Pancake For Breakfast

Pancake For Breakfast

This morning was my first photography outing of 2013 but unfortunately a pre-sunrise trip to a windswept Rosses Point in Sligo, west Ireland, didn’t throw up too many (good) photo opportunities. But it wasn’t a total bust. I do like this simple capture, my...
2012 – A Look Back

2012 – A Look Back

I knew at its outset that 2012 was going to be a special, albeit busy year for me. I mentioned in a blog entry this time last year, when doing my end-of-year pictorial recap for 2011, how photography & the online presence I had built around photography had gone...
When ‘Less’ Is ‘Just As Good’

When ‘Less’ Is ‘Just As Good’

Forward As with most things in life with photographic equipment it’s generally a case of you get what you pay for. But sometimes not. Sometimes less is more, or if not more then less is just as good. Either way, less is rarely, if ever, three or...
Pixel Peeping Pixels

Pixel Peeping Pixels

Forward I’ve already blogged here about how, when it comes to all things photography, I like to think of myself as a simpleton, the kind of guy who just likes to take pictures, look at pictures & read up on all things photography. As a result of the latter I know...
2011 – A Look Back

2011 – A Look Back

I wanted to put together a blog entry to look back photographically on 2011, an entry where I group together & highlight my very favourite captures of the past 12 months. I’ve done that but in the process I’ve come to the realisation that photography...
Eureka! IS Works

Eureka! IS Works

Forward I never did any kind of testing of my camera equipment before but sitting here this evening I said I’d conduct a quick & simple test (it was very quick & very simple). The reason for doing so was born out of intrigue having recently had reason to...
Buying Camera Equipment In Seoul

Buying Camera Equipment In Seoul

Forward I started this entry as a simple blog entry but – & as tends to happen when I type – it just went on, and on, and on. It outlines my experiences as a foreigner of buying photographic equipment in the Yongsan Electronics Market in the South...
The 7 Camera Purchasers

The 7 Camera Purchasers

Forward & Credits I found this text posted to a thread on the forum of RealPhotographersForum.com. Posted by Larry Bolch, one of the very knowledgeable senior members of the site, it’s a humorous piece outlining 6 different camera-purchaser groups, or 7 if you...
In The Eye of the Beholder

In The Eye of the Beholder

Forward I don’t quite know if, let alone how, I’m going to articulate, accurately or otherwise, the point I’m going to try make by typing this entry but here goes. I was reading an article today on dpreview.com, an article in which the author posted...
The 7 Camera Purchasers

Photography Quotes

Forward & Credits I have a fondness for quotes & I’ve been gathering photography-related quotes for a while now, my favourite photography-related quotes that is, most of which are attributed to some of the most recognisable & influential names in...