Posted by Andrew on September 09th 2010
What do you do if you find yourself in a place with spectacular scenery, yet the weather is awful? One of the first things we learn as photographers is about light – and that you need good light to take great photos, especially landscapes.
Posted by Andrew on July 16th 2010
I decided that it was time to go digital back in 2006. To start, I bought a cheap Olympus digital compact camera. I was so pleased with the results that I never used film again.
When I look back at the photos that I took with that camera it occurs to me that the photos are actually very good. Not so much in a technical sense – there’s no way that the quality of an image from the small sensor of a compact camera can match the quality of photos taken with digital SLRs. But aesthetically, yes.
Posted by Andrew on March 22nd 2010
Canon EOS 350D, 18-55mm lens @ 18mm, ISO 100, f20, 1/160 second. Converted to black and white in Photoshop CS 3.
On my first trip to Bolivia I was certain of one thing – I wanted to go to the Salar de Uyuni. I had wanted to go there ever since seeing a Discovery Channel documentary narrated by an Australian photojournalist who travelled across the Salar by jeep, on the trail of the legendary Butch Cassidy and the Sundance.
Posted by Andrew on March 19th 2010
Tokyo Nightscape, Japan, 2008. A self-portrait - of sorts. I balanced my camera on a bag, shielded window glare with a coat and quick-legged it round to another window on the 42nd floor of this building to grab this self-timer shot. Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Let’s face it, anyone who enjoys both traveling and photography harbours a dream of one day earning their living by combining the two. Some people manage to achieve it. It’s tempting to say that they’re lucky; but usually their success at living such an envious lifestyle is the result of lots of hard work, talent and perseverance.
Jamie Marshall is a person earning his living as a travel photographer. His website Tribal Eye displays photos from all around the world. I look at his photos and I want to go to the same places and experience the same things that he has. I’m sure you will too.
Posted by Andrew on March 01st 2009
Fine Art photographer Jessica Hilltout travelled to the mysterious African island of Madagascar. The stunning results can be seen in her latest body of work, IMPERFECTION.
Beautiful colour…subtle tones….clarity of vision…all of these things attracted me to Jessica Hilltout’s IMPERFECTION series of photos. Then I realised that the photographer was someone that I went to college with. It’s interesting to see how people have progressed since that time, how their photographic vision has matured, what paths their careers have taken, what places they’ve been to.
In college I never thought about the future, or where we would all be in ten years. Jessica’s life journey is particularly interesting because it involves my two passions – travel and photography. And it’s always nice to see someone succeeding. Her photos are beautiful – enjoy them.
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