I recently saw a response to my Iceland portfolios, which made me think. It said ‘wow, those must have been very heavy in post-processing’, but this could not be further from the truth. Sure, producing the images took effort and some images were more difficult than others, but the difficult part had nothing to do […]
Retina and HD Screens for Photography
You now own a beautiful Apple Macbook Pro, or even the new 5K iMac and you have a High Definition screen. This is progress and will make ‘everything better’. It must be…. But is it all pros and no cons? Screens compared, as shown on the Apple website. In reality, the difference is far greater than […]
Iceland Portfolios Coming Soon
Jet lag has its uses. I woke up at 4am this morning and got the images finished off and I will be putting them up here in ‘Retina-Ready-Resolution’! My main website, sadly, is showing them with a strong green hue and is horrible with high resolution display (the display area is far too large, so […]
Iceland: I can Confirm that it is Snowing.
Yes, I disappeared and failed to update my first post the following day. Or the day after. Or the one after that, in fact. However, I can explain: I was driving down a remote road later at night and was interfered with by aliens, but I was lucky enough to photograph the mother ship and its […]
Ugly few weeks in Kabul….
The last two weeks have been incredibly busy in Kabul, with seven major incidents leaving many internationals far more concerned than usual. In a week, we have seen four complex attacks against international compounds, all of which have used multiple suicide bombers and fighters armed with a variety of weapons. I have therefore been busy […]
N-S-E-W Continues…. Panasonic GM-1 Impresses Again
Project work can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand it helps focus energy and cultivates a more cohesive, communicable vision; however, on the other, it can increase the perceived need to ‘complete the job’ which is not always welcome.
Now in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan
I am ‘out of town’ for a few days – Mazar-e Sharif to be precise – which means more aerial photos for my ongoing project. The outbound Kabul-Mazar flight provided some reasonable opportunities, but three factors conspired to make this a particularly difficult shoot, despite sharing the flight with only one other! 1) It was […]
Photographing Through Airplane Windows – Sony A7 and A7R
With some ‘work in progress’ images from an ongoing documentary project later on…. *Depending on the size of your screen, you can command + click (or whatever one does with windows) any image to see it larger in a new tab* If you’ve read this post, you’ll know that after shooting West to East on […]
Photograph of an English Girl Part 2
See earlier post here. The version I posted previously was a colorised version of this stunning black and white image, shot 150 years ago. That number is part of the magic for me: this is an image that is heading towards its second century, yet feels so present and accessible. Very often one looks at old […]
Badakhshan – More A7R Project Work Coming
No, this wasn’t shot with the A7R (Samsung cell phone!) and its not part of a project, but I did take it while in Faizabad a couple of days ago. I flew up from Kabul with the hope of taking some more ‘N,S,E,W’ project photos from the air (which began with West to East), but […]
Photograph of an English Girl
This is a photograph I had lost all references to and, at the instant of its rediscovery, I was reminded why it had made such a deep impression on me two or three years ago. Some of you may know this photograph, but many of you will not. If you do, please do not spill […]
The Story Behind: Football in the Snow
The Story Behind: Football in the Snow Winter is unpredictable in Kabul. Some years it starts in December and seems unwilling to leave in March, whereas in other years there is barely a flurry of snow. This was a year of dense snow, white skies, bitter cold and difficult movement. In such conditions it takes […]
Is Digital Technology Still Making a Difference?
What makes the photography world go around; is it creativity or technology? Overall, I would say it is the latter for most amateurs. One only has to look at the impact of the annual Photokina pilgrimage on blog and forum traffic, caused by the pursuit of ‘hot kit’. I only have to look to see […]
Pentti Sammallahti: An Old School Master
There aren’t many Finnish photographers in the world’s eye and Sammallahti (Lens Culture Link) is not a big name, but his work is no less brilliant because of it. I’m posting a link here precisely because many photographers have not heard of him, although I suspect many would recognise some of his better-known images. I’ve […]
Why the Fuss about Vivian Maier?
Vivian Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) There are few photographers, who don’t know her name today, but only a few years ago she was known to none of them. Her story is remarkable for reasons that I personally feel extend well beyond her physical photographic legacy. The images themselves are just a […]
Robin Hammond – Pictures of the Year International (Award)
Robin Hammond of Panos Pictures has won the 2014 POYi ‘World Understanding’ award for his series ‘Condemned’ which looks at mental health issues in African crisis countries. His work is great and this particular body of work can be seen here. To get a more general feel for his work, see his website, which is […]
Behind every ….. is a Master Printer
The blank is ‘great photographer’. Now, the printer may in fact also be the same person squinting through the viewfinder, but the end result is still the same. There are also many great women behind quite a few great male photographers, but that’s a different story! The closest I’ve come to my own Charis was […]
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