The phrase " f:8 and be there " was one often quoted to me as the formula for success in event photography. I think it was good advice in many situations where a preset camera and a lively eye were the only chance to get...
I'll confess to a degree of longing to be an artist*. The heading image pleases me in a sort of impressionistic fashion, even though it was crafted with one press of a the shutter button on the Sony DSC-HX400V. The fact that I was at...
I have not done as much in the past with Sony cameras as with some of the other brands. It hasn't been prejudice - just opportunity. You see, Sony in many cases seal the boxes of their goods with a metal tape, and it was...
" Grist for the mill " is an expression that I've been using for years without actually understanding what grist is...
The best photographers assume that all their viewers are from Missouri. For those of you who aren't, it's the joking reference to the people of that US state who are reputed to be the most skeptical in the nation. Think of Harry Truman...
Anyone who has a spouse, children, pets, employees, or subjects will know the frustration inherent in the situation. No matter what you may think of them, they sometimes insist on thinking for themselves. Orders may be formulated and transmitted, but that doesn't guarantee that they...
I first encountered this new Panasonic mirror-less camera at a recent blue blood moon shoot down in Rockingham. Sam Perejuan from our shop had one with a long Panasonic lens on it ready for the rising of the moon over the fertiliser works. He took...
The OOTB ( Out of The Box ) rating for the Nikon D7500 is very favourable. The battery charged easily, the camera turned on in one go (!) and the obligatory time, date, and language sections were easy to pass through. It was easy to find...
As readers of this column have discovered in the past, I like to play the fool. Certain people have suggested that it is not an act. In any case I restrict it to times when I am awake...
" Well, I'll be darned " is the Canadian expression of a thousand uses. Whether you have just opened your house trailer door to a brown bear, put your foot through your canoe, or watched the Canadian federal elections, you can gain valuable moments to...