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.
It’s been an exhausting few months and I feel like I don’t have all that much to show for it, but that is about to change. I’ve been working away behind closed doors on a whole raft of new projects. New Adventures in Photography indeed! Photography Workshops The headline news is that my longstanding plans…
Beginner, Intermediate and Pro – what do these terms even mean? Photography for beginners is the same as it is for Pro’s. Fundamentally both are using a set of near identical tools to create an image. Misleading Hierarchies Beginner, Intermediate, Pro are the common categories used to create a hierarchy of educational materials in almost…
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:…
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…