Pebbles From Paradise

Yesterday I wrote how I wanted to reach a high ranking in Google, at least for the name of the new web site, without posting a link to it here. Today I am very pleased to find that I achieved that aim within 24 hours. There is still no link from here to the new [...]

Not yet time to buzz orf . . . Today many of the summer residents at Amos ‘buzz off’. We wish them happy times in their winter palaces and lament the loss of their company. Amos Restaurant is now closed, and our home will return to tranquility as the tour boats are laid-up for the [...]

225cms x 175cms No, this isn’t about the new 12 Megapixel Sensor in the Panasonic G1, or the Olympus E-30. This picture was taken with my Olympus E-3. You may not think there’s anything remarkable about the picture but in fact the image is a little over 1 : 1 in scale. That’s to say [...]

The Path To The Beach When all but the those who truly appreciate what Amos is depart I like to walk at twilight. This is a light in which most pack up their cameras, or use flash. I almost never use flash, since it disturbs the rhythm of the day and mood of the evening. [...]

I confess, I think improving upon nature fails for two reasons. Firstly, although we may be able to reinterpret nature using paint, or digital art, the real thing is undoubtedly more complex and beautiful. Secondly, I think of myself as a part of nature, rather than apart from it. If nature is improved by my [...]

I must finish this . . . . . . what is the word I seek? . . . hmmm that doesn’t look right! . . . I must concentrate harder . . . . . . my brain hurts.

Having devoted the previous post to my No: 1 Chick-a-Dee I can only really assuage female jealousy by featuring the other. These shots were taken last evening in what remained of daylight. I will pose for a photo Daddy That was nice but now you’re taking too long!

Rankin is one of my favourite photographers. He is a Scot, but you wouldn’t know it from his accent.  He has chosen to base himself in England, takes unpretentious images of royalty, and by his own account sometimes takes his work home! From time to time I drop by his web site and today was [...]

Sometimes we photograph the same scene . . . . . . again, and again!

Yesterday ~ Autumn . . . . . . today ~ Winter!

Stormy Skies at Amos Irem and I managed to get down to  the beach yesterday and I made a few test exposures with the E-3 and the OM-Zuiko 24mm. I rarely use any of my four-thirds lenses these days preferring the weight and size of these vintage OM system primes. With the superb 1 : [...]

In the old days it used to be acceptable to blow a few highlights. Bailey in ‘The David Bailey Masterclass’ wrote: “Let your eyes roam across this picture. Register the fact that some areas are in deep shadow, or appear to be, and other areas are burnt white by light too bright to allow the [...]

Kumlubük Again! There are some digital files that just aren’t rescuable. What I mean by this is that the composition isn’t that strong, the exposure is too far to the right of the histogram, (they’re overexposed), and they have too many wires and telegraph poles in the wrong places. Unfortunately Adobe Photoshop seemingly provides a [...]

Le Marche” © Copyright Michael Eldridge 2004 For the past couple of days I’ve been in contact, after nearly a lifetime, with one of the people who made a positive impact upon my life. Michael Eldridge was my first tutor in photography when I enrolled for a course at Weymouth College more than thirty years [...]

Whenever I get a new piece of kit I always do my best to test it to its limits. In this way I usually get a not too perfect result that highlights all the weaknesses in the product. Take this f35mm Flektogon 2.4, which was built by Carl Zeiss Jena for 35mm film cameras with [...]

This lens really feels very different to handle than my OM Zuikos. It could be the weather, which currently is quite changeable, but it seems to require a different metering technique too. Images seem to look their best with around two stops less exposure compensation dialled in. The .jpgs straight from the camera then come [...]

Wonderful natural colour from the E-400′s Kodak Sensor I’ve two Olympus E-400 bodies and I really like this camera. It was the machine that converted me to Olympus Digital photography. A lot of people rave about full frame 135mm sensors these days, and I am sure they have their place but to my mind the [...]

Lentil Soup ~ E-400 Found Image It’s well known that Henri Cartier-Bresson made most of his photographs with a Leica rangefinder camera. He started with the Leica II, was often photographed using a Leica M3, and is said to have enjoyed the Leica III series, which pre-dated the M series and for a while was [...]

The Beach Turunç ~ Digital Cyanotype After having brunch, with Lee and Joby, Irem set off to collect Amazon from school. It is Chess Club on Mondays and Amazon enjoys learning about the pieces and how they move. The headmaster thinks she may be of junior tournament standard by next year. Anyway following on from [...]

E-3, Zuiko D 11-22, Lightroom Conversion I really don’t have a good relationship with this lens. I bought it to give myself a super-wide option, and a really good 28mm and it does well at both these functions. On the other hand it’s a large lens for a wide angle. It only really sits comfortably [...]

The Old Citadel The light in Amos during the winter is superb, indeed it could be the Yorkshire of Wuthering Heights. I just love making photographic images at this time of the year. Indeed Amos is much to be preferred now because the few of us who live here really appreciate what we have, and [...]