Tag Archives: Photography

question: how to avoid someone beating you up?
When you’re working your camera on the street what can you do if someone doesn’t like you taking their photo?
Andy Williams offers his opinion that it’s legal to take photos of people in a public place. If you want to publish commercially you need a model release. That’s in the States. It’s probably quite similar here.
A quick Google search unearthed this and of course this. The former link is a long article about photography and the law in France. It’s an enlightening look through the ages and a frightening look into the commercial world of tv rights and copyright.

The saying that the street belongs to all no longer holds true.

Today’s picture was taken in Timoleague Abbey, Co. Cork. I’ve passed by the Abbey hundreds of times over the years but I can’t remember ever venturing into it.
There’s a sketch of the Abbey drawn by my Uncle at home and it’s hardly changed in the almost 30 years since it was drawn!

Today’s photo was taken in Church Bay on Saturday afternoon last. Pictured is Roches Point, and 2 yachts sailing back to Crosshaven, no doubt going back to the Cork Week festival (note – listen to the Langer Song to get a flavour of what you’re likely to come across there!)

I do this all the time, although it’s sometimes hit and miss. Very occasionally I’ll crop because I like the viewport the GIMP displays inside it’s image window. You can scroll the image by using the mouse wheel – press ctrl if you want to scroll sideways.

Mark noticed that the latest issue of Rangefinder is out. He’s listed a few of the articles, there’s lots there!
I hope that broadband connection at home comes soon! I’ve a lot to catch up on!

The very talented Andy WIlliams astounds yet again with a gorgeous photo of the Golden Gate bridge and the city behind it.
He’s also taken the trouble to post the picture before he processed it so you can see what a difference that makes. Wow!

quarlo — photos — new york city – Great photo blog from NY. Lovely photos, many highly saturated, others b/w. All imaginative!

There are simply too many articles here for me to ignore this site… One of these days.
And here’s Photography 101 – a summary of lots of general camera info. Good read.
And another 10 tips for the photographer!

Here’s what started out to be a dry story that listed the equipment Ben Lowy uses in the field, but later he opens up and give an account of a terrifying but challenging time for him. Great photos too, and not all what you’d expect from Iraq.

“There is a certain attraction to doing conflict photography,” he says. “I think anybody who says there isn’t, doesn’t really look at themselves. You’re your own personal Arnold Schwarzenegger. You get to run headlong into danger. And there’s something really attractive about that. But you also have a tremendous priviledge to be witnessing history for everyone else in the world.”

Photofocus Magazine has a thoughtful article here. Tell a story with your photos.

Why tell stories with your camera? Well, for one thing, people who look at pictures will enjoy looking at a story over a snapshot any day. Telling stories with your camera forces you to slow down and think about what you are doing. What is it about this scene that makes you want to make a photograph? What moves you or attracts your eye? Is there a theme, a phrase or a point of view that you want to capture and preserve?

Asking these types of questions will almost always lead to a better photograph.