Archive for September, 2010

The Revenge of the Intuitive-turn off the options, and turn up the intimacy.

I came across this article online and decided to share it. While it pertains to music, reading between the lines I believe it has much to tell us about the photographic journey. The Revenge of the Intuitive-turn off the options, and turn up the intimacy. By Brian Eno I recently spent three days working with [...]

Tuscany-Finding the reality behind the cliché

Uh oh I’m in trouble Someone’s come along and burst my bubble.. -Shampoo (lyrics) No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public -H L Mencken – The problem (and the challenge) with being in photography is speaking with your own voice. There was a time when technical expertise was what separated [...]

Praying for the end of time; of Changi and transit…

…So now I’m praying for the end of time To hurry up and arrive ‘Cause if I gotta spend another minute (with you) I don’t think that I can really survive… -Meatloaf (Paradise by the Dashboard Light) I really feel for Tom Hanks in The Terminal. I  really do. If there is a hell, for [...]

The trials and tribulations of the Travelling Photographer…

Kia ora tatou: Recently I  had a  phone conversation with a keen club photographer, which went something like this: Hi Tony, I am going to Andorra next month and I was wondering if you could help me. UhUh… I was wondering which lens to buy, to take with me. Do you think I should take [...]

Of the earthquakes in our lives…

Hutia te rito o te harakeke, Kei whea te kōmako e kō? Kī mai ki ahau; He aha te mea nui o te Ao? Māku e kī atu, he tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata If the heart of the flax bush is removed, where will the bellbird sing? If I am asked, what is the [...]