When you lose your inspiration, is it gone or hidden? If it is gone, sell your gear. Follow the footsteps of many along the hills of the Monks. When epiphany strikes, return and buy more expensive elaborate equipment. But,...
read more morePhotography is dead. Selfies are alive. We stopped reading words, now we read images. Hundreds per day. Each image must have meaning that is relevant to our lives. Ask yourself, how many books did you read before fast DSL...
read more moreSometimes being overdramatic is the only way to make a point. Clouds are grey and white. There is no black, well not where I live anyway and if there are I’m sure not running outside to photograph them. Not...
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Who on earth takes images of staplers. You will only do it if you can get in close, really close. Ficking close to be honest. A simple macro lens is not going to get you anywhere interesting. At the...
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I am intrigued by textures, shapes and colour shifts in nature. Over time your environment changes and nothing stays the same. These leaves are in my garden and I watched them for 10 years. It’s a common plant actually,...
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Photography is a commodity. It lost its rarity value. It lost depth of thought. There was a time when a printed portrait of your family was placed at the center of a room. It was unique, expensive and something...
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I have such an aversion towards the word adequate. Maybe it’s because it is so frugal and yet powerful, intimidating. Like government furniture of a satellite office in the desert. Stare long enough and you will notice how depressing...
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Full knowledge of your equipment is immaterial unless you use it to further your interpretive goals. And you cannot further your goals unless you first define them. Bruce Barnbaum
read more moreI find technology intriguing. Be it a camera, lens, flash or other marvellous piece of mechanical engineering that I can drool over. We are a specie that is driven towards improvement, be it technological or spiritual. Although the basis...
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“Who is John Galt?” If you know who John Galt is, you know who wrote the title. In my opinion she stands for the ultimate freedom anyone can have. To be able to do your own thing and not...
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