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View ArticleWhy Emulate Film?
A simple question. Does it have a simple answer? Is there a single answer? Digital photography has taken hold. It’s established. It has supplanted film for the most part. In the (relative) earlier days...
View ArticleSeeing in Black & White
With all due respect to the great songwriter Paul Simon, everything doesn’t look worse in black and white. So what do I mean by ‘seeing in black and white’? Well, black and white photography is...
View ArticleSeeing in Black & White Pt II
This is a follow up to the article from last week on seeing in black and white for those who might struggle a bit with creating black and white imagery in a colour world. In that article, we looked at...
View ArticleSeeing in Black & White Pt III
In the first part of this series, I wrote about training the eye to ‘see’ in greyscale tones by converting colour into shades of grey. In this part of the series, we’ll break that down a little...
View ArticleSeeing in Black & White Pt IV
We’ve talked about how various colours convert to different shades of grey in earlier instalments of this article series. We’ve also talked about the importance of certain colours in greyscale and...
View ArticleStreet Photography II
The decisive moment is several things. It is the name of a book containing the photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson. It is the phrase Bresson came up with to describe his approach to his photography. It is...
View ArticleStreet Photography III
The camera is a shield. Even though you see everything through the viewfinder, you’re putting something between you and what’s happening. John Hoagland Being able to capture candid photos of people is...
View ArticleStreet Photography IV
Every picture tells a story don’t it… Rod Stewart In that classic song, which you are unlikely to hear much today given it’s racist lyrics, the protagonist is painting a picture with words and telling...
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