How I came to Fuji

Further to my last post, I have been out and about with my new X-T3 and I loved it. All my concerns about my thumb getting in the way whilst I back-button focus from the AF-L button were unfounded. Said digit seemed to not get in the way at all. To be honest I loved … Continue reading How I came to Fuji →

X-Pro3?

Today I said no to the Fujifilm X-Pro3 and purchased an X-T3. My main camera is an X-Pro2 which is great and I really wanted a third model to come out so I saved up my pennies. When I heard the announcement of the release of the X-Pro 3 I was really looking forward to … Continue reading X-Pro3? →

A matter of confidence?

I would think that most people who know me would think of me as a confident person. For the most part, I feel that I am. However, when it came to my photography, I always had doubts that it was good enough. This self-critique in itself is obviously a good thing. We analyse our work … Continue reading A matter of confidence? →

More than one

I recently attended a regular meeting of the RPS Visual Art group. One of the speakers that day was Sam Gregory. Sam is a professional photographer and tutor for Light and Land photographic holidays. His talk, suitably embellished with his brilliant photography was excellent. If you want to see what his photographs are like then … Continue reading More than one →

Photo Project

Photograph: Old Fashioned Brief: Take photographs of an object that is or looks old fashioned. Try to show its various textures, angles and colours and even its use if possible. It’s up to you whether you take the images as a close-up or as still-lives. If the latter, ensure that the object is set up in … Continue reading Photo Project →

It was a good ‘un

As I have already said I have been going through my archives and printing the images that I like and think warrant it. Whilst going through the photo in my database I obviously have images that have been made on cameras that I no longer have. Cameras like the Olympus four-thirds (not micro) cameras E-30, … Continue reading It was a good ‘un →

Magnum Manifesto Exhibition

Mrs M and I spent the latter half of the morning and early afternoon at Compton Verney in Warwickshire visiting the Magnum Manifesto exhibition. The famous collective is 70 years old and the exhibition charts its aims, ideas and ideals., The exhibition features group and individual projects and includes over two hundred prints, many books, … Continue reading Magnum Manifesto Exhibition →

Re-working and printing

For the last three or four months I have been going through all of the processed and finished monochrome images in my Lightroom catalogue and have started to print them to A4 size. My intention is to print the photographs and keep them in archive boxes labelled for each year or collections of years. To … Continue reading Re-working and printing →

Fujiholics Photographer of the Year

A few weeks ago, I posted that I entered some images into the Fujiholics Photographer of the Year Competition and that I had one image shortlisted in the Black and White Photographer of the Year section. Well, the judging for that was announced at the Hull International Photography Festival (HIPFest) on Saturday and I am … Continue reading Fujiholics Photographer of the Year →

Photo Project

Photograph: A MINIMALIST LANDSCAPE Brief: Your project this month is to shoot a landscape image that has been stripped back to the bare bones, keeping your composition as simple as possible. Complex compositions with many elements all fighting for your attention can often make a shot unsuccessful, as the eye doesn’t have anywhere to … Continue reading Photo Project →