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4 September, 2026
Guilty As Charged – One Shot Story
This is another photo I took during the concert where I also shot the pictures for my last post, featuring the the accordion and violin duo. The featured musician is Daniele Bon...
4 September, 2026
Just a sec
I often see older men (and they are always men – “camera ojisan” in Japan) sporting the latest digital equipment, following in the steps of Shinzo Maeda, the camera standing on ...
3 September, 2026
“Big Yellow Taxi”
The song by Joni Mitchell contains the much quoted line “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”. Every time I came back from town I passed within a couple of metres of “...
3 September, 2026
5 Frames of Washi F in Mach.
I had a day out in Machynlleth recently. I took with me an unusual camera that I have been experimenting with (to be written up in a later post) so I thought just to make sure t...
2 September, 2026
Street Photography is Tough
Street photography is tough. The way I see it, there are at least two approaches by which to achieve success. One requires stealth, quick reaction time, finely tuned powers of...
2 September, 2026
Born Chaotic
A film needs to be born twice before it shines. The first birth is the exposure. When a shutter is fired, a certain amount of light, bounced from physical objects, passes throug...
1 September, 2026
A Study in Deep Shade – A One Shot Story
This image was made one Saturday morning at about 8.30AM. At the time, the southern counties of England experienced three weeks of extreme heat, with temperatures rising to 30C ...
1 September, 2026
How I Meter Slide Film
Slide film is beautiful! Online though, it feels like there’s a lot of trepidation regarding metering for slide film. The common advice I’ve heard is to bracket your...
