Alright, so maybe this post is about 5 years too late and that question’s already been answered. But I’ve just got a couple of things to get off my chest having attended a slide presentation recently. It was, in the main, a very good presentation. But on a couple of occasions the photographer, who is [...]
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It’s Good, but is it Photography?
Posted in Opinion, Photography, tagged art, artistic works, digital manipulation, London Salon, photography, Photoshop, Salon photography on March 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Photography is generally defined as the practice of creating pictures by recording light on a light-sensitive surface. Yet increasingly these days in photographic circles there is plenty of imagery being proudly presented – and warmly received – that on a personal level I would struggle to classify as “photography”. This is one of photography’s contemporary [...]
Focus on Imaging 2011
Posted in Equipment, Opinion, tagged Canon, Focus, Focus on Imaging, Lastolite, Linhof, Nikon, Panasonic, photography, Samyang, Sigma, strobes on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every March in the UK, the “biggest annual imaging trade show in Europe” rolls into the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. I’ve never had reason to attend because despite it’s “biggest” billing, very little groundbreaking camera technology ever debuts at Focus, with all the big announcements and displays reserved for the bi-annual Photokina in Germany, [...]
Making Hay…
Posted in Opinion, Photography, tagged Goit Stock Falls, good photography, ice, photography tips, snow, waterfall, winter on February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
… Should be done while the sun is shining. Or so goes conventional wisdom anyway. Yet as photographers we should be aware to the photographic potential available to us when the sun isn’t shining, or when conditions are not ideal. When I think about landscape photography I am sometimes guilty of wanting – and waiting [...]
Budget(ing) Wedding Photography
Posted in Opinion, Photography, Wedding Photography, tagged budget, false economy, wedding photographer, wedding photography on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Technology is a wonderful thing. More powerful, cheaper, better… it’s a neverending upgrade cycle. Today many people have more computing power in their mobile phone than they did in their first desktop computer. In the same way, digital cameras are getting better all the time, and prices that were once astronomical (a six million pixel [...]
Name Checking
Posted in Opinion, Photography, tagged name check, sports photography on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I was engaged in a bit of “friendly” repartee with a user on a large online photographic forum. The user in question was insisting that access to higher level sporting events would help boost their portfolio and generate more experience. It’s not a concept that’s altogether alien, but at the same time [...]
My Lens is Longer than Your Lens!
Posted in Equipment, Opinion, Photography, tagged British Wildlife Photography Awards, Donna Nook, grey seals, wildlife photography on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I think we’ve all been there at some point. Eyeing a new bit of kit to help you get “better” pictures. Wishing that you had a longer lens to help you get better wildlife photographs for example. I’m slightly privileged in that regard; my work as a sports photographer means that I have had access [...]
The Right Tools for the Job
Posted in Equipment, Opinion, Photography, tagged D3x, Durham, Durham Cathedral, HDR, infrared, tripods on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Durham Cathedral is one of the architectural masterpieces in Europe. Blessed not just with painstaking Norman workmanship but a setting that rivals any in the country for sheer magnificence, the Cathedral lies on a plateau in a loop in the River Wear. It has stood in that spectacular setting since building work began in 1093, [...]
It’s All About the Photographer!
Posted in Opinion, tagged creative vision, good photography, professional photography, wedding photography on May 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“But, I thought you said…” You’re right. I did. I’m talking about something else now, however. Good photography is very often confused by many to be one part photographer and one part camera. It’s not, and if anything it’s really all about the photographer. In the same way that no one told Pavarotti that he [...]
