By pascaljappy | Review
As OS updates sneak into our smartphones, uninvited and undetected, some new features make their appearances and surprise users. AI, it seems, is getting a firmer grip on photographic practises. Among the features that awaited me on my recent trip to the UK was one abysmal “Live” thingy that appears to capture images before […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Not a day goes by without a blog post or video describing tips, rules or techniques to make better photographs. 99.9% miss the mark, and it’s not always their fault. Here’s how to use them better. Disclaimer: The following is purely based on personal experience and isn’t sanctioned by any of the official schools […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
If you can tolerate the use of the noun Bokeh as a verb, this title does hint at what’s at the back of my mind 😉 Throwing a part of a scene into delicious cappuccino blur can produce visually stunning results. It’s also brought in me about a certain intolerance to those results. As if […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
Well, another tough one, right? This time, you can blame Adrian, I had nothing to do with it. The Bayhem challenge was his (excellent) idea and here’s what came in in reply 🙂 But, first, let’s recap and describe why this is interesting and difficult. The idea was to create photographs in which […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Well, it’s the final DS challenge of the year. I’ve enjoyed each one thoroughly, in spite of repeatedly forgetting contributions along the way. By and large, your photographs have been stunning and have brought a wide smile to my face. Thank you. The topic for this final challenge was composition in an elongated […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Well, it’s that time again! A time I dread because of my relative lack of organisation, but provides so much fun as well. When someone else writes a post on DS, I don’t like to look at it before it’s complete. To me, discovering it finished is like a child finding a well wrapped present […]
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By pascaljappy | Uncategorized
Let’s not beat about the bush. I regret to let you know that, as we speak/read, the Layer Cake workshop is a no go. Most of the people who were initially interested have other obligations at the workshop’s dates, so there are not enough participants to make this viable. But maybe you’re interested and haven’t […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Hero, Mad Max: Fury Road, Blade Runner, Pan’s labyrinth, In the mood for love, House of flying daggers, Raise the red lantern … all absolutely beautiful films to watch, all with a strong visual signature, an extraordinary use of colour and an inspiration for us photographers. But, now, there’s a new kid in town which, […]
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By Sean O Brien | Art & Creativity
Quick intro by Pascal: in the background of the blog, we are quietly working on individual galleries for each of us to display, swap or sell photographs. The process involves mutual help in selecting said photographs. For his second post on DS, Sean describes the process and a newfound interest for the square format. You […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
I recently traveled to a very touristy destination, Egypt, for a week-long photographic cruise. Not being used to sharing locations with others (un-destinations rule my photo life), I struggled to deal with the constant presence of other visitors that stopped everywhere for selfies, or to read a sign or to grab a few shots, just […]
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