Now as never before I like looking at people. My obsession with taking photos has made me much more interested in other people. I have to be careful not to stare…
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I thought it would be worthwhile to express, as explicitly as possible, what it is that causes me to enjoy film photography more than I enjoy its digital imitation. Although I…
“Are you a photographer?” the woman seated next to me on the airplane asked. She had spied my camera bag with two bodies and three extra lenses.“Are you a model?” I…
Guest Musings Photo-Philosophy Thoughts on CamerasThe Smena 8M – Sometimes you just have to play – Guest post by Carlos Argott
In photography, as in life, it is easy to take ourselves too seriously. Once you go beyond being a simple snapshot photographer and move unto the realm of finer craftsmanship, the…
Guest Musings Inspiration Photo-PhilosophyFinding my way in photography part 1 – Guest post by Nick Holt
I defected from digital three days ago with the purchase of my first film camera; a Hasselblad Xpan. My decision to move to film was arrived at slowly, although reading some…
Readers of this blog and those who interact with me on social media often comment about what they see as a varied choice of cameras in my collection. The most common…
Just a bit of fun. I’ve been thinking about Gear Acquisition Syndrome and what it means to me. I thought about writing a post about it but decided instead it could…
Lenses are like the eyes of our cameras, they don’t process information, they just transmit it to what’s behind. Perfect vision, or perfect eyes are always going to be an advantage…
Photo-PhilosophyThe Viewfinder effect – and why I choose to cripple myself with an offset viewfinder
On face value, there might appear to be a significant advantage to shooting with a single lens reflex camera over and above the rangefinders and compact cameras I prefer to shoot…
