31 Jul The Show Goes On
Our virus year so far here in WA has been a strange one - locking down, lurking around, looking up...
July 2020
29 Jul May I Speak To The Person Who Asked About Classic Cameras?
I'll have something for the rest of you later in the week. Today is for the analog landscape and portrait artists. Some people see them as a dying breed - what with the rise of ever-larger or ever-smaller digital sensors. But they are not unhealthy at...
27 Jul So…Who Influences You?
You. The reader. The photographer who spends five minutes on one of my essays every two days. Is it me? I hope not. I should be terrified of causing anyone to do anything. Whether it worked out well or ill there woild be great danger of...
24 Jul Selfies Lie
And they lie shamelessly. Sometimes it does good and sometimes it does bad. Let me explain...
22 Jul Improving The Bride
Wedding work can be a very strange sport. I mean art...
20 Jul Just Because You Can…
Doesn't mean you can't as well. And always remember that you might not, should not, and would not...
17 Jul ” Which Camera Would YOU Buy? “
The question. If you are known to be connected with the photo trade - seller or shooter - or with the art or science or hobby or culture of it - someone will bail you up at a barbecue and ask you. You can grasp your...
15 Jul Is Painting Photography?
Yes, but in a crude form. The users of hairy and burnt sticks to make marks on dried wood pulp or rough cloth can certainly make interesting images. Many of the results are very colourful and decorative. The results can be large or small at will,...
13 Jul You Can’t Show…
Old advertising principle: you don't show a product you can't sell. Getting the crowd het up is the basis of a lot of advertising. Loosening wallets is a complex activity - there is an entire industry trying to analyse how to do it - but it's...
10 Jul It’s Perfect…
Aside from the fact that it is 15% over-saturated, 30% too dark, and has noise everywhere. The sun is in the wrong position and the flare from the lens is excruciating. There is no fibonacci curve or golden mean or rule of thirds anywhere in...
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