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 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 Lad Sessions | Opinion
Photography is an infinite realm, with as at least as many different kinds of photographs as there are photographers. I want to paint in broad strokes a certain kind that is underrepresented on most photography sites, Dear Susan included, which I will call “satisficing.” The term “satisficing” was introduced as early as 1947 […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
It seems to me a great way of moving forward is to reflect on the past and learn from it. As I try to define the lines of what I’d like my photographic 2020 to be, some of the most significant photographs of my 2019 come back to me. So I might as well share […]
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By pascaljappy | News , Opinion
The streets may be Snowy White, but no Rudolf stories from me tonite. Only a biased and unsubstantiated – but optimistic – analysis of where the market’s at at the end of 2019. It appears Santa ain’t been too generous with the photo industry this year. Presents and good surprises have been few. True […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , Opinion
Hey, what did you expect? I’m French … But bear with me for a second, as there is a real link I’m trying to highlight in this quick post 😉 That link came to my mind during a wine tasting dinner with friends last week-end. Among those friends, two painters, a photographer, an […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion , Review
It’s the most peculiar activity, football. Having recently been given the opportunity of an evening inside the shiny stadium that hosts Olympique de Marseille, probably France’s most notorious team, if not the most famous or successful, I thought this was a great opportunity to move mankind forward one big step by proving that the Hasselblad […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , Opinion
There’s no way around it. My sensor is just too small. Super Full Frame, 44×33, small Medium Format, whatever you care to call it provides great image quality, particularly in the obsessive hands of the Hasselblad imaging team, but doesn’t go far enough in the aesthetic direction I crave. First world problem, I know. But […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
At DearSusan most of the behind the scenes work falls to one person. The DS site layout, galleries, mediation, many of the Challenges and of course, the upkeep in hard earned Euros. It were Pascal – ‘e done it. The past tense there is purely vernacular, BTW. I’m happy to report that our man is […]
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