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Gerhard Joren and his exhibition of worthless images
Many years ago I met a Swedish photographer called Gerhard Joren who was passing through Pattaya. Ostensibly he was having a few days holiday,...
The irrepressible Andy Warhol
Photography is a preferred medium for tortured souls which does not require the artist to cut off an ear as per Van Gogh. Let...
The shot of a lifetime
The shot of your lifetime will happen one day. Right in front of your eyes. But will you be ready to capture it? Remembering...
Lighting can be enlightening
I am sure there are photographers out there who believe that you look for G on the mode button, and the camera does the...
There is so much more to photography than record shots
Simple shots are those you take of your wife at the beach with her sister and your brother-in-law. You know what I mean, and...
Using new technology with old
Photography these days is a triumph of technology. Cameras can set their own exposure values, work out the best shutter speed and aperture. All...
Become the world’s best portrait photographer
Irving Penn and Richard Avedon, Norman Parkinson and Andy Warhol, are all famous portrait photographers. What is to stop you joining that exalted list?...
Man Ray the emancipated photographer and Kiki, the emancipated woman
If you think Pattaya has a reputation for raunchiness (which has been decreed as a “Happy Zone”), then you have never done some historical...
Photographic “stuff” you ‘might’ really need
There is an unfortunate concept amongst photographers that the more “stuff” you have, the better your photographs will turn out. This is a furphy...
Weaning children off ‘selfies’
I have kept thousands of photographs I should have thrown away – however they do have a value. They teach me what I did...
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