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Always Carry A Camera

The idea of always carrying a camera is not new. Many people carry a camera with them every day and have been doing so for years. There are daily photoblogs all over the internet.
One might argue that always carrying a camera lends itself to a certain shooting style, a style that is more documentary in nature. Street photography.
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Face to Face with a Predator

In this video Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer – coming face-to-face with one of Antarctica’s most vicious predators.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells… Photo Gift Ideas for Christmas

Like it or not, the holiday season is right in front of us. This means soon we will all be out Christmas shopping! Yahooooo! Well, perhaps not everyone is jumping up and down in joy about the prospect of stressing around to find the perfect Christmas gift for uncle Bob and ante Esmerelda.
Don’t despair! You [...]

A Few Wise Words

I like to carry one of the legendary Moleskine notebooks with me as often as I can, so that I can make a note of anything worthy making a note of as and when I come across it.
The Moleskine notebooks are available at most good bookstores or you can get them online over at Chronicle Books.
So [...]

Pete Turner: Empowered by Color

Bold color and striking compositions are at the core of Pete Turner’s extraordinary vision. Critic A.D. Coleman wrote of Turner’s work, “A dramatist’s sense of event, intense and saturated coloration, and a distinct if indescribable otherness are omnipresent in Turner’s images.”
In 1959, an expedition from Capetown to Cairo was a turning point in Turner’s [...]

Hear It From the Man Himself

Make yourself a nice cup of tea or coffee, get comfortable in your chair and enjoy watching this short video with one of photography’s most legendary photographers within the landscape genre. It’s a great little interview and includes a mini biography on the great Ansel Adams.

Here are a couple of books with Ansel Adams that live [...]

August is Compact Month – Up for a Challenge?

In my recent post Learning to See I announced that I will carry my compact Canon G9 with me every day throughout the month of August and make as many images with it as time permits each day. I will be uploading one image (my personal best choice) from each day here on the site [...]

Into the Light

Here is a great little inspirational video by the talented Ibarionex Perello.
Ibarionex is a professional photographer, writer, educator and also host of The Candid Frame and Shooting with Alas photography podcasts. I listen (and watch) both of these podcasts and find them very inspirational. I have been particularly fond of the The Candid Frame. If [...]

Tony Sweet Nature Portfolio

Tony Sweet is one of my all time favourite photographers and he has been a huge inspiration for me when it comes image design.
When you view his images you will notice that each one of them are meticulously composed with careful attention to detail. In this video Tony Sweet shows images from his portfolio [...]