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Shoot photos from space, know all about bokeh, grab cine lenses for your photography, help me unriddle the Hassy X2D, autofocus your large format camera, to calibrate or not to calibrate, avoid bad habits … and much more 🙂 This week saw me back in the UK, to visit family, museums and various exotic […]
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This week’s newsletter is slightly is shorter. You see, my first grandchild was born a few days ago, so my focus and time has been somewhat redirected 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 One of the most notable contributions to the media world of photography this week was made by […]
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By pascaljappy | News
This week’s newsletter is published later than usual. My apologies, I’ve not been feeling so well and am having difficulties focusing. Plus the US Masters are on and Tiger Woods is making a bold comeback, so sitting idly in front of this is more in line with my current IQ and stamina than scouring the […]
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By pascaljappy | News
From neural radiances to zoom pinholes, from curved medium format sensors to synecdoche, from ocoloy to dodgy processing, from Richard Gere to the Italian catholic church, from street photography to astrophoto marathons, from marine biology to Nike, and more … Technology, that most frustrating of enablers has taken its toll on my mood, this […]
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Although regularly voted one of the world’s best travel photography blogs on the planet, if not in the whole universe, DearSusan has suffered from one major flaw since its inception: centralisation. Up to recently, there were no solutions to correct this, but now we can finally move on! So the first move for us, […]
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It’s getting out of hand. Film is getting out of hand. Soon, there will be no room left for digital in this newsletter 😉 The above image shows what’s great about photography in its etymological sense. Drawing with light. Two days ago, work took me to Marseilles for a group business meeting and quick […]
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When you chain-read the news in one sitting, to write a newsletter, trends become starkingly obvious. And if one has raised its hand far more than others this week, it’s the return of film!! New film stock is being released, lenses are being reviewed from a film-shooter perspective, film cameras are more sought after, artists […]
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Nature photography awards, tilt lenses, easy lighting, easy backups, cine lenses turned photo lenses, Apple Studio, Sony Medium Format, AI photo tagging, ethical wildlife photography, soft proofing … and more 😉 Creative Winners of the 2022 World Nature awards The title says it all 😉 Bellatrix, by Thomas Blanchard Gear AstrHori 50mm […]
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The news this week is bleak. Ideology and stupidity have once again pitched brothers against one another to the likely ruin of both, if not the whole world. In this period of easy doomscrolling, I decided to relaunch the Week Links of Photography series to provide alternative content for those who enjoy photography as a […]
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By pascaljappy | News
Here’s wishing you all much happiness, creativity and fulfilment for 2022 🙂 🙂 And here’s how we hope to contribute in however tiny proportions! 2021 has been a very odd year. A triumph for science, a disaster for leadership and intelligent collaboration. Great riches for some, personal tragedy for others. Nothing new, really, but […]
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