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“Explosante-fixe”

April 18, 2014 • Leave a Comment

The Master I recently visited the Henri Cartier Bresson (HCB) retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and am still reeling from the lessons it taught me, by observing the level of mastery of this wonderful artist. I can say this, even though his photographic expression was largely journalistic and people-oriented, neither of which are my pri...

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Everyone's Favourite

October 10, 2013 • 1 Comment

At my recent Exhibition "Paris d'Esperance", this image generated the greatest reaction. The post explains why I am gratified that a difficult exercise gave rise to a deep response. My dilemma I am never without my camera wherever I go and mostly with a professional lens/body combination and a monopod. In general, I love photographing water...

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The Party's Over

May 29, 2013 • Leave a Comment

An experiment in pushing the camera to its limit. Shooting parameters were: Device: Nikon D800 Lens: VR 70-200mm f/2.8G with extender Focal Length: 270mm Focus Mode: AF-C AF-Area Mode: Single VR: ON Aperture: f/4 Shutter Speed: 1/40s Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority Exposure Comp.: 0EV Metering: Matrix ISO Sensitivity: 2 EV over 6400 M...

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Scoliid Wasp

March 30, 2013 • 1 Comment

A walk on the wild side So, here I am in May 2008 wandering the back country of Porto Heli Bay on the Peleponesse peninsula of Greece, trying out my new VR 70-200mm zoom, when an enormous insect whizzed past my head and rested on various olive trees nearby. In researching for todays blog (thank-you Wikipedia), I believe it to be a Scoliid wasp:"Me...

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A Terrible Confession

February 13, 2013 • Leave a Comment

––– I love Paris, but... I love to photograph Paris and I love to see other photographers' views of "La Ville Lumiere". Paris is an aesthetic delight: chic, scruffy, surprising, cheeky, formal, changing, unchanging and - above all - real. For that reason, my two most unfavourite images of Paris are "iconic" black and white images, best known to...

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