A number of philosophies and religions preach the virtue of detachment from things as a path to enlightenment. When applied to gear, this advice won’t only save your soul ...
5 June, 2025
On Creativity – More Bad Photos, More Joy
Until a few years ago, I didn’t think of myself as a person with inner mental barriers. I didn’t believe I had restrictions in my thought process, nor did I think for one second...
I recently asked a friend, who works on the editorial side of the music industry, to share his thoughts on one of my photographs taken during a flamenco concert. His response wa...
Digital has set new standards of technical image quality difficult or impossible to achieve in the film era. But technical quality and aesthetic quality do not necessarily go ha...
3 May, 2025
On Grief and Capturing Memories
Photographs are the closest thing we have to permanent memories. Alternatively, photographs capture a the details of light that can’t change due to age, context or existen...
As Liverpool faced PSG in a high-stakes Champions League clash, one fan turned to the meditative art of slow photography to quieten the nerves. As the clock ticked down toward L...
There is no ‘forever’ in life (life included), and apart from more mundane matters, this is especially true of photography. In fact, the ‘infidelity rate’...
My story begins with some good fortune and some bad luck. I purchased a Leica MP about a year ago; this was the good fortune! But recently it started to develop an unusual crack...