Making a series
Lockdown, or, simply, staying at home, brings benefits. One benefit is certainly time. Time freed up from commuting, for example: I have ten extra hours […]
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Camera technology: tools for art
“Photos from digital cameras today have far better detail than a photo printed from film ever could be.” This claim from an optical engineer is […]
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Take your camera off ‘automatic’: Shooting digital negatives
This is part of a series of blogs to help camera users develop skills, taking their cameras off ‘automatic’. Digital cameras today are generally capable […]
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Taking control of ISO
ISO in analogue Back in the days of film, a photographer had to choose a specific film sensitivity (ISO speed) to load into her camera, […]
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Creating interesting macros
Flowers and other parts of nature make excellent subjects in photography. First of all, flowers don’t need payment as models, and they tend not be […]
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Writing with light
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to spend a few hours talking about cameras and photographs with the participants in one of my ‘tips and tricks’ […]
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Just one lens….
A good photograph, for me, is all about ‘the glass’. By this I mean that the lens is crucial to a good photo. An image […]
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Macro and micro
Micro: looking closely. Sometimes when I am out taking photographs of flowers and plants, I think of Georgia O’Keeffe and her famous close-up paintings of […]
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Lights and mirrors
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to spend a weekend day in one of my favourite ways: I went out into the woods in spring with […]
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Photography without a lens
A camera is basically a light-tight box, with one (usually) controlled ‘door’ through which light can enter. The light brings with it the colours of the […]
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