Observations and Thoughts on Photography
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I tend to like my photographs to be straight out of camera (SOOC) or if I have to edit them, just trying to achieve a filmic (film camera) look. That’s not to say that I won’t play around with images, just that if I don’t have to all the better. I recently posted some shots […]
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I don’t often do pieces on photography club competitions but things are changing in club photography and as such I think this demands some comment. Competitoins to my mind need to have very narrow paramters in order to ensure a level playing field. Even then the joker in the pack is always going to be […]
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A real quick post here guys as this issue was stumping me until I found this page – https://www.darktable.org/2014/08/using-x-trans-cameras-with-darktable/ – at which point it all became a little clearer. Basically, and as you can see from the image below, my jpeg and RAW files when read by darktable are light years apart. The jpeg is […]
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Right off the bat I just want to say that there is no right or wrong answer to this question. In truth, the lens you choose is probably going to reflect your confidence levels as a photographer. If you like mixing it up on the street then a 28mm is probably perfect as it gets […]
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When I first created this post I called it “Don’t be afraid to Cull Bad Images”. However, as the post evolved I felt that I needed to look at keeping versus culling in the round. This article therefore discusses my take on what stays and what goes in my photography. Now, I’m pretty good at […]
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Putting aside for a moment the really important requirements for a good photo, that is content and composition, without either of which your photos will immediately fail, if your photo is trying to mimic a particular film stock then to be truly believable it has to provide a believable colour pallet. While there are many […]
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You know what it’s like. You keep coming back to an image that you shouldn’t like but you just do. The image above is that image for me. Believe me, I have a ton of images I really love and I am so grateful to have shot. However it’s this one that figures a lot […]
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Capture more of the world with this portable 12mm extra-wide-angle lens The Samyang 12mm f2 NCS CS is an extra-wide-angle manual focus lens designed for APS-C crop sensor mirrorless cameras. With low distortion and wide angle, photographers who want wide-angle photos such as landscape and architectural images can create great images with very little effort. […]
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I bought the Samyang 12mm f2.0 specifically to photograph my apartment as I wanted something wide, sharp and above all, cheap to help me create some marketing buzz. From everything I had read, the Samyang (or Rokinon as it also known) ticked all the boxes, both from it’s reviews and perhaps even more importantly the […]
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The big problem with documentary photography is not so much catching the moment, it’s catching the right moment. I have lost count of how many times I’ve seen a great photo and simply missed the moment because I acted too quickly. Counter intuitive? Yes, in some ways, but with documentary shots (street / candid) you […]
