Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
Photography for me is all about exploring the countryside alone, camera in hand, being immersed in that meditative and restorative experience. I also like the making of a picture to end with me pressing the shutter button. I've wasted too much time in the past with post processing - including scanning negatives myself (torturously laborious,… Continue reading Making Black And White Photographs In Camera With The Pentax K-m
Previously we talked about the first photograph we were proud of. But what about the last photograph you were proud of? This is mine. Most of the time I tend to shoot close up and rely on larger apertures to blur the background, which adds drama and forces the attention on the subject in the… Continue reading The Last Photograph I Was Proud Of
Once you've made more than even a few hundred photographs, it's very useful to have structured ways to look back through them and find ones you remember, as well as gathering together particular themes that develop in your photography. After tens of thousands of photographs, tagging is absolutely essential. Otherwise the tendency is to just… Continue reading The Five Best Ways To Start Tagging Your Photos Today
Photography is a wide reaching activity that millions of us partake in for all kinds of reasons. Personally, I photograph for the following ones - - An excuse to wander in the countryside. I love walking, and nature, so any chance to combine both of these, I take. Photography gives it more purpose somehow, and… Continue reading Why We Photograph
The more common parlance in photography seems to be “take a photograph”. But personally I prefer to say I “make a photograph”. Why? A few reasons. When we release the shutter, we’re creating something that didn’t exist before, whether on film or digitally. The image will almost inevitably go through further development and processing, but… Continue reading Photographs – Do You Take Them Or Make Them?
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