A major lure of photography for me is that it allows me to wander through fields, woodlands and ancient churchyards, whilst barely seeing another soul. The experience of hunting for compositions I find beautiful is a very personal, solitary, and perhaps near spiritual experience. This is why the thought of street photography - or even… Continue reading The Lone Photographer
One Frame #20
Don’t Shoot Red!
One of the best film photography tips I've read is to shoot red, as it nearly always looks good. I wrote more about this a couple of years back, with a sample of some of my own favourite red shots. With digital, just as powerful a tip in my experience is DON'T shoot red. Most… Continue reading Don’t Shoot Red!
Focus Is Overrated
I admit that I'm a sucker for making photographs with an isolated subject, and shallow depth of field that accentuates the sharp focus of the object even more, and many, probably most, of my photographs fit this profile. However, I only like sharpness up to a point. When it starts too look too clinical, too… Continue reading Focus Is Overrated
Heavenly Helios
Since stumbling across my first Helios - a dusty 1973 44-2 sadly neglected at the bottom of a box of random accessories at a camera fair, that I paid a mere £7 for nine years ago - perhaps 25 more have passed through my hands. My original c1973 Helios 44-2 Over half of these have… Continue reading Heavenly Helios




