Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
For the last five years I've been experimenting with vintage manual lenses on modern digital cameras. This came about originally from using the lenses on the 35mm film cameras they were intended for, and delighting in their beautiful build quality, smoothness in use, and the fantastic photographs they could produce. Then, in the spring of… Continue reading Using Vintage Lenses On Digital Bodies – A Compromise Too Far?
One of my reservations about using digital cameras - especially higher spec'd ones - is the images can be too clean, too clinical looking. Coming from shooting film for five years - and enjoying the natural grain inherent in film, especially with expired or cross processed or redscaled treatments - this contrast was exacerbated further.… Continue reading Digital Photography – Dumbed Down And Dirty
Returning to using a DSLR this month has reminded me how much more precise one has to be when exposing a digital sensor. It's also made me realise how much easier I had it when shooting film. The vast majority of film I used was consumer grade colour negative film - Fuji C200 and Superia… Continue reading Why Exposure Latitude Makes Film Photography Easier Than Digital
Before I resumed my One Month, One Camera (OMOC) experiments this month, I tried out a couple of other cameras. One of these was a more unusual digital compact I bought for the OMOC project, then found the battery was dead, and was reluctant to spend twice what the camera cost on a new battery.… Continue reading Unexpected Envy – Photography With The Samsung NV10
Flow is that state where everything just falls into place and unfolds almost by itself, with next to no obstructions. It's as if forces greater than ourselves mystically align and elevate us to a different plane we rarely experience. Once we get a taste of it though, it's something we strive to return to regularly.… Continue reading Why Overthinking Kills Your Photography Flow (And What To Do About It)
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