Quotes from Robert Henri 4
There can be no delight in considering a technique that is without motive
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Quotes from Robert Henri 3
There are pictures that manifest education and there are pictures that manifest love
Quotes from Robert Henri 2
Recipes are for slaves
Advice for those of us still learning
Much of what we teach is the nuts and bolts of photography. The exposure triangle, how to edit a photograph, what camera to buy (a tiresome question), how to compose an image, and so on. All important to know but my concern is that technical skills will merely make someone competent. There is nothing wrong […]
Audio visual training in Rangiora
This Sunday the 31st July I am giving an audio visual training in Canterbury for the Rangiora Photographic Society. In May of this year I was fortunate to be able to attend the Trophée de Paris, and the organisers kindly gave me a lot of teaching materials including the training from the Dipartimento Audiovisivi della […]
Life catches up with us sometimes.
It used to be “be careful what you wish for”. Now, apparently it’s “be careful what you write”. Shortly after last month’s stern warning about not taking competitions seriously, I received an email from the Tauranga Photographic Society congratulating me on being awarded champion in this year’s audio visual salon. The results are here. My […]
What do the letters “ISO” stand for? Nothing!
It’s not an acronym. I didn’t know that.
Kudos to Canon
Moving home to a new region was never my “plan A”. High on my list of equipment that may not like being moved was the Canon iPF6300 large format printer.
Moving South!
My home here in Christchurch was thrown at least three feet upwards and sideways in the Christchurch earthquake in 2011. I have been lucky. I have been able to continue living in the house, I am on high ground and haven’t been flooded out, and I didn’t completely lose my income.