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Play to Learn
It is not the critic who counts
I shoot with my heart
" My photography is not ‘brain photography’. I put my brain under the pillow when I shoot. I shoot with my heart and with my stomach." Anders Petersen
Works of art are...
choosing a mirrorless camera
John wrote to me yesterday and asked me for some advice about choosing a Mirrorless camera. I started writing back to him, and thought I should turn this into a blog post about my current thoughts on which cameras to consider when going mirrorless.
Midway - Chris Jordan
An excerpt from Chris Jordan's film Midway...
Accidental masterpiece - Chuck Close
Photography may be the easiest artistic medium, with the possibility that someone may accidentally create a masterpiece. This therefore makes it the hardest artistic medium. Chuck Close explains this further very eloquently...
Film is a Disease
Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film.
-Frank Capra
Peter Dombrovskis
"...the more preoccupied I become with photography and with producing 'results', the less productive becomes my vision. The more open and receptive I am to find those objects of beauty that are symbols of the mysterious and unknowable. The search is always more important than the goal."
- Peter Dombrovskis
including stars in your landscapes
Len describes how to add stars to your photographs with some tips on astrophotography.
A fantastic illustration of how a portrait photographer puts themselves into their portraiture.
A history of lens design
A great long video about the history of lens design.
Flinders Ranges
10 rules for teaching
“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
10 rules for students
“Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail, there’s only make.”
Micro Four Thirds, Len's favorites
These days there is a bewildering amount of Micro Four Thirds lenses to choose from. Here I discuss my favorites and a couple of my recommendations.
learn to drive a camera in manual
A quick overview extolling the benefits of manual control of your camera and exposures.
using a framing device
Framing devices are used by professionals to help them.
additive or subtractive photography
Are you an additive or subtractive photographer? Something worth thinking about in your compositions.
what makes a great photograph?
time makes a great photograph