I’m a huge fan of the 60’s Michael Caine film ‘Get Carter’, particularly the cinematography and the bleak northern landscapes it portrayed. In particular, I have long been intrigued by the final scenes of the aerial ropeways taking coal to the staithes. This landscape has all but vanished, but I discovered that there was one…
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#22 – Photography Podcasts
Photography Podcasts There are an increasing number of Photography related Podcasts available, and I’ve subscribed to quite a few over the past two years or so. If you’ve got an IPod, you can subscribe to them through ITunes, but I think you can also download them directly from their hosts websites in a lot of…
#21 – Photopaper Sizes Rant
I was reminded of this particular annoyance of mine by a letter in Amateur Photographer magazine recently- why on earth is there such little correlation between photopaper size and photograph ratio. I’ll explain. 35mm film (and DSLR sensors) are in a 3 x 2 format. This means that the whole image can be printed on…
#20 – Dial ‘M’ For Mining
One I took a while back but I still really like – Clipsone Colliery in Nottinghamshire. Despite being listed, these impressive artefacts of our industrial heritage are seemingly doomed due to a concerted campaign from a local councillor. Shame.
#19 – Compact Cameras Part 2 – Top Tips
Compact Camera Tips 1) Find out how to activate the macro focussing. This is normally a flower logo, and will enable you to focus as closely as 2cm. 2) Buy a mini tripod. This will allow you to take pictures at night, and will help you to keep the camera steady when you’re using macro…
#18 – You Must Have A Really Good Camera……
Grrrrrrrrrrrr, how many times have I heard this? Why do people think that cameras are the only ingredient of a good photograph? Does a camera drive itself to an interesting location? Does a camera know how to compose an image? Does a camera know what depth of field to use? Does a camera know how…
#17 – Compact Cameras, Part 1
What have all the above photos got in common? Well, nothing visibly, other than the fact that they were all taken with a small £150 Fuji compact. You don’t need an all singing, all dancing SLR to take a nice picture, it’s only when you want to start doing more complicated things that an SLR…
#16 – More Handheld Night Photography
It was almost dark when our ship left Barcelona, but being a large industrial port, it operates round the clock. This container ship was being unloaded, so I took the opportunity to get a shot. I wasn’t sure how well it would turn out as our ship was moving, so I just had to set the camera…
#15 – Sardinian Shadows
I don’t know why, but this scene just caught my eye. I loved all the little streets of Cagliari and when I wandered down this one the way the shadows created this wonderful image in front of me. It was an obvious candidate to convert to mono! All it needed was someone to be in…
#14 – Book Review – Henk van Rensbergern’s “Abandoned Places”
Although this book was only published in 2008, it is now out of print and copies were recently selling for £60+ on Amazon! I’m glad I got mine when I did and am kicking myself for not buying several copies now!! The format of this book is superb, with each of the places visited having…
Mechanical Landscapes 