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Views: 2A note about the photos on this site
Most images here right now are by other photographers. Here is where they come from and how they are credited.
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1 min readThoughts
Views: 0Learning to look slowly
Research and photography look like opposite habits. Both turn out to be training in attention.
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Views: 1Seeing in black and white
Removing colour is not just a filter. It changes what a photograph is about: light, shape, texture and contrast.
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Views: 0Composition with lines and frames
Two of the oldest ideas in composition, leading lines and frames within the frame, and why they still work.
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Views: 0Photographing neon at night
Neon signs look effortless to the eye and surprisingly hard for a camera. Notes on exposure, colour and reflections.
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Views: 0Long exposure basics
Silky water, streaks of traffic, empty-looking streets. What a long exposure does, and the few tools and settings it really needs.
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Views: 0Shooting in blue hour
The short window after sunset when the sky turns deep blue and city lights come on. A few practical notes on making the most of it.