Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
When you know, you know. The moment your fingers first close around the body and it feels like they were meant to be here from birth. The instant your eyes meet the viewfinder and the view seems even more big and bright and colourful than if the glass wasn't even there. And then, when you… Continue reading The Cinderella Dilemma – Finding A Camera That Fits
Of the compact 35mm film cameras I've tried in the last few years, many have given decent results, but only one has combined quality images with genuine pocketability, and close enough (for me) focus. That camera is the Olympus Mju 1 (or µ[mju:]-1), aka the Stylus in some territories. Well, I say only one camera. In… Continue reading Joy In A Leather Jacket
Over my photography adventures in the last five years, there have been significant landmarks, where something that had worked well for a period of time just stopped working. Or, put another way, the fun disappeared. Rather than carry on slogging through and becoming increasingly frustrated and disillusioned, I've tried to recognise what's happening, and make… Continue reading Letting Go / When The Fun Stops
Lomo photography is an itch I periodically get and have to scratch. Here's how I came to it, the allure it has, and how I scratch that itch these days... Though I was using camera phones to intentionally make photographs from the mid 2000s, my first film camera, in 2012, was about as Lomo as… Continue reading The Lomo Itch (And How I Scratch It)
The subheading of this blog sums up why I photograph, but a recent post by Jennifer has inspired me to revisit the subject a little more deeply. The name 35hunter covers two aspects of hunting in my photography. First, hunting for the core arsenal of cameras and lenses that I'll feel I can settle on… Continue reading Why Photograph? (The Hunt And The Wonder)
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