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 Paul Shadarevian | Review
(Pascal) Please welcome new contributor Paul Shadarevian, who shares his love for the combination of modern cameras with more traditional lenses. Something I can defintely relate to š Thank you, Paul. All yours (/Pascal). I have long been a fan of the Sony A7 series after looking for a full frame camera that did not […]
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Quick intro to this series (Pascal) : There have been many writers on DS, some regular, some on and off . We though it would be interesting for us to describe what we carry around during our shooting sessions, to highlight the vast differences between all of our approaches to photography. One particular question is […]
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By Adrian | Travel Photography
In the second of three articles looking at different aspects of street photography and street portraiture in different cities in South East Asia, I look at the choice of focal length and the effect on the relationship with subjects when taking street portraits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Ā If you missed the previous article from Kuala […]
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By Paul Perton | Monday Post , Uncategorized
Can you remember a conversation like this over coffee, a few beers, or a casual lunch with a photo buddy? āI think Iām going to buy a new camera. Itāll help me get some better images and grow my skills.ā It might, but chances are, itāll spend as much time on the shelf […]
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Adrian Turner: I recently wrote about my lack of inspiration following a particularly challenging period in my life, that left me feeling emotionally drained and creatively barren. My inspiration came from an hour of introspection whilst I photographed abstract architecture in Singapore, and led to a reassurance that all interest in photography was not dead. […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Readers rejoice, as here is a second great article on photography in Asia by Adrian Turner. If you’ve missed it, you can read his well-received Travel Portraits article here. And now, here is part 2, sent in echo to a similar post featured here a year ago. Lovely photographs and interesting texte. Thanks for the […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
This is the last picture I took with this Zeiss OTUS 1.4/28. After this, it was returned to its white and blue box and to the post office to meet its new owner. Lucky man š But I can’t complain, having myself enjoyed, for 3 weeks, the presence on my camera of what Zeiss call, […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion , Uncategorized
I guess weāve all got a pet project, something we never work especially hard at, just collect images in the hope that one day, weāll have enough for a Web gallery, or maybe even a gallery show. Iāve had two such projects going for a while now. The first started back when I got […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
On occasion, Iāve been known to resemble Googleās StreetView avatar. Not for my girth – thatās something else entirely – but rather my regular and entirely circular changes of opinion pointing to post processing. Casually viewing the pages of Flickr, 500px et al will set the tone; photographs of just about everything, everywhere. Some […]
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