By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Every year, nature around my home gives up its leaves, its colours, its fanfare, to the rain, wind and shortening of the days. To me, it feels like a plunge into darkness. Annual sunshine charts suggest a gradual change from the hot highlights of summer to the gloomy depression of pale winter suns amid […]
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By philberphoto | Opinion
It’s true, you know, what they say : The smaller the size, the greater the pleasure! Those of you familiar with DearSusan will have read my review of the Laowa 100mm f:2.8 super macro, a.k.a. Jonathan. From that perspective, this post brings nothing new, so readers seeking technical insights can skip right along. But, […]
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By Pete Guaron | How-To
In part 1, Lad Sessions gave you a very good technical description – he’s researched the subject in depth, and anything I can add is likely to be shallow. So I’ve made this more anecdotal, instead. What do we understand about “bark”? First thing I ever understood was that it “doggish” for “hi there pleased […]
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By Werner Mäder | How-To
Photographing hotspots is becoming increasingly difficult for me. Snow-covered mountains in the golden morning light, landscapes with a full moon, endless expanses in Iceland, gondolas in Venice, temples in Thailand, Saddhus in India or fog over Tuscany – no matter how dreamlike they may be – I can hardly hold on to anymore. At the […]
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By Lad Sessions | How-To
Bark is so common that we scarcely take the time to appreciate its wonders. It is of course essential to trees and vines—and very useful to humans in many ways—but it also intrigues at least two photographers, at different ends of the earth, who have contributed text and images. We have each spent much time […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Continuing coverage of this week-long trip to the rural heart of France, here’s what makes the area so special both for gourmets and nature lovers. Astute observers will note the reversal to my original title idea, “Terroir photography” rather than the “Epicurious Photography” title that made the cut in episode one. Regular contributor Boris Buschardt […]
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By Claude Fiddler | How-To
My experience with getting a book published started in the mid 1980s. A rock-climber friend of mine, George Myers was living in his pickup truck cab over camper in a parking lot next to Yosemite Valley’s Camp 4. The campsite for generations of hard-core climbers. George was meticulously drawing pen and ink climbing route descriptions […]
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By pascaljappy | News
A total solar eclipse is a sight you never forget. Along with good mirages and auroras, it is one of the visual wonders of the natural world well worth crossing oceans for. The next “convenient” one will sweep through Mexico, Texas and upwards towards the North East of the United States. If health, economics, medieval […]
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By philberphoto | Travel Photography
Amiens is a medium-sized town (pop.: 150.000) 150km North of Paris, on the way to beautiful baie de Somme. Mention it and you get a yawn, or just no reaction at all. It used to be the capital of Picardie, a region sort of stuck between the Paris region, and the North. Amiens is this […]
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By Dallas Thomas | Travel Photography
Normal is something we all haven’t experienced in more than 18months. On this visit to Paris, from late October 2020 onwards has been like no other time I doubt and hope to never see again. Non essential shops closed, cafe/restaurants export/takeaway only for many months. No museums, no theatre, no cinema and no live cultural […]
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