Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
One of the few photography bloggers I follow consistently online, Jim Grey, wrote recently about the hobbies he's had over the years. Which got me thinking about photography, my dominant hobby for seven or eight years now, and how and why it all began. As with many things in life, looking back you can see… Continue reading How (And Why) I Started Photography
As a MacBook (and previously PowerBook) user for around 17 years now, naturally I was very curious when Apple first released the iPad in 2010, and how it might complement and perhaps ultimately replace my laptop. These days I don't use my MacBook for as much as I used to. There's no music composition (or… Continue reading What An iPad Does Best For Photographers (And Where It Fails Dismally)
As a photographer, one tends to look more closely than perhaps the average person, and see beauty in what many would overlook. Something I've realised as I've grown older is that parts of my personality make up that seem incongruous and incompatible are actually closely intertwined, and different forms of the same root. Take, for… Continue reading Patterns Amongst Chaos (And The Comfort They Bring)
As you probably know, I'm a big fan of Flickr and have used it for 11 years now as a way to organise and archive my best photos, easily insert them into blog posts here on 35hunter, and discover photographs that I love. So whenever I can, I try to sing Flickr's praises and encourage… Continue reading 5 Ways I’m Doubling My Efforts With Flickr
Some kind of back up system is essential for any photographer, isn't it? My back up system for what I'd call my artistic photos (as opposed to family photos) is multi-layered, and probably overly complex. I have them on my MacBook, then on an external HD that backs up everything on the MacBook. I have… Continue reading Backing Up Photos – Should We Bother At All?
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