Tag Archives: Photography

Looks like I’m not the only one who shies away from the confrontation of street photography. It is hard to do!

Matt presents a guide to photography that everyone should read. It explains in gentle lessons how to get the most from your camera and improve your photography! Brilliant!

Some, such as Donncha … would appreciate some advice to help make their pictures just that little bit more professional and less amateurish at the same time.

23 is a new photo sharing site like flickr.com. It doesn’t have the fancy Flash interface that flickr Organize has but the free account allows you to upload 1024MB 15MB (The help page is out of date!) per month, and you can have as many albums as you want!
I uploaded a few photos already and it works well!

Ryan explains what can happen when you come into contact with the public.
It doesn’t happen very often, but somtimes people do freak out when I take their photo. The guy holding the balloons in this post last month stormed over and demanded to know why I was taking his photo. I didn’t want to state the obvious fact that he was a good subject with a few dozen balloons hanging off his arm. For some reason he was worried that his face would be photographed. He has an English accent, anyone from the UK recognise him?

I hate confrontation. Taking photos of people requires that you interact with them. They’re probably strangers so the first impression they get of you is very important. Some can pull it off, some thrive on it. It tires me so I prefer to be a coward and use my zoom lens.
Here’s a hint for any shy street photographers: Wrap the camera strap around your arm, and twirl it around to get rid of the the remaining slack. You can now hold your camera securely in your hand. If you do it right, it’s possible to face the camera forward with your finger or thumb on the shutter button. This photo and many others posted here were taken this way. Sneaky? Possibly. Morally objectionable? Not at all. I rely on my own judgement as to what I publish online or photograph so I consider that the method doesn’t matter.

I didn’t go into town last night – I was tired and when I heard that traffic was bad, well, Futurama and Scrubs were on and I vegged for the first time in ages.

The September issue of The Digital Journalist is out!
As expected they cover the tragedy in New Orleans, but also the Wayang in Singapore, and lots more.

• “This is not a normal assignment.”
• Pebbles From Paradise – lots of great stuff here.
• Beginner’s guide to composition
• Beauty Retouching
• Photoshop tutorials
• Start Your Own Photography Business from Home
• How I Recovered My Lost Digital Photos
• Macro photography with your digital camera – macro photography with a compact digital camera is so much easier than with a DSLR. You get fabulous depth of field and can generally focus closer. None of my lenses can focus closer than 11 inches. My FZ5 compact can focus at 1.9 inches!

TIME.com: The Day After Katrina Photo Essay – 13 photos from Time.com. It continues in the Hurricane Crisis photo essay.

Edit in 2024: Obviously, the links above are long gone now. Here are the archive.org copies:

1. Hurricane Katrina Photo Essay
2. Hurricane Crisis