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 | News
It’s been brought to my attention that some of the content on DS is a bit “labour intensive” for readers. And that the occasional easy-going post would be welcome. Fine by me. Here are two suggestions that were recently spoken gently to my ear by Paul and Philippe and that could help us provide intelligent […]
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By pascaljappy | Monday Post , News
The Spring photo workshop in Saint Paul de Vence is cancelled. It’s sad, it’s unfortunate, but there will be others, if you want them. Other workshops, and other resources and opportunities to have fun and get together. This is what this post is about. First things first: the Layer cake workshop is canceled. […]
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By pascaljappy | Monday Post , News
Some weeks ago, a new workshop with different rules, purposes and methods from the usual, was announced on this blog. Things have evolved since then, and have become more concrete. Here’s the deal! The layer cake workshop, and a structure for all training on DS Thank goodness far wiser people than me […]
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By pascaljappy | News
900 posts. In today’s goldfish-attention-span media industry, that’s a fraction of a second of content. On instagram alone, all the photographs published on DS since day one represent less than 10 seconds. Still, as non-monetized photo blogs go, we can probably call it a good run and look proudly at the past. The time, however, […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , Monday Post , News
We hosted Ze Workshop over 3 years ago and generally found it fun, stimulating and an experience to renew. An opportunity to do something new has recently surfaced that I’d like to discuss with you as early as possible, as early booking is required. A masterclass workshop like no other I know of. […]
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By Dallas Thomas | News , Travel Photography
Marseilles has been a place of mystery and intrigue to me for years. I’m not sure if it came from movies depicting the Marseilles of old (and in some areas still this is the case). The images and atmosphere were always as scary, crime ridden and of a dangerous city. And yet beautiful, given its […]
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By pascaljappy | News , Travel Photography
They say you should never meet your heroes, but they’re wrong. One of the joys in an Internet-centric world is to be able to meet in the flesh the people you befriended via electron and pixel. People who have withstood the test of obligation-free, long distance relationships. Over a period of three days […]
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By pascaljappy | News
Photography’s like sex. Two’s company, three’s a blast.
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By Dallas Thomas | News
A fire in a heritage masterpiece and three personal views on loss.
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