This shot, taken during the Italian Road Running National Championships, is a fair application of the French philosopher Henri Bergson aphorism to composition: the eye sees what...
11 June, 2024
What does it take to be a Photographer?
In photography’s infancy, the mark of a photographer was black fingers from contact with the chemicals used (and probably a pale complexion). In the later 20th century, a...
31 May, 2024
Seeing in Black and White
I was photographing in colour for over 50 years. Occasionally I’d put a B&W film in the camera but I was still photographing in colour, there just happened to be B&am...
18 May, 2024
Looking Back at my First Roll of Film
It was June 2015, the first month of Melbourne’s winter, and I had tired of digital photography. I had bought an entry level Nikon DSLR in January of 2015 as a move up fr...
I was recently scanning some very old family photos to preserve them, as the negatives were not in the best of condition, and I found myself enjoying looking at the folders they...
16 April, 2024
Another YAWDISF Post
Yes, this is another ‘why do I shoot film’ post, and no, the answers are not ‘because it slows me down’, ‘because it connects me to the act of taki...
8 April, 2024
Pentax Q7 – A Black and White Holiday Workflow
I’ve really taken to the Pentax Q7, so much so that it was the only camera I used on a recent 4 day trip to The Gower Peninsula in South Wales. I also took a point and sh...
7 April, 2024
Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training
In photography, among the various activities falling under the ‘preparation’ label, training is oftend underevaluated. Just as many newcomers to the world of guns th...
