The Phase One IQ 160- the devil is in the detail
Bemusement. [n.] – confusion resulting from failure to understand bafflement, befuddlement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement, confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness, confusion – a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behaviour; “a confusion of impressions” Background Some years ago I went with a friend, who is a professional painter, [...]
Published on 08 May 2013, under Gear Reviews, Hardware Read the full article →The Fujinon 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS zoom lens- a first look
I have a favourite place, about 25 minutes’ drive from my home, where I like to go and make photographs. It is a great place to visit and as I am coming to understand its particular rhythms, I am learning to predict its moods and sense the best times to be there. Dawn is an [...]
Published on 26 April 2013, under Gear Reviews, Hardware Read the full article →Searching for autumn
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ― Albert Camus “This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.” ― Matsuo Bashō I went in search of autumn. All the while, as I had journeyed, wrapped in the opaque cloak of my own busyness, autumn had been creeping up [...]
Published on 23 April 2013, under Making images, The making of an image Read the full article →The Auckland Fujifilm street photography workshop challenge
Thursday, April 4th, 2013, Making images, Shout out, Story Posts“I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.” – Trent Parke “Success is what happens when 10,000 hours of preparation meet with one moment of opportunity.” – Anonymous It does not matter what the light is like, when you are out on the street photographing, for there is something always [...]
Read the full article →PRODUCT REVIEW: The Fujifilm X100s and WCL-X100 Wide Conversion Lens
Thursday, April 4th, 2013, Gear Reviews, HardwareThe duckling becomes a swan About two years ago, being something of an early adopter, I was excited when I heard that Fujifilm were about to release the X100, so not long after it was released, I went into my favourite camera shop and purchased one. I kept it for about a month [...]
Read the full article →Shoutout Vol. XXX
Friday, March 29th, 2013, Shout out“The photograph is completely abstracted from life, yet it looks like life. That is what has always excited me about photography.” – Richard Kalvar ”I don’t believe a person has a style. What people have is a way of photographing what is inside them. What is there comes out.” – Sebastiao Salgado Kia ora [...]
Read the full article →On tribalism and photography- a thought piece
Friday, March 29th, 2013, Thought piecesYour own photography is never enough. Every photographer who has lasted has depended on other people’s pictures too – photographs that may be public or private, serious or funny but that carry with them a reminder of community. – Robert Adams I try to resolve a picture in PhotoShop in less than 8 minutes. [...]
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