photography philosophy

This may or may not be something you think about, but I have been mulling over how to make my Flickr albums more presentable. Yes, I am somewhat of a dinosaur who still uses Flickr, mainly because it doesn't have a lot of the other rigmarole that many of the image hosting and sharing sites have...

I knew I had taken these photos on the same day, but I thought it was the same bird hours apart. I was floored to discover it was just 3 minutes. I posted this here, rather than the Show Birds thread, because I thought it might help someone else appreciate the power and moment-to-moment...

I've been having this conversation in my head for some time now. For me it has been as long as I remember a curiosity to look at the world as much as I can. 99% of the time I have my camera in my hand looking for opportunities anywhere, out on the streets, walking through forests, hiking and...

1. When you crop for aspect ratio, you're wasting megapixels. You may think your 16mp 4:3 photo may lose a lot of fidelity (and pixels) when you crop to a 10MP widescreen format but your DPI doesn't reduce at all during the process. Do the math! 2. You need massive numbers of pixels to print...

With the latest discussions generated around the release of the Pentax Monochrome, I've been seeing more of the "mindset" and "art" or "storytelling" commentary. But what of the lowly snapshot? (Rambling thought mode - ON) For some of us, we aren't looking to create art. Or make an...

Based on my photographic "background" with press, add and documentation free-lancing in the 90s, I have pondered a bit upon photography as art over the last three to four years and dabbed a bit with abstracts and such. Not that I have reach enlightenment, to the tune of berets, black turtlenecks...

With the holidays fast approaching, I will have some downtime from work at last so I have set myself a project to try something a little creative. I have picked up a cheapish transducer device which you place in water and hook up to 24v and it creates a mist effect. I found out about these...

I was just going through my Flickr account, culling somewhat mercilessly (for me... most viewers would probably survey the results and still find about half of it that could be culled out), as I periodically do. My Flickr usually remains around 500 photos, sometimes more, sometimes less. Flickr...

Got three blinding flashes of the obvious, over the 24 hours that was Sunday. First flash: Which turned into this This was based on not doing my due dilligence, just running the G9 on apperture priority. I am not a very accomplished starry photographer and have to date made exactly one...

Hi what systems allow the camera to let the ISO float? When in Manual mode? Oly doesn't, and my old Sony a230 doesn't. Nikon does. I'm wondering what systems have auto ISO in manual mode. Thanks,

Photography can be done many ways and you can allocate a little time or hours on hours. How do you prefer to take your photography? A short hour daily, or a good 5+ hours once a week? I am thinking about this idea since I am considering moving out from the center of action. I think I will be...

Many years ago, in a university Art History class, I was taught that art criticism was really about answers to three pertinent questions: 1. What did the artist set out to do? 2. Was it done well? 3. Was it worth doing? These three questions have served me well when critically examining my...

I've been culling my photos lately, actually have made a couple passes through some of the recent/standout stuff in the past half-year. Partly digging through work that's three or four years old to distill it to the interesting moments, pick the best out of the many multiple shots of the same...

Just why do so many of us seem to acquire more and more "gear" in pursuit of photographs? Lets just look at one of my favourite photographers, James Ravilious. Although he studied at art school (under an assumed name since he was the son of a famous engraver Eric Ravilious) he was a self taught...

Hi guys. was just browsing the net (like you do) & stumbled across this interview.. https://www.dpreview.com/interviews/5683481585/sofi-lee-on-digital-nostalgia quite liked the concept :) although it's very "niche", i can't imagine there would be a lot of mainstream demand..

Hi guys. Over your Photography careers have you ever got any new kit that could be described as a gamechanger? Obviously most new kit provides incremental improvements but did you ever use something for the first time & be like "Wow, that is awesome" :clapping: For me it was probably my D3. it...