By pascaljappy | Opinion
It depends on your functional highlights, I guess. On the one hand, it would be arrogant – not to mention, wrong – to claim that Sony’s (or Tower Jazz or …) reseach and production lines have been stagnant for the past decade. On the other, it’s equally hard to deny that many artists – […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Should we think “I wish I’d taken that shot” when viewing great photographs? I think there’s an important distinction to make between photographs we admire, and photographs we wish we’d made ourselves. Most of the photographs in the typical “most influential” lists are great photographs. Admirable, useful, impactful. Typically, though, there are very few […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
Photography is serious business. I shouldn’t be having so much fun 😉 Apologies for the title 😉 Also, please understand detox in a non judgemental way. This post isn’t about explaining how creating a photobook magically cleans up and elevates anyone’s mind. It’s a purely personal account, in the hope that the joy of […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
The question came up in a recent comment exchange. I had to try it out. The author of that comment mentioned using colour filters on his digital camera for b&w photography. Given the very different nature of a filmstock and a Bayer-filtered digital sensor, that really surprised me (although it would make perfect sense […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
I did not write this article. ChatGPT did. Colour plays a vital role in the work of photographers Saul Leiter, William Eggleston, and Joel Meyerowitz. Each artist uses colour in a distinct and meaningful way, creating a unique visual experience for the viewer. Saul Leiter was a pioneer in the use of colour […]
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By pascaljappy | News
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳 🥳 🥳 It’s fair to say that 2022 wasn’t the easiest of years for a lot people. And it’s probably safe to venture that 2023 will continue along the same trends of growing inequality, uncertainty, and tension. The debilitating illness of greed, the tribal stupidity of frontiers and a cacophony […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
So, a solid 18 months after promising to do so, I’ve finally started printing again. Good news, though not for the reasons initially imagined. The tactile “last mile” is actually so freeing. So, printed, something like the photo above starts with a triple whammy unfair advantage. But there are more interesting reasons for bracing […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Reality is complex. Photographs shouldn’t dumb it down. The sea, the sky, seperated by a perfectly straight horizon. Add a single white dome, with possibly a supermodel running down stairs in a striking red dress. That lone distant mountain with a blue river meandering through a uniform coniferous forest in the foreground. What could […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Internal conflict between photographic aspirations and reality can eat you up, man. Know thyself, right? A few posts ago, I mentioned growing dissatisfaction with my “grabber” approach to photography. For those not familiar with this website, the grabber is one of the 4 photographer personalities proposed by co-author Philippe which describes people like me […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
Some final thought on this intriguing 24:65 aspect ratio, using a longer lens. After my first posts about the X-Pan crop (24:65) available on the Hasselblad X1D, both using photos made made using the XCD30 lens, two readers asked me what this might look like with a longer lens. Given this overwhelming demand, how […]
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