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Does Dark Matter?
It has come to my attention over the last few years that many landscape photographers have begun to shun a very good friend of mine – the black pixel. more
Balancing Light
Paul Moon’s article about the inclusion of areas of black in an image got me thinking about a pet peeve of mine - the balance of light in a picture. more
The Rheine – Andreas Gursky
When news of Gursky’s record breaking picture hit the headlines I realised what a visceral reaction it had stirred up in many photographers. more
Hello, Nice to Meet you
I have a strange relationship with my new photos. This is to do with working with film and its lack of immediacy, also because they are previously glimpsed more
Poppit Sands Exploration
Michael is best known for his exploration at Poppit Sands, west Wales. The commitment is remarkable because the area is about the size of a football pitch. more
Gallery – Joe Cornish
Joe’s sixth published book had a bit to prove in some people’s eyes but they shouldn't be too disappointed. The quality of the book is wonderful with exceptionally good paper and printing. more
Art of Adventure – Bruce Percy
A lot of the images in the book are environmental portraits taken in various third world countries (India, Nepal, Cambodia, Ethiopia and South America). more
Hipstamatic Landscape Photography
Hipstamatic has probably done a large amount to drive the iPhone to become the most used camera on Flickr. It has been used in art projects and exhibitions. more
Jack Dykinga
Joe and I spent a wonderful few hours with Jack Dykinga whilst he prepared for his keynote speech at Wild Photos, held at the Royal Geographic Society more
An Englishman in the Dolomites
The reverence the Dolomites inspires is well deserved. They are unlike any mountain range I have seen, and for me, by far the most spectacular in the world. more
Zeiss Tilt / Shift Lenses for your DSLR
With a little practice and planar (flat – or flattish) subject, this simple movement can provide front to back sharpness with almost any focal length more
Inverting Colour Negatives in Photoshop
Have you used the in built profiles on the scanning software and got something substantially worse than the transparency film used previously? more
An Iceland Photo Tour
The Gullfoss waterfall has a massive flow of 109 cu m of water per second, a challenging subject because the usual viewpoints are rather restricted... more
Rubbish Light
All light is good for photography as long as it is married to suitable subject matter so why do I hear of ‘poor light’ driving photographers indoors? more
Gustave Le Gray
I think we can definitely say that between Gustav Le Gray and Fox Talbot, they made the first forays into representing the wilderness in photographic form. more