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23rd March 2010 - The iPhone as a Camera
I’ve had an iPhone for a couple of months now and being a photographer I have of course been playing with the camera features – so is the iPhone a serious tool for photography? After all one has already been used by press journalist David Guttenfelder to document a story in Afganistan.
Well first lets look [...]
23rd March 2010 - One Hour Projects
The problem with setting yourself photographic projects is knowing when to stop and getting to a satisfying conclusion (a problem I have noted in this blog before). So to avoid this problem during my recent trip to London I set a time limit on capturing images for one of my projects (One Hour in Leicester [...]
16th March 2010 - Photographic Inspiration in London
I have had a self-enforced break from all things photography for the last week as I finally got around to decorating our utility room. A task that I have delayed for so long that the purchase of the slate flooring pre-dates the birth of my eldest son (who is now 5!). So this weekend I’m [...]
8th March 2010 - HDR: The Photographer’s Secret
How many times have you looked at a landscape photograph and thought “that looks almost unreal” Or “how come my photographs never look like that?” Well the chances are that the images you are looking at have been created using a technique called High Dynamic Range (HDR).
A quick flick through last years successful entries in [...]
4th March 2010 - Undiscovered Locations
Despite the fact that I’ve lived in the Brecon Beacons nearly 10 years I’m always finding areas that I’ve never visited before and today was a good example.
I’ve walked a lot of the Brecon Beacons for both photography and leisure purposes and I’ve visited Crickhowell on numerous occasions (primarily to visit the Bear Inn!), in [...]