30 Dec 22, 32, 45, 64…
Continue the number sequence yourself - if you are a former large-format photographer you will likely muse dreamily to 90 or 128...
December 2022
28 Dec Swipograhical Errors
From time to time we all meak typographical errors. I do it to attract the attention of one particular reader - he doesn't get out much these days and it is nice to be able to do something for him. It is harder to do than...
26 Dec Mono-Tasking In A Multi World
Occasionally someone will suggest that you multi-task...
23 Dec Today And Tomorrow
That's not philosophy talking - that's commerce. Today and tomorrow are the last shopping days until Christmas 2022. If you have sorted out all the photographers on your list already - ordered new cameras and lenses for them months ago and have all the new equipment...
21 Dec Why Is The LCD Screen On The Back?
Get out a few items from your kitchen drawer and play along with me here. You'll need the following: A yellow drawing pad and a pencil. A small plastic or wooden school ruler. A small plastic drawing triangle. A Hasselblad 500 C/M camera with 80mm Zeiss...
19 Dec You Cannot Be A Real Photographer Without Breaking A Few Eggs
Never mind the idea of omelettes - look up the process of albumen paper printing that was dominant in the latter half of the 19th century. Any self-sufficient photographer would have kept a hen coop and been collecting the cackleberries before starting the darkroom work. Indeed,...
16 Dec ” They Were All Fuzzy Anyway “
Speaking with a well-known photographer at a Camera Electronic new product night I wasn't surprised to hear he had been revising some of his older images, but I was intrigued when he pointed out their flaws. They were panoramic images taken on a film camera -...
14 Dec Is Art Photography?
That age-old question - debated around every bohemian café table since 1839; can people who are using pencils and brushes really call themselves photographers? Emotions run high on both sides of the question. I would normally not risk criticism by taking a side - not since...
12 Dec Pick Your No’s
Well, you're reading this far, you might as well continue to the end of the page...
09 Dec The Return Of The Lens
So much of the last two years has been spent mourning the dearth of stock that it comes as a bit of a shock to discover that there are full shelves of lenses at Stirling Street. No greater joy than looking at a line of the...
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