Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
My photographic repertoire is pretty narrow in terms of the subjects I love to capture. Amongst the sunlit gravestones, dilapidated doors and rusting bolts, a major favourite of mine are leaves. So I thought I'd gather together half a dozen of my favourite leaf photos from my Flickr archives. I hope you enjoy them -… Continue reading Leaves, Lovely Leaves (I)
We spoke recently about how photography encourages me to walk in the woods more, an act which always brings me great benefits. Photography is invaluable as a tool for maintaining good health and wellness, but of course it's not the only one. This led me to think about some of the other fundamental pillars I've… Continue reading Photography And Its Fellow Pillars Of Health And Wellness
As you know, I'm a big fan of older digital cameras. Those digital classics that are usually overlooked and abandoned in someone's drawer, having since been superceded half a dozen times by a series of later and supposedly greater new models. Being electronic, there's the likelihood that with each passing year - and indeed with… Continue reading When Digital Dies – My Fleeting Affair With A Konica Minolta Dynax 5D
Any photograph is a capture of a moment in time, and whether digital and viewed on a screen, or held in your hands in print form, it's then a static object, different from the event itself. What I'm interested in for this discussion though, is how the final image can be objectively near identical, but… Continue reading The Photograph Is Not The Experience
Up to a couple of years ago I followed far more photography blogs - especially when I was predominantly shooting film. But I decided to unsubscribe from probably the two biggest and most prolific, despite them both still publishing interesting new posts. Before I explain why, let me tell you what I value most about… Continue reading Why Two Of My Favourite Photography Blogs Lost Me As A Follower
