Photo Retrospective – The Street
When starting this blog just over a year ago, I was not entirely sure what I would write about. My only idea was to do pieces on anything which came to mind and see how I progressed. As anyone who has been following me for the last few months will observe, my main interest lies […]
Photo of the Day – 10 April: Ely Cathedral
Ely was close to the route home from Norfolk, so I took the opportunity to stop off there. It is somewhere I have long wanted to visit. The cathedral is the tallest building in the area, dominating the city and its surroundings. It is from this visibility that it derives its nickname, “Ship of the […]
Photo of the Day – 9 April 2017: Dawn on the River Ant
If you had asked me where I expected to get my favourite image during my camera club’s long weekend in Norfolk, I would have said How Hill. The River Ant, which is the location of this photo, flows past and is a scenic spot. We had visited the previous day and opted to return for […]
Photo of the Day – 7 April 2017: Cloisters
This is what could be described as a “classic” shot of the cloisters at Norwich Cathedral. A polite way of saying that others have done it before. It would be a surprise if they had not; few worthwhile locations are unique in photography, especially in the UK. Only the early pioneers who were shooting their […]
Photographing a Hockey Match
Usually I do not bother with giving out technical details of my shots. In most circumstances there is little benefit, other than satisfying curiosity, from knowing the camera used or the exposure settings. For learning about photography, it is better to understand the approach and motivation for taking a shot rather than the purely mechanical […]
Transition to Fuji – Part 4
It is time to wrap up my review of the current camera market with the fourth and final instalment of this series. I now have a camera system which I am happy to use in most circumstances. That would not be the case if I did a lot of action photography, for which a fast […]
Photo of the Day – 11 February 2017: Cat in a Window
It was cold and it was dull. No complaints about that, it was what the weatherman had predicted. Less welcome was the constant sleet which had not been in the forecast. I had joined the London Region of the RPS for a street walk in the Greenwich area, making sure to wrap up warmly for […]
Photo of the Day – 9 February 2017: Hyacinth
A cold and dull day, such as the one experienced around here today, does limit the scope for photography. There are options to use the soft light to shoot details, but as there were some fresh flowers in the house I took that option instead. I chose a hyacinth and used the same setup as […]
Surprise Packages
I was digging around in an old camera bag hoping to find a lens cap. Nothing doing in that regard, but I discovered something which astonished me. Two unopened packs of Kodachrome. Kodak ceased processing this iconic film in 2010 but, even if that were still possible, expiry dates of 1980 and 1984 would certainly […]
Transition to Fuji – Part 3
For the past few years, I have been actively looking for an alternative to my Canon DSLR and purchasing equipment to try on a long term basis. At the conclusion of the previous article in this series, I was using a Fuji X-Pro1 with the XF 18-55 f/2.8 – f/4 lens. I really liked the […]