Escaping the Digital Straight Jacket – Pt 1
Over the last year I have been working on a new body of pictures, which can be loosely classed as street photography. My work was being completely dictated by my clients, and I invariably shot a...
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(Part One of this post is http://www.rogercoulam.com/blog/2011/01/escaping-the-digital-straight-jacket-part-one/) Freeing myself from my tripod (and medium format) was mentally difficult but very...
View ArticleA Cat and a Man in a Hat
In the interest of sharing with, and also in scaring everyone who owns a Leica MP, this is what happens when the shutter breaks. I was shocked when a processed film showed random lines throughout and...
View ArticleTravelling Light
After years of carrying around a huge backpack loaded with lots of things I “might need,” I have spent more time recently travelling around on foot with the minimum of equipment. A year ago I made a...
View ArticleRules Are There To Be Broken
I have found that the so called “rules” of photography can often be challenged, and then with a little thought, can be ignored. Experience has taught me that there really are no cast iron rules in...
View ArticlePlaying the Averages
I have found nothing in the world of digital photography that can match that moment when you hold up a sheet of negatives or transparencies to the light. With the sun behind it a correctly exposed...
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