In photography, as in life, it is easy to take ourselves too seriously. Once you go beyond being a simple snapshot photographer and move unto the realm of finer craftsmanship, t...
Taking a good or great picture with a single use is really all about composition. Other parameters, like light or contrasts, are in the hands of the lab. Motion blur is often in...
10 January, 2017
The lure of the uncomplicated camera
Readers of this blog and those who interact with me on social media often comment about what they see as a varied choice of cameras in my collection. The most common comments I ...
14 February, 2016
Leica M8 – With or without a infrared cut filter comparison …
When I posted the first few shots from the Leica M8, I made comment about the colour being a bit whacky inside my living room almost forcing me to shoot black and white. This wa...
7 November, 2015
My First Film Camera Continued – by Aukje
My first year of shooting film Part 2 A month ago I wrote a guest post about my first steps in film photography. I got some very useful feedback, and encouragement to proceed. T...
7 October, 2015
My First Film Camera – by Aukje
My first year of shooting film – Part 1 A year ago, I became a photographer. Well of course that depends on your definition, I am not a professional, nor do I intent to be...
The Leica M Edition 60 – or Leica M60 as it’s more commonly know – is seemingly one of most enigmatic cameras Leica have built, certainly digital cameras....
The Rollei 35SE is a beautiful camera, I don’t think there is any doubting that. But for anyone lured by its charming looks, there are no shortage of concerns and caveats ...