By Pascal Ollier | Art & Creativity , Review
For those of you who read my very first article on this blog, “some like it wide”, you may remember that it dealt with my special attraction to wide angle lenses. While I continue to shoot with my esteemed CV 12mm, I have gone one step further and mounted the recent Laowa 9mm rectilinear for […]
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By philberphoto | Review
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity in my photography, because so much of it is about me. My recent post on the “short game” underscores how this sort photography speaks to me because it lets me put more of my imprint on images than other genres. So it is logical that, after having filled the […]
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By philberphoto | Opinion
In the noble game of golf, there are two spectacular phases. The long game, with its powerful drives and spectacular flights, and putting, with its nail–biting trajectories where bliss is separated from misery by mere fractions of an inch. But after the long game, and before one is in a position to put, there is […]
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By philberphoto | Art & Creativity , How-To
In his seminal post, Pascal asks, in essence, where is “home” for us in the realm of photo gear. For me, fun is home, and home is fun. That is the single most important parameter for me. Is this piece of gear fun to shoot? It wasn’t always like that. I went through a phase […]
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By philberphoto | Monday Post
So, 2018 is soon to be over. What has it changed to our (photographic) worlds over the course of this year? Are MF cameras really better (for some uses)? The answer would seem to be “yes”, as the Master of this House has declared undying love for the Hasselblad X1D. Problems with this are that, […]
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By philberphoto | Monday Post , Uncategorized
Not many victims of conspiracies live to tell their stories, but I do. Ever since I announced that I was retiring from my photo hobby, I have been subjected to a combination of attacks and manipulation. In command of this are the 2 Pascals. The one that you know, and a brother of mine also […]
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