In my previous post I talked about seeing in black and white, and how shooting black and white on a digital camera using Raw affects my thought process during a shoot. When I used black and white film (it seems like such a long time ago now) I had to visualise how the scene that I was photographing would turn out in monochrome. There was no point thinking about colour at all.

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As a writer and photographer creativity is an important part of my life. I feel happiest when I’m creating things and it’s one of the reasons that I decided to become a writer. In my previous career, while thinking about what I wanted to do when I quit that job, I realised that it was about time to become involved in something creative. I’ve been a creative person all my life, yet for some reason had never held a truly creative job. It’s just one of those things – sometimes you get sidetracked. Read the rest of this entry »