17 Sep Does This Lens Feel Funny To You?
Well, no. Or yes, if that would be better...
September 2015
17 Sep Beat The Winter Photography Blues – Buy More Cameras and Lenses
We all have slow periods in out photography - times when there seems to be no new thing to do or to photograph - times when the Latest New Look has been recycled from 1987. Our monthly visits to the camera club begin to pall...
16 Sep The Wooden Walls Of England
Those of you with a historical bent will know what title means. The rest will think we are discussing building detail. Which leads into the topic of the post - architectural photography.Never mind what you thought architecture was. It might have been that way but...
16 Sep Search Parties Have Been Organised
And party hats and balloons have been ordered. There will be ice-cream cake.Finding things is dead easy. All you have to do is go where they are and...
16 Sep Clip Leg Or Twist Leg Or Thumbscrew? A Tripod Debate
No matter where you stand on this question, there is one thing certain - you will be firmly on three legs...
16 Sep Epsonnews – Money Is In The Pipeline
Two good bits of economic news from Epson - makers of fine inkjet printers, inks, and media.1. The cash back offer to purchasers of Epson Stylus Pro SP-4900 printers has been extended. From the 15th of September to the 31st of October 2015 you can...
15 Sep Wot We Got, Wot We Gonna Get…
An order came down from the bridge today to make you aware of three new products. One we got, two are coming.The one we got right now is the Nikon 24mm AF-s 1.8G ED lens . It is the heading image. Full-frame, moderate weight, fast...
15 Sep The Solar Powered Camera
It should be possible to capture, modify, project, and publish our images totally with solar power. The dream of those great advocates of eco-friendly green sustainable art - J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie - is to become real at last. We are to get solar...
15 Sep Where It Is At – Where It Is Not At
Armed with a Pentax SV, a roll of Plus-X, and 55mm Super Takumar lens, I roamed the streets. I roamed them on Saturday afternoons when the rest of Perth had shut their shop doors and gone to the football. I roamed them on Saturday nights when...
15 Sep The Difference Between A Self Portrait And A Selfie
The difference between a self-portrait and a selfie can be far more than the equipment that is used for the image - and far more than the location or occasion. It can be the difference between a portrayal and a betrayal.We are beset or blessed...