More From The Street
My recent photography street walk with the RPS around Bethnal Green and Shoreditch produced quite a few shots with which I was pleased. Out of the 113 exposures I made on the day, I have already published one shot as my Photo of the Day and I include a further ten in this post. That’s […]
Photo of the Day – 13 August 2016: Big Head
This shot was taken during one of the monthly street photography walks organised by the London region of the Royal Photographic Society. It is an opportunity to meet up with other photographers and the person who runs them invariably chooses interesting locations. I am usually able to come away with at least one reasonable shot, […]
Photo of the Day: 5 August 2016 – Life Force
I never cease to be amazed at the seemingly impossible places plants will find to grow. This man made structure might not seem to be the most promising of locations, but somehow nature has found a foothold there. That plant on the right of shot might be tenacious, but its purchase can only be temporary. […]
Star Gazing
A while back I saw some landscape photographs which were truly remarkable. They had been taken in Southern England at night, but these were not dark pictures and the Milky Way was vividly lit up in the sky, seemingly illuminating the landscape below. I have seen similar images from elsewhere in the world where the […]
The Camera Rules – Part 2
The first part of this article can be found here. It is a camera where the battery life is so poor that the manufacturer supplies a spare and it is unlikely that any more than 50 shots will be possible from a single charge. Heavy users regularly carry half a dozen or more batteries. […]
The Camera Rules – Part 1
I have one main rule about the cameras I use, which is that they should not get in the way of the picture making process. Essentially I want to concentrate on the creative aspect without having to be overly concerned about what the camera is doing. Of course, with automation for both focus and exposure, […]
Picture of an Artwork
Grayson Perry is one of the most instantly recognisable artists working today. I saw him at the Chelsea Flower Show yesterday and although I was facing away from as he approached, in a split second I knew who it was as he flashed past. That was even though I had only previously seen him on […]
Photo of the Day – 24 May 2016: Stride
As an experiment, I tried using my fisheye lens for some street photography in the West End of London and this is my favourite of the shots I obtained. The central figure gets most of the attention, obviously, but I also like the way that the other people are grouped, the person on the right […]
Photo of the Day – 14 May 2016: Sailing By
This shot was taken at Kassiopi on the north coast of Corfu. Now it is a popular tourist destination, but as a port in historical times it had greater significance and provided shelter for boats against Mediterranean storms. The Venetians considered its defence sufficiently important that it required a substantial castle built atop the headland which is […]
Ctein’s Observations
The meeting with Ctein was a social event, but a few things came up in conversation which I thought are worthwhile passing on here. It is really just bits and pieces, so I’ll talk about each item under separate bullet points. As you would imagine, a lot of what he says concerns printing, so I’ll […]