Continue reading “Improving My Garden Photography 2”Autumn has arrived and put me in the mood for some creative garden photography. These are mainly constructed in camera using the multiple exposure mode.
Improving My Garden Photography 2
The Drag of Photography
Continue reading “The Drag of Photography”Some photography tasks are a drag. Not the first one: it’s so easy in the moment to press the shutter … and keep pressing the shutter … and press it some more for good measure.
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Street Photography – A Moroccan Town Awakes
Continue reading “Street Photography – A Moroccan Town Awakes”Having a fancy DSLR camera does not give me the right to cross ethical boundaries with vulnerable individuals who in no way could give informed consent to being photographed. The clinic was NOT a street setting.
A Letter About Portrait Photography
Continue reading “A Letter About Portrait Photography”Portrait photography is my favourite genre but it’s interesting how different I feel depending which side of a lens I find myself on. This is my letter to the photographer and the photographed, mentioning some of my thoughts.
Photo documentary – Living through Brokenness
Continue reading “Photo documentary – Living through Brokenness”The Storyteller in me expects my photos to say something. But how do you capture the raggedness of emotions – convey the experience – while being true to photo-documentary?
Portraits in the Garden – dealing with the green
A vexing issue when photographing in the garden is dealing with ‘greens’. Often in photographs they present as bright, gaudy and distracting. With portrait photography the issue becomes worse because of yellow cast to skin tone.
Continue reading “Portraits in the Garden – dealing with the green”Improving My Garden Photography
Continue reading “Improving My Garden Photography”With portraits I love to capture emotion but how do I get the ‘feel’ of my garden with shots of plants? Here I share some technical details of my quest to improve flower photography, knowing that there is still much room for improvement.
Street Photography BC
Continue reading “Street Photography BC”During lockdown I’ve had plenty of time to trawl through my street photos. But with some of them I now instinctively flinch and pull myself away from the subjects.
Street Photography – Plant Portraits
Continue reading “Street Photography – Plant Portraits”People are the focus of most of my photography – either candid portraits or on the street.
But my walks have been solitary so I’ve had to stalk a different kind of subject.
Fishing Village in Vietnam – (and how to choose a fresh fish)
It’s the seagulls that alert me. When there’s a swarm of them close to shore, I know what’s arriving in my home port in Lyttelton, New Zealand. They fight and cackle and I stand at my window watching fishermen off load their catch …
… or I used to.
Salt Pans Vietnam
Continue reading “Salt Pans Vietnam”Daily I season my meals with it
But, when food comes in packages, it’s easy to be ignorant and disconnected from its source.
