Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
I realised some years ago that, with photography, I thrive on limitations. Anything newer than perhaps a circa 2012 DSLR is just too complicated and feature laden for my tastes. Instead I prefer to lean the other way. Rather than having a camera where 101 parameters and settings can be adjusted independently - then disappearing… Continue reading Leaning Into Limitations With The Pentax Optio E90
As my return to deliberate photography gathers pace (by deliberate I mean where I go out with a specific camera to look for compositions, as opposed to happening to have my phone with me and taking snapshots now and again when something catches my eye), it's been interesting to note some other habits returning. Predominantly,… Continue reading But There’s Nothing Else Quite Like It
So this month I'm back on my One Month One Camera (OMOC) project, and the camera I've chosen is a Samsung GX-1S Pentax K mount DSLR. You can read the intro post here. Now in all honesty the little Samsung isn't radically different from my other two Pentax K mount DSLRs with CCD sensors, the… Continue reading One Month One Camera – July 2020 (II) – The Luxury Of Simplicity
Inevitably in photography - as with most pursuits we explore consistently with commitment and passion - I find myself going around in circles. Not in a bad way, and each time I go around I have more learning and experience under my belt. You never step in the same water twice, so the circles are… Continue reading Pure Distilled Photography – The One Decision You Need To Make
A few years back I was using 35mm film lenses in half a dozen different mounts. Sometimes on the film cameras they were made for, and sometimes on a Sony NEX mirrorless digital camera, with one of many adapters. In no particular order, these are the lens mounts I recall trying - M39 M42 Pentax… Continue reading The Delights And Dangers Of Using Just One Camera System
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