This Changes Everything
TL ; DR I have a one-year-old son He was born on my birthday Nothing prepares you for parenthood Things change quickly Prologue “We have to go” my eyes strained [more...]
photography
Bad Advice Part 3: How To Buy A Camera
Photography’s a wonderful thing, and with the ubiquity of digital cameras, it has become more accessible to more people than ever before. Cameras are literally [more...]
Extension Tubes
If there’s anything I’ve ever felt embarrassed to be lacking, it would be length. But I needn’t worry anymore, with the appropriately named extension tubes [more...]
Panoramic Recipe
The circular panorama is an oft-overused tool of photographic post-production. I say overused because I like to use photography to portray still life, in much the same way as [more...]
Ricoh GR – small wonder
When you do anything to a high level, when you’re a professional in any capacity, you always have a backup plan. Under ideal conditions, things will go according to [more...]
It’s all about light
Recently I purchased as a gift one of those mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (the Fujifilm X-M1 with 27mm lens, if you must know). The receiver of this gift, being [more...]
For Sale: JVC GY-HM100u
JVC GY-HM100u This is a difficult item to sell, because its uses are fairly specialised. For a fairly comprehensive run-down on what this camera is about, click here. For a [more...]
For Sale: Nikon D700
Nikon D700 – Front View Nikon D700 – rear view This is a camera I have owned since September 2008, and it has served me well. I have quite literally done laps of [more...]
New Photo Gadgetry
Sony NEX-6 with Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 Lens It has been a little while since I posted about photography. Sadly I have been very busy and have not been able to update my [more...]
Anatomy of a Photograph
It seems that it has been a while since I last wrote something about photography. It’s not that I’ve given up or anything – far from it, it’s just [more...]
Image Perception and Frame Rates
A while back, I wrote a little article on screen resolution which hopefully enlightened readers on what it actually means, and demystified the world behind the jargon, which [more...]
Polarize This
To say that equipment doesn't matter (in Photography at least) would be a lie. They say that a bad tradesman blames his tools, but that is only because a truly good tradesman can extract a good [more...]
More Camera Gear Talk
Kit for turning a DSLR from a still camera into a video camera Many of the loyal readers of this website are probably wondering where I’m at in my mini-sub-career as a [more...]
Notes on Resolution
Standard anamorphic film with analog soundtracks visible between the image and perforations on the left. The apparent noise you see on the outside of, and in between the [more...]
Truth Behind the Shutter: Advanced Topics
Curiously enough, I still get asked a lot about things relating to photography. In the previous two installments of “Truth Behind the Shutter” I went over some of [more...]