This category contains the posts I write at five o’clock in the morning when the weather is too foul to go out. They are about me, my life and the things I think about.
Almost every photographer I know suffers at least slightly. Understanding gear acquisition syndrome or GAS, is important if you want to stay in charge of your photography. In 1998 at age 90, the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who was decidedly middle class and used a Leica, observed to the acclaimed and occasionally sharp photographer Helmut Newton:…
Switching genres in Photography is not quite as simple as you might hope. In this post, I’m going to talk about the importance of being open to learning, retaining objectivity about your own skill levels as a photographer and the importance of being open to learning entirely new skills. Switching genres is a great way…
Since moving to Spain, the more clement weather has encouraged me to combine my interests in Cycling and Photography. Cars vs. Cycles Here’s the thing – when I drive, I spend most of my time looking at the road and when I do see a photograph I’m usually way past the spot. So I return,…
So we’ve finally done it! We’ve been talking about moving to Andalucia for years! I’m writing this post from my new home in the foothills of the Alpujarras. An area of stunning natural beauty, 20 miles from Granada and the same distance from the sea. Already I feel less stressed and more optimistic. What’s the…
Who Moved my Narrative? Narrative in Photography is not dead, it’s simply that the ways we come across photography rarely encourage it. Is social media even capable of sustaining narrative? This article is a bringing together of several seemingly unrelated strands I have been thinking about recently. Things that I have been doing in my…
This post is in part a response to an article on the United Nations of Photography blog on the photographic mid-life crisis. It’s (The post not the crisis) an interesting take on the industry today and the position career photographers find themselves in as they progress. That article addresses commissioned photographers in particular. I’d like…
In this post, I’m looking at Artificial Intelligence and trying to answer the question “Does AI improve Photo Processing?” Is it just another smart way of selling software or is it the revolution it aspires to be? Does AI Improve Photo Processing? Does AI improve photo processing? Is an AI processed image a photograph? Is…
Photographing Shrewsbury in infrared is an accidental project I’ve almost stumbled into. I had an unloved Canon 550 D lying around in the studio and decided to have it converted with an infrared filter. A few photographs later I realised two things. Firstly what a great camera the 550D was and secondly how much fun…
Writing about 10 great photography magazines online makes me a hostage to fortune i know but, inspired by a thread entitled Show of hands: How many of you regularly read photography blogs and/or websites? on Andy Adam’s excellent Flak Photo group on Facebook, I thought I’d tidy up the magazine section in my bookmarks. A five-minute…
I’m a photographer and technologist based in Shropshire & Andalucia. 6 am is the best time of the day. It’s too early for Shrewsbury to swing into action, although in Spain everyone is getting ready for work while the temperatures are cool. The house is quiet and the traffic outside is muted. It’s a time…