By pascaljappy | Opinion
Five years ago, I would have begged to have such a sensor in my camera. How about today ? Several readers have sent me the news about the new thechnology. Curved sensors, at last, seem to be ready to take a giant leap from the realm of tiny dimensions into the hairy-chested kingdom […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
At uni, we (computer science and robotics students) were given fantastic Spark workstations made by Sun. I couldn’t believe my luck, or understand where the money came from. But they ran Unix and students in other departments were handed much less interesting and powerful computers that ran the first version of window-based operating systems. And […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , Opinion
If our recent confinement photography challenge results prove anything, it’s that we are all capable of creating wonderful photographs stuck within four walls or within the corner posts of a garden, or the tolerated walks we can take. My cheeky question is : does this lack of freedom actually make us better? 😉 […]
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By Paul Barclay | Opinion
The first two images below may look familiar to everyone. These are two of the images I submitted to the recent Blurry Image Challenge. The paragraph below is what I included with my Blurry Challenge images. “These images were made a couple of years ago when Dear Susan was publishing a series of […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion , Uncategorized
Paul Watson is a Cape Town-based photographer. He travels a lot (not as much now as he used to – Ed) and has had more than his fair share of experiences. He shares some sage words with DearSusan readers… **************************************************************************** As an avid street photographer and adventurer, I have walked many miles in many cities […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
Software for photographers continues to evolve, we’re told. Yet, the current releases of the mainstream apps stubbornly refuse to get better at doing the critical things, in much the same way camera manufacturers still don’t ship their products with on-board GPS, despite the marketplace endlessly asking to be able to automate this otherwise important, yet […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
Gear Acquisition Syndrome is one of those things we like to poo poo in public, arguing it’s all about the photographer, and dive back into with gay abandon once safely back in our private quarters. Thing is, criticising GAS is as wrong as giving in to it for the wrong reasons. Often, it is all […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
Nestled in my cupboard down in the Western Cape is a veritable Aladdin’s Cave of Nikon lenses. The 50 f1.4, 28 f2.8 and 105 f2.5 are all pre-AI and years-long favourites. There’s a much loved (and bitch to focus) 500mm f8 mirror and lots more – right across the technology spectrum, up to the point […]
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By philberphoto | Opinion
Making a long story short is the ability to tell a story in less time and fewer words without the audience losing the plot. This is what long(er) lenses do in photography. They let you make a long story short. Long lenses get something of a bad rap. Compared to “normal” lenses, they […]
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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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