Flower Shot With an Old Pentax Lens
Yes, the blog has been a bit quiet recently. There have been plenty of good intentions to write something. Ideas mulled, even articles started, yet never coming to fruition. Maybe inspiration was not quite there or, as has more often been the case, life intervenes.* Luckily my livelihood does not depend on posting regular updates […]
Photo of the Day – 13 June 2017: Foxgloves
Not so much as Photo of the Day on this occasion, more like Experiment of the Day. Ever since I got my Fuji X-E2, I have developed an interest in using adapted lenses. Mirrorless cameras with features such as focus peaking have made it easier to use lenses from other cameras. All it requires […]
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 – 8 April 2017: Norwich Cathedral Interior
Another shot of Norwich Cathedral, this time of the interior looking from the Choir towards the High Altar. The cathedral normally opens later in the morning, but our group had permission for a shoot beforehand when there was no one else around. The only proviso was that we did not enter until after Morning Prayer […]
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 […]
Photo of the Day – 6 April 2017: Tracks
Recently, I went with my camera club on a long weekend to Norfolk. It is a part of the country I have not visited since childhood when my parents regularly took the family on holiday to West Runton, near Cromer. Those were idyllic days as the owner of the cottage where we stayed owned a […]
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 – 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 […]
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 […]