography Advice You Could Have Given Yourself A Decade Ago
When The Magic Wanes, Walk Away
Out with my Pentax K100D in the woods today, I realised I'd partly forgotten what a joy this camera (and it's equally fantastic successor, the K-m) is to use. For perhaps an hour I was lost in my own world amongst the sun dappled leaves and fading bluebells, capturing dozens of shots I hoped would… Continue reading When The Magic Wanes, Walk Away
The Slowest Film
Unless you're a modern day nomad, constantly travelling from place to place, the chances are you visit the same locations time and time again. And, being a photographer, inevitably you make pictures of the same objects in those places over and over again too. One thing I really enjoy about having an archive on Flickr… Continue reading The Slowest Film
If It Is All About The Numbers, Which Numbers Is It All About?
Recently I talked about reaching 550 blog posts on 35hunter. I don't have any particular numerical goals for the site, though it's pleasing to see the number of posts I've published steadily rise. So, most of the time, I know blogging - and photography - is not about the numbers. Except, sometimes it is. Here… Continue reading If It Is All About The Numbers, Which Numbers Is It All About?




