There is a specific moment on a shoot that I never enjoyed. The light is doing something interesting and about to stop doing it, and instead of looking at the scene I am staring...
24 July, 2026
On Insincerity
This is a rant. It was caused by the umpteenth self-promotional, vertically shot from above video made toting a smartphone, in which, after the hideous opening — ‘hey guys’ — th...
Part one of this article looked at how, after very humble beginnings, NASA realised the potential photography could bring to the Space Program – how the cameras used in space we...
11 July, 2026
Digital B&W … … with filters?
Should I use colour filters when shooting B&W on a digital camera? The resounding answer on the internet is, no, shoot RAW and you have more flexibility in casting to B&...
7 July, 2026
Striving for Balance in the Darkroom
After a crisis involving a family member earlier this month, I found myself withdrawing to the darkroom, churning out prints at a breakneck pace. At first, this seemed perfectly...
My introduction to film photography was towards the end of the 1980’s when I got a job working in the darkrooms of a daily newspaper. The standard way to become a press ph...
I want to talk about something that has been going through my mind lately. I’ve been thinking a lot about the basic film photographer’s decision: Color or B&W? It’s funny ho...
1 July, 2026
I Photograph Landscapes, But I’m Not a Landscape Photographer – What Paul Strand taught me about looking past genre
The French composer Maurice Ravel, whom you likely know from his ubiquitous Bolero, lost his battle with history. Despite his protestations, he is now labeled an Impressionist, ...
