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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Orchidiocy – an incurable passion for wild orchids. PHD.
If a passion for orchids ever grips you then you have to learn to accept ‘failure’ as an integral part of the fascination (even obsession) that finding such capricious creatures engenders. I have heard lovers of orchids described in English … Continue reading
At the sharp end of things. PHD
Do you ever get the impression that some magazine editors seem obsessed with the idea that photographs are somehow only ‘creative’ if insects and flowers are depicted out of focus and ‘innovative’ if composition is decidedly poor? Many of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Sewell, competition, coupled lenses, creativity, David Bailey, Limodorum trabutianum, microscope, orchid, Picasso, reversed lenses, sharpness, Sue Bishop
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Launch of British Wildlife Photography Awards 2010. NB
I received this press release from competition organiser, Maggie Gowan, today. I’ll be helping to judge the 2020Vision Special Award which I reckon is the really exciting prize. No animal models though, please… PRESS RELEASE British Wildlife Photography Awards www.bwpawards.org … Continue reading
New ‘working from home’ article. NB.
Apart from a trip to Belgium planned for late April, it looks like pretty much all of my photography this year will be done in Scotland, or at least, on this island off the west coast of Europe. The reasons … Continue reading
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Tagged axe, children in nature, cold, column, Dragging christmas tree, Outdoor Photography, snow, winter, working from home for photographers
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Ethics before images – it’s about time! AP
And so the witchhunt has begun, the vitriol is being enthusiastically spouted, the sanctimonious (me) are galloping around on their high horses whilst all the time the air is thick with the familiar smell of hypocrisy…..the target of all of … Continue reading
The Wolf – flushed into the open: time to move on. PHD
I suppose that, in the interests of fair play we should lead with the statement that Mr Rodriguez continues to “strongly deny that the wolf in the image is a model wolf…” Right, that’s done. I am as angry as … Continue reading
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Tagged cheat, deception, dishonesty, integrity, Ossian, Spain, Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year, wolf
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“The” wolf photo in perspective.NB.
So, the story is out now and the winning photograph in the 2009 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has been disqualified. I hate it all: that the guy did it, that the scandal is arousing more interest than all … Continue reading
Introducing Erwin Christis. NB
photos © Erwin Christis As anyone who spends time trawling the Web will know, there is a great deal of photographic talent out there. But it is altogether rarer is to find that talent given a focus and put to … Continue reading
Red lights and empty roads. NB.
It’s a quiet country road and you approach a small set of road works. As you do so, the light turns to red. You can see there are no vehicles at the light on the other side nor any approaching. … Continue reading →