Harry Flashman
Do you really need a DSLR?
I read a most interesting piece of research which came from the Sony people. According to the Sony survey, 72 percent of DSLR...
The “Good Old Days” and today’s digital photography
As technology takes over our lives, we older photographers tend to remember with much fondness the pre-digital age photography. One of the most...
DOF made easy
A friend is doing a photography course by correspondence and has come up against DOF, the contraction for Depth Of Field, so this...
The Decisive Moment
Henri Cartier-Bresson was the originator of the phrase in photography, “The Decisive Moment.” Undoubtedly he was one of the great photographers of the...
Teaching children how to use a camera
I have kept thousands of photographs I should have thrown away - however, they do have a value. They teach me what I...
Retired? Bored with nothing to do? Try photography!
We are all looking for the elixir of youth. There’s a Peter Pan in all of us, but one of the quickest ways...
Are photo filters worthwhile?
I will admit to owning a box of filters of many types. Some I have not used for years, but some of them...
Give yourself a photographic job
A friend of mine is doing a photography course by correspondence. Each week a ‘project’ is suggested, with the tyro then emailing his...
Stopping movement without freezing
We have all, at some time, tried to take photographs of moving objects. Provided they are going no faster than the average garden...
An Autographer for anyone?
I have to admit that when digital cameras first came out, I pooh poohed the notion. They would never be as good as...