Harry Flashman
Time Lapse!
Have you ever stopped to ponder on just what a photo is - or better, just what it represents. In actual fact, a standard...
Forget the “apps” and go back to basics
We have been discussing modern cameras recently, all bristling with settings, modes, applications and operating systems. However, despite all the electronic trickery, there are...
Forget the smartphones – get a DSLR
In recent columns I have been comparing smartphone cameras between themselves, and also against point and shooter compacts. This week I thought I should...
What is the best smartphone camera?
A few years ago, I never thought I would be writing about the various merits (or otherwise) of the images produced by mobile phones....
Introducing some darkness
Everyone who embarks on the study of photography meets a definition of photography as “painting with light”. Whilst you certainly need light to be...
Portraiture – a difficult branch of photography?
A friend of mine is doing a photography course by correspondence, and the latest test is portraits. A very important subject, since portraits of...
Developing the photographic eye
Photographers develop their skills. The photographic eye is not something you are born with. However, that skill can be learned, and there is no...
Composition, cropping and the hero
If you want to put some interest in your photos, you have a few items to consider. As well as complying with all the...
Cheap filters
There is more to photography than just ‘record’ shots. These shots are those you take of your wife at the beach with her...
Looking at (and through) lenses
I received a communication from a newbie photographic friend the other day. It went, “Have you used a Tamron lens? I’m thinking of...