By Pascal Ollier | Opinion , Travel Photography
Photography, beyond the recreation, the pleasure, the excitement, may also at times serve a higher purpose, i.e. to report history. This article will humbly attempt to contribute to this mission. Enjoying a respite in the winter rain, I decided to go and visit Breendonk, a fortress surrounded with water built early in the 20 th […]
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By Dallas Thomas | Review
Two friends (Dallas and Philippe), two similar 100mm macro lense, one location. Do they produce similar photographs, and how do the lenses compare on looks? Dallas (Milvus 100 Makro) begins Philippe and Pascal have a tradition of naming their equipment (photographic). Naming things has never really been my thing. Until I purchased a Zeiss Milvus […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion , Review
Is this a review? Nope. Statement of the obvious? Nope. I’m deep in a personal preference fight with myself. I have to stop and take stock; Zeiss’ 25mm Biogon, or the 35 Distagon. Which is more likely to be my lens of choice as I wander the streets? Most people would forgive me choosing my […]
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By John Shingleton | Travel Photography
I just spent a very hot weekend at Bathurst for the 12 hour GT race which is held on the Mount Panorama road circuit widely recognised as one of the great motor racing circuits of the world up there with Spa-Francorchamps and the Nordschleife Nurburgring. Saturday morning was spent travelling to Bathurst over the Blue […]
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By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
Just an hour by plane south of Mexico City lies Oaxaca, destination for the many tourists who prefer the streets to Mexico’s resorts and beach life. Served by a small – some might call it regional – but nonetheless highly efficient airport. The heart of Oaxaca is definitely its Old Town. A world apart from […]
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By Steve Mallett | Art & Creativity , How-To
It’s 4:40 a.m. Light from the waning moon turns the bedroom a flickering ivory as scudding clouds open and close their shutter. My mind is a rat on a wheel thinking about gear. What to take and what to leave at home. In three days I am off to Australia to visit son and […]
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By Patrick Woo | Opinion
It is a popular Chinese practice to have a lion dance as a lucky charm to mark the commencement of events e.g. opening a business, starting a festival, hosting a birthday or wedding party etc. For years, our parish church has been hosting a lion dance on the Sunday of the Lunar New Year. […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
I’m not quite sure why articles like this make me feel as introspective as they do. The fact is, time, place and personality alone are sufficient to produce radically different photographs. The post covering my recent London wandering with Steve and Pascal, or last year’s DS Parisian meander deliver more than sufficient evidence of our […]
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By AlanMacKenzie | Travel Photography
I’ve been lurking on DearSusan for some time and have thus far restrained myself to an occasional comment or two. No more! Despite an abundance of Impostor Syndrome when waxing philosophical I’ll give it a go. I’ve been doing photography for a long time, once as a news photographer and then in pursuit of artistic […]
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By John Shingleton | Travel Photography
This is not a story about an undestination but about Romania, a country which is visited by many tourists but which is far from being overrun by them and which, for me in Australia, is most definitely not front of mind as a holiday destination. Like many East European countries Romania has had a […]
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