When I left university having obtained a (not very good) degree in Physics I had a real desire to be a photographer. Bear in mind this was way before the Internet was a thing or the Web even existed. Cameras still used something called film that you had to either
Following on from this one, and probably due to the interminable state of lockdown and my reduced expectations for my photography, here’s another stream of recent photographic consciousness. Always take a camera with you, even to the supermarket. A camera gives you a license to see. As a photographer you
Like many photographers I’m sure, I found 2020 to be something of a barren wasteland when it came to creativity, making images and finding (portrait) work. I probably took as many images in the whole year as I would have in a single week previously and my writing about photography
To any photographer who started out in black and white film photography the name Ilford Photo will always have a special place in their hearts. Ilford is a British black and white film, papers and chemicals company and has been manufacturing at various sites in the UK since 1879. It
I currently own three Billingham bags. A well worn Hadley Pro, a Hadley Small and, most recently, an Airline Stowaway. Why then, do I need to add another of their amazing bags to my ‘arsenal’ you may ask? Setting aside the fact that I love the quality, functionality and all
Well that was quite a year. Like many people my photography has taken something of a backseat this year and those times I have ventured out I find many of the images I have captured very much represent the mood of the times: emptiness, loneliness, people having to make do.
Last week Olympus announced, what has been rumoured for a few months now (and even longer ago), that they are selling their camera division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). Olympus has been losing money on its cameras for three years and also took a reputation hit from an accounting scandal
I am a huge fan of M Billingham & Co camera bags. Billingham is a family business based in the Black Country area of the West Midlands, not far from where I live. I love the fact that a local company makes such great quality products that seem to last
The word ‘unprecedented’ is being used a lot at the moment and there is no doubt that we are living not just in unprecedented times but unknown and unpredictable ones as well. Each day brings new warnings such as: “the next two weeks are critical”, “it’s going to get worse before
Five Contemporary Women Photographers
Today is International Women’s Day and therefore a good day to highlight five contemporary women photographers whose work I love and to follow. Click on their name to go straight to their website. Kristine Varaksina I discovered Kristine just yesterday from the talk she gave at The Photography Show Spring