On the 12 March 2024, I was awarded the Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society Distinction (LRPS) at the first attempt.
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I’m awarded the Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society Distinction
Posted: March 14, 2024 by David
Photo walk #6: The City of London
Photo walk around the City of London
Posted: November 5, 2023 by David
Photo walk #5: London Docklands – south side: Rotherhithe peninsula
A photo walk around the former Rotherhithe docks on the south side of the River Thames.
Posted: September 5, 2023 by David
Photo walk #4: London Docklands north side – Part 3: Royal Docks and the Thames Barrier
A photo walk around the Royal Docks redevelopment and the Thames Barrier
Posted: August 31, 2023 by David
Photo walk #3: London Docklands north side – Part 2: Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs
A photo walk around the Canary Wharf area of the Isle of Dogs, London.
Posted: August 15, 2023 by David
Photo walk #2: London Docklands north side – Part 1: St Katherine Dock to Limehouse Basin
A photo walk, photographing the London Docklands redevelopment. Part 1: St Katherine Dock to Limehouse Basin.
Posted: July 12, 2023 by David
Photo walk #1: Margate (with a side order of nostalgia at the Hornby centre)
A day out photographing Margate, a seaside resort on the south eastern tip of Kent. Throwing in a lunchtime visit to the Hornby museum.
Posted: May 29, 2023 by David
In-camera multi-exposure abstracts mis-using pixel shift mode
Some cameras have a multiple exposure feature built in. Others have a pixel shift function which can substitute. If your camera doesn’t, you can shoot a burst of shots and combine with software like Photoshop. My Panasonic Lumix G9 has an in-camera pixel shift function. This allows you to combine 8 images into one high […]
Posted: April 11, 2023 by David
I have a Fuji GFX50s medium format camera!
I have rounded out my set of sensor formats with the acquisition (used) of a medium format Fuji.
Posted: November 19, 2022 by David
Long term project: round tower churches of England in infrared
My new long term project to photograph all the unusual round tower churches in England with my infrared converted camera.
Posted: October 23, 2022 by David
Infrared
I have my Fuji X-T1 converted to infrared. See how I got on and the first images.
Posted: September 22, 2022 by David
Live Time in Olympus cameras (Part 2 of 2): How to use it
This article is the second of two on Olympus’ Live Time feature. See: Part 1 Live Time mode in Olympus cameras Live Time is a special long exposure mode for exposures longer than the maximum 60 seconds you can set directly on the shutter dial. It is an enhanced Bulb or Time exposure – you […]
Posted: June 12, 2022 by David
Live Time mode in Olympus cameras (Part 1 of 2)
Long exposure photography is a popular genre. Whether you like to capture star trails, astro photographs of the Milky Way, urban night photographs or long exposures of seascapes with ethereal milky water, most modern cameras have tools or modes to support this. Many cameras have some form of bulb or time exposure setting. However, most […]
Posted: May 30, 2022 by David
Printing B&W with a dedicated printer and monochrome inkset
Why serious B&W photographers should think about dedicating a printer to specialist pure carbon pigment monochrome inks for the longest lasting, highest quality mono printing.
Posted: March 17, 2019 by David
New gallery – Long exposure monochrome UK coast
New gallery uploaded. This gallery features images I made as part of a personal project. I decided it would be interesting to visit a coastal location every week and shoot some long exposure images. I started the project near my home at the Swanscombe peninsula, Dartford in the River Thames as it widens into an […]
Posted: October 6, 2018 by David
Foveon effect
Some aficionados of Sigma cameras like to claim its Foveon sensor images possess a mysterious image quality missing from competing technologies. The effect, unfortunately, isn’t easy to describe because it is is intangible and hard to quantify – but you will know it when you see it, they say. In some ways, this echos the […]
Posted: October 5, 2013 by David