Chris Marquardt's Invisible Camera
This one might be worth following.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
It's not the camera, it's you!
After blogging about why it's not about gear, I inevitably didn't listen to my own advice and looked at the gear.
In my defence, so far I have been mainly selling equipment.
I have decided that the reason I have some cameras and lenses gathering dust in cupboards is that I just don't get along with them. Intrinsically there is nothing wrong with them and they are all capable of producing good photographs. They just rarely get the chance to do so. Rather than trying to change myself to suit the equipment, I have decided to change the equipment to suit myself.
I have a set of underlying rules I am broadly adhering to: buy something/sell something - no new equipment without making space in the cupboard! The total money invested must not be exceeded - the transactions must be self financing, without the need for further investment
In my defence, so far I have been mainly selling equipment.
I have decided that the reason I have some cameras and lenses gathering dust in cupboards is that I just don't get along with them. Intrinsically there is nothing wrong with them and they are all capable of producing good photographs. They just rarely get the chance to do so. Rather than trying to change myself to suit the equipment, I have decided to change the equipment to suit myself.
I have a set of underlying rules I am broadly adhering to: buy something/sell something - no new equipment without making space in the cupboard! The total money invested must not be exceeded - the transactions must be self financing, without the need for further investment
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Daguerreotype Portrait Studio
Just found a website for a 'modern daguerreotype portrait studio' in California. If I ever get to that part of the world again I will commission a family portrait.
There is something fascinating about a daguerreotype, much more so than any other type of photograph.
More information on all things daguerreotype at The Daguerreian Society website
There is something fascinating about a daguerreotype, much more so than any other type of photograph.
More information on all things daguerreotype at The Daguerreian Society website
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Bootstrapping - motivating yourself to take pictures
Ever so often I go through a period where I don't feel like taking photographs. Sometimes for no reason, or sometimes some minor set-back justs puts me right off.
One way of breaking this hiatus is to get some new gear, a new googah to inspire. This way leads to an empty wallet and a cupboard full of dust catchers.
Another way is to look at other people's photographs, any photographs. Inspiration inevitably follows.
The best way for me is to go to that cupboard of dust catchers and choose any camera and lens, especially one that hasn't been used in a while and set a target to shot a set number of photographs of anything in the next week.
One way of breaking this hiatus is to get some new gear, a new googah to inspire. This way leads to an empty wallet and a cupboard full of dust catchers.
Another way is to look at other people's photographs, any photographs. Inspiration inevitably follows.
The best way for me is to go to that cupboard of dust catchers and choose any camera and lens, especially one that hasn't been used in a while and set a target to shot a set number of photographs of anything in the next week.
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