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 Pascal Ollier | Opinion
The recent couple of posts on simplicity/complexity resonated with me in a particular way. When I started taking pictures some 30 odd years ago, I went for all-out simplicity. A body, a zoom lens and voilà! No need to change the lens, no need to focus, just P.H.D. (press here, dummy!). Since I […]
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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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New contributor Joseph L writes about his love of snow and cold 🙂 When I grew up, we used to have very cold winters and fair amount of snow. Not so any more due to climate change, but this winter was kind enough to sprinkle gentle December snow. My hometown went through massive industrialization some thirty […]
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By Adrian | Opinion , Travel Photography
Sometimes we all need some simplicity in our lives, and that extends to photography too. In a hobby of more pixels, raw files, lightroom, monitor colour profiles, focus stacking, exposure stacking, and everything else that some enthusiasts see as absolutely necessary to create good photographs, sometimes it feels like less is more. As the cost […]
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By Lad Sessions | Opinion , Travel Photography
I have to admit that I stole the idea for this post (as well as the first line) from Kristian Wannebo. I don’t know Kristian personally, but a short while ago he published an entrancing essay entitled “Tree and Leaf” (Dear Susan #1242). His experience resonates with me. I too venture out into the woods […]
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By Kristian Wannebo | Opinion
… towards autumn’s end. I have to admit that I stole the title. Tree and Leaf is one of J. R. R. Tolkien’s short stories (published together with his essential essay On Fairytales). It is about a painter and his fate in a strict society – until he departs for the mountains on the horizon. […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion , Travel Photography
Meeting good friends, visiting Paris Photo, touring “alternative Paris”. And trying to decide whether I can live with a phone as my only camera. If the progression in the above mission statement evokes more than a whiff of a “sublime to ridiculous” in your mind, you’re right in exercising a healthy dose of skepticism […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
This stress is one of many options to explain (male) photographer’s constant GAS 😉 Another quick post, to examine a thought that arose after listening to a HiFi dealer interview. My dealer. He explains that one of his customers, an orchestra conductor, owns an old and quite poor audio system. That man reconstructs the […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion , Travel Photography
After three years marooned in the UK by COVID, airlines and governments that couldn’t form a unitary travel policy, I finally got back to my home near Cape Town in February. The plan was to start emptying the house and put it on the market. Over almost a month, I managed to corral the valuables, […]
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