A paper has just been read to the Royal Society expounding a new mathematical discovery in the field of optics. Formerly the question of the photographic tripod has been the subject of rumour and folk legend - we now have a proper formula to explain...
Okay. I went to the Pentax 645 Z night at the Oxford Hotel in Leederville on Wednesday night - sponsored by C.R. Kennedy and Camera Electronic. I saw James Simmons put on a marvellous show. I had a pint of the local ale, two samosas,...
James Simmons does weddings. He does them very well. Canon and the AIPP thought so in 2014 when they awarded him their Wedding Photographer and Photographer of the Year prizes.*He showed the crowd a little of what he does on Wednesday night at the Oxford...
No, it's part one of part two. We changed the file numbers and the thing jumped...
Backdrops are great things. When you shoot people, products, or pets on a clean backdrop the visual concentration goes directly to the subject. This is why Irving Penn used them in many of his fashion shots and then extended the idea out into the wilds...
I don't know if Studio 19 has a studio - but I do know that they have a series of good ideas for your studio.They are a firm that rents photographic equipment to the public in a three-way deal with our shop. It has advantages...
No, literally - read it - or at least look at the pictures. Leicas are good for pictures...
Shoot it in black and white as well - the new camera from Leica is a Monochrome model. The new Leica Monochrom Typ 246 is coming, and quite soon.Leica enthusiasts will remember some of the past evocations of the black and white camera - the...
Just decanted from the Samsung box: NX 500 camera with Samsung 16-50mm f:3.5-5.6 zoom lens and SEF8A tilt-up electronic flash.Possibly the best ergonomics yet for the small Samsung mirror-less as the plate for the shutter release and on/off switch has been tilted forward from flat...
Okay. We've resolved never to crawl up a ladder ever again. But the perspective of the down shot still intrigues us.At a car show, you can get some pretty good perspective shots from the front or back quarter of he vehicle. Also from dead on...