Photography

Instant obsolesence

Lens
Slowly, Polaroid is going away, the immediacy of digital photography replacing the fast fading thrill of watching a colour photo appear after a minute of almost magical developing. Read More...
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BitDepth 623 posted

Arrow
BitDepth 623, an overview of current versions of image browsing and editing software is posted here...
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New images added to the Gayelle gallery

Loupe
New images of actors and presenters for Gayelle TV have been posted here...
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Local Lives returns

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After a hiatus of almost a year, my photoessay project Local Lives returned this Sunday to the Guardian with a profile of a the Ramrick Sadhoo Chowtal Group.

To mark the occasion, I've revamped the web presence for Local Lives, with extended galleries of the first four installments and "The Return of Ramrick Sadhoo."

The other three installments will be posted over the next week.
View the new web presence for Local Lives here...
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Hosay in full swing

Lens
Hosay is approaching its climax again this year. It's Flag Night tonight. Have a look at the photoessay I did on the Panchaiti camp last year here and there's a look behind the scenes at how it got put together here.
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La Fleur Morte

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Click on each photo to see an enlarged detail.
These images are excerpts from a larger work that is in progress in which I examine the way that flowers, the reproductive organs of plants, deteriorate after they are picked and discarded.
The first two images were selected for display in the Art Society's November exhibition for 2007 and you can view an interview with Magella Moreau and Dennis McComie on the Gayelle Morning Show,
Cock a Doodle Doo here and download the interview here. If you're curious about the slideshow I put together for my appearance, you can find that download here and view it here.
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Tapes on RAW

Loupe
Michael Tapes offers a down-to-earth tutorial series on working with RAW files, Read More...
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BitDepth 596 posted

Arrow
BitDepth 596, examining the ramifications of Nikon's new foray into full-frame capture is posted here...
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Another Lightroom speedup

Loupe
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Gayelle TV interview

Loupe
Links and background to an interview with GayelleTV about digital photography and film can be found here. Read More...
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AMPOTT Judges' Notes, 2005

Lens
Just to give context to what we've been trying to do with the AMPOTT Awards, these are the Judges' notes for the first competition I worked on. These were the remarks at the awards ceremony on August 08, 2005 Read More...
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AMPOTT Judging

Lens
The judges at work choosing the winning images at AMPOTT's 2007 photography competition. Read More...
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The Modern Eye

Loupe
Modern styles in photography can be exciting, but sometimes, I just don't get it... Read More...
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Alex Smailes & Carnival

Lens
I wrote this as a section opener for Alex Smailes' photography book on Carnival. For various production and editorial reasons, all the section openers were scrapped and this never got published. Until now...
I've also written about Noel Norton
here... Read More...
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Five Fingers

Five fingers, bittersweet fruit of salted rhapsody Read More...
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