Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
Every season has something new for the photographer, especially those of us who most enjoying wandering out in nature, camera in hand. But my favourite season is autumn. There's always that day sometime during August where the dew appears across the fields in the early mornings, delicately lacing the occasional spider web, and the air… Continue reading The Turning
One of the best tips I read when I was fully immersed in film photography was simply “shoot red”. The theory is that anything red looks pretty great when captured on colour film. And on the whole I found this to be very sound advice indeed. (Ironically, with digital, red is one of the hardest… Continue reading Film Photography Tips – Shoot Red!
Exposure compensation is a way to manually adjust the exposure of a photograph by a set amount. Typically it's a dial or control that allows increments of third or half stops, either over or under the default exposure the camera will otherwise take the photograph at. Personally, I've used exposure compensation more than not often… Continue reading Exposure Compensation Is Our Friend – How And When To Use It
Some photographs are more equal than others. Even two images that apparently look equally beautiful to the eye on the surface, might have a different emotional impact - for both the photographer and the viewer - for a number of reasons. And an image that initially seems forgettable to most of us, might hold great… Continue reading The Most Important Photograph Of The Year
When photography becomes too fiddly, with too many obstacles, the flow is interrupted. So there's a need for a certain amount of ease and simplicity. But if it's too easy, perhaps shooting auto everything with nothing to do but blindly point and shoot, I feel too much of a disconnect with the experience. I'm not… Continue reading Photography Made Easy – But Not Too Easy
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