By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
If I wasn’t so dedicated to maintaining acquaintances and friends, I might have forgotten DearSusan over the last year or so. Still COVID-marooned in the UK, I have a slightly different world view to many, but still suspect that the pandemic had wrought damage we haven’t yet contemplated, much of it deeply psychological. Behaviour patterns […]
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By Ian Varkevisser | Opinion , Travel Photography
I am not one to put much score by gear technicalities but hold that thought. As for GAS I am not sure I can stomach it either , if you excuse the pun. A lot has be written about the advent, advancement and coming wave of the cellphone camera tsunami. I have tried taking photos […]
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By Paul Perton | Art & Creativity
Looking back on my recent lockdown article, I realise now that it was really only half of what is evolving into a much bigger and for me, significant project. The images and textures in that post all demonstrate the evidence of man’s presence and the impact he has made. The images I posted were in […]
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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. If you missed the previous article from Kuala […]
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By Adrian | How-To , Travel Photography
Regular readers of Dear Susan may have seen previous articles I’ve written about Singapore and Penang, and finding inspiration in some of Singapore’s modern architecture. I’ve travelled in South East Asia for over a decade, and particularly enjoy visiting Asian cities for their culture clash of western modernity, Asian street culture, and alien familiarity. The […]
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Hello! I’m Adam and this is my first article on this site. If you’d like to know a little more about me, then you can read this interview that DearSusan conducted with me by clicking here. For 2017 I set myself the challenge of street portraits. I’d been shooting street for a while, but […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
This new guest post is from frequent comment contributor Adrian who is sharing some interesting insights on how a vision evolves in time. The underlying topics of thinking about projects and specialisation are particularly noteworthy. Thanks Adrian. Quick bio below : I have been a keen amateur photographer for over 15 years. My initial interest […]
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By Paul Perton | How-To , Travel Photography
Almost anyone – whether they have been there or not – will tell you that the only reason to visit Singapore is to change planes, and/or shop. Well no. At least not in this house. Our first visit was in 2005 and again almost every year since. It is a spectacular city, […]
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By Paul Perton | Review
The Fuji’s frame counter now reads 109. This week’s wind – quite normal for the region at this time of year – has been hammering away making trying to do pretty much anything outside a bit of a challenge. So, I’ve not had the practice with the X100 I’d hoped for – especially as […]
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