You might remember a couple of Podcast episodes that I released last year, in which I covered two photography assignments that I'd done for a client in Paris. The first assignment was to photograph a Lacquer Gatherer, in the Iwate Prefecture, way up north in Japan....
I hate having my photo taken!! Or do I? This Sunday I had to set up a black screen to do a quick video for someone, and decided that it was time to update my self portrait photograph. I know it's a very newbie thing to include your camera, but having seen Michael...
There’s no doubt, that patience is a virtue. I can be very impatient with things that I can control. But, once I decide that I “need” a piece of gear for example, as long as I can budget for it, there’s little that can stop me from buying it. I’ve been burned with...
I recently ordered a Lensbaby Composer, and after spending almost a week in the current very crowded Tokyo customs facility, it arrived today. Excited like a little kid, I left the office as early as possible, and then ate dinner itching all the time to open the...
Today we take a look at the winners of the May Assignment with the theme "Nothing in Focus", and congratulate the winner of the first Accumulated vote Grand Prize of 2009. Unfortunately, before recording this episode, I didn't notice that the third and second place...
When I go out shooting, I usually put my memory card into my Lexar FireWire 800 card reader as soon as I walk in the door, and start my download. If I'm coming home from an extended trip, the images will be on hard drives etc. but still, the first thing I do before I...
Things are getting so easy! This is a good thing of course, most of the time... When I first bought my Canon Pixus Pro 9500 printer, the first time I had to change an ink cartridge I was lost. I'd been used to having to press buttons for a number of seconds etc. to...
I recently had the pleasure of attending a party to mark the opening of Tokyo based photographer, Jon Sheer's exhibition, Eternal Japan. Today I'm pleased to bring you a great interview with Jon. For extended show-notes, including some of Jon's amazing images, visit...
On Saturday the 6th of June, I had the pleasure of attending a party to mark the opening of Tokyo based photographer, Jon Sheer’s exhibition, Eternal Japan. Today I released an Interview with Jon on my Podcast.
Our new sponsors WebSpy have generously donated $1,000 for prizes for our assignment winners! The top three people receiving the most votes from the following six assignments, from June to November, 2009, will receive some amazing prizes!
After many years of editing HTML and PHP directly to create just about everything on my site, I figured it is time to make things a little easier on myself, and create a blog!
With all the great fine art inkjet papers available today, it can be difficult to find "your" paper. The one paper, or maybe even two or three types of paper, that you turn to for your high quality, fine art prints. Testing papers can be costly, in terms of both time...
