The temptation to aspire to the newest highly rated gear is strong. There are many technical reviews readily available on the 'net. Some are by experts working in well equipped laboratories, others include self-appointed gear heads, pixel peepers and people with ulterior motives. It's easy to get caught up in the numbers …
Read MorePhotowalk with Adelaide Hills Photography Club
Today 18 people from the Adelaide Hills Camera Club joined me for an architectural photography walk around the Medical Precinct on North Terrace.
Read MoreBahtinov mask anyone?
This is a useful tool that will help astro-photographers achieve critical focus. A YouTube video from PhotoShelter explains the physics of diffraction and why it’s not a good idea to stop your lens down to f22
Read MoreTwelve Inches Behind The Camera
Twelve Inches Behind the Camera is the title of my new talk about photography. The title is inspired by a quotation by Ansel Adams who said, "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it."
Read MoreRiver Douro Wine region and Sandeman tasting
I am nearing the end of a seven day cruise on the Douro River in Portugal. The source of the river is in Spain. It’s total length is over 800 km but just 215 km is entirely Portuguese with the mouth at the city of Porto.
Read MoreSalamanca - again!
At 8:00am the bus arrived at the dock to take us on a 90 minute trip into Spain and onto Salamanca. Our guide from the boat explained that the Spanish authorities did not allow her to make any commentary on the Spanish countryside. This seems to me like another example of competition between the two former colonial powers who think they are still in the 18th century.
Read MoreValencia Silk Exchange
The Silk Exchange, or Lonja de la Seda, is the principal historic monument of the city of Valencia. it is considered to be one of the best examples of Gothic civil architecture in the entire Mediterranean. It was built in the 15th century, Valencia's golden age when the
Read MoreValencia day two
I was awake and checking the street scene from the balcony after Susana left at about sun rise. The street was quiet. I got myself organised and at 8:30 headed off to the patisserie for breakfast.
Read MoreFirst day in Valencia, Spain
I arrived at my accommodation in Valencia on Wednesday afternoon after 30 hours of travel via Dubai and Madrid. A taxi took me to my B&B at 30-32 Carrer de Pere Aleixandre. The apartment was on the third floor and there I was given a warm welcome by Susana who it turned out has not a word of English. I was shown my room and
Read Morewhere will it all end?
Cole Thompson is a self described fine art black and white photographer whose work I enjoy. Somewhere in my reading I came across this quotation from Cole. “Rule of Thirds: 1/3 vision, 1/3 the shot, 1/3 processing.” The quote seemed pertinent on a number of levels. First it gives a new slant on the over hyped conventional rule of thirds. Next it makes one aware that
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