Harry Flashman
Psychedelic prints without LSD!
Think back to the Beatles and the days of psychedelic art. Some amazing images were produced, mostly while under the influence of illegal...
A pocket camera for professional results?
Fairly recently I covered the subject of the battle between mobile phone photography and compact camera photography results. The results were as could...
Looking back at 186 years of photography
Photography has been around for a lot longer than most people imagine. We are used to the fact that the automobile has been...
Digitally polarized
Weekend photographers who used polarizing filters in the days of film (remember waiting for the one hour D&P shop for your prints) have...
Keeping the subject “still”
While the majority of photographs taken in the world are of people and places, there is another branch of photography that you should...
All the colors of the rainbow
Photography is often called “painting with light”, and in many ways that is true. However, “Light” comes in many different colors. This is...
Showing speed
Look at the first and second shots with this week’s column. The first is of a bongo drummer photographed at a function. It...
It’s the glass up front that dictates the optical laws
There is an unfortunate idea in many people’s minds that somehow “digital” photography is different from all previous types of photography, and a completely...
The ideal camera kit
As photography for fun begins to open up for you, it will become obvious that you need to expand your kit. However, camera...
Getting better pix through the viewfinder
Many people who use the viewfinder to just ensure they have the subject in the frame, are losing the first opportunity to end...