On our recent travel to Thailand, I noticed more than ever before, the insatiable need for people to take a selfie. It got me thinking about the self-portrait and why we take them and now, with the smartphone and social media, why some take so many. To my mind, there Read more…
It’s funny, and a good thing, when you spot something that you’ve passed by time after time and not “seen”. And suddenly, it’s there. This is an image that was taken only minutes from us and something that I’ve driven by nth number of times. It’s just about there, I Read more…
The last post got me thinking… We still had a fair bit of creative control when shooting film but it was, and I’m not sure if this is a real phrase or not, pre-process as opposed to post-process. That is choosing film stock. If you were a wedding or portrait Read more…
While looking at some recent images, including the Electra image from this years APPAs, it’s struck me how digital photography has changed what we accept as a ‘finished’ image. Before the ability to do significant modification to images post production, a finished image was pretty straight. If you shot transparencies, Read more…