By pascaljappy | Opinion
To me, the best photograph is unexpected. But a lot in our hobby, from carefully planned workshops, to the very existence of tripods, to photo-journalism, to competition rules, to studios … says otherwise. It all started with an exquisite piece of writing by Thorsten von Overgaard sent to me by Philippe, which begins with […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
To my eyes, filmmaking offers far more possibilities for deep storytelling than photography does, limited as it is by its single-frame relationship to time and essentially evocative levers. But there’s one aspect of photography that’s probably significantly more satisfying. Brief thought coming up. Editing is what gives video its edge over photography. It allows […]
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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? đ […]
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By Steve Mallett | Art & Creativity , How-To
Itâs 4:40 a.m. Light from the waning moon turns the bedroom a flickering ivory as scudding clouds open and close their shutter. My mind is a rat on a wheel thinking about gear. What to take and what to leave at home. In three days I am off to Australia to visit son and […]
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By Lad Sessions | Opinion
Photography is an infinite realm, with as at least as many different kinds of photographs as there are photographers. I want to paint in broad strokes a certain kind that is underrepresented on most photography sites, Dear Susan included, which I will call âsatisficing.â The term âsatisficingâ was introduced as early as 1947 […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
Climbing a rock several hundred meters high with a heavy pack on his back, a middle aged musician sets up his view camera, waits for the right light and creates one of the most iconic photographs of his era. Not all of us have such a flamboyant image making process as Ansel Adams’, but each […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
A full bag of medium format camera and lenses will pull your carrying shoulder down, culminating in sweet agony by the end of the day. But that’s just the Earth’s gravity and your gear’s mass conspiring to maim your body. What we’re interested in, in this multi-author post series, is gear’s gravitic tug on your […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , Opinion
Last week, my wife, daughter and I went out for an evening walk in a nearby seaside village that hosts night markets during the summer months. Having recently tested the Hassy X1D on fast action shooting, I wondered how it would fare in low light. Badly, is the answer. But what stuck with me most […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
The digitalisation benefits of smartphones have been covered often enough in my posts not to warrant going deep into them again. Always-with-you pocket convenience is great. Superb performance in appropriate conditions, also. But knowing your pics are being backed-up and organised as you shoot may be the most satisfying of the lot. So much so […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
If I asked you “what is art?” you’d be right to close this window immediately. The eternal question has elicited numerous replies from pundits, none of which can satisfy everyone. While auction houses and collectors seem to agree on what constitutes valuable art, I’ve come to the conclusion that a general definition of art doesn’t […]
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