The Search

The Search
 
Roaming
Guessing
Testing
Blinded – a sound, a vision, rubbish
Lost
Guideless
Despair
Tears
Trudge
Grind
A need a need
To sleep like a baby
Be born again
 
 

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on the night watch

It occured to me that being a night watchman at a museum, the natural history museum, is like running a class.  The exhibits need to be meaningfully engaged. 

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Fine Art my style?

I am discovering that I am appreciating shots that fit under the category of Fine Art.  Sure, I’ve taken nice pictures of whole huge leaves with good definition, but I’d rather take an edge of the leaf or part of it or at a certain angle to create irregular lines that challenge the regular perception of [...]

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my path

I realised one thing today…that no matter where I am next in my life, I will still do what I do.  I will still do what I like to do.  I asked myself if I will veer away from what I am doing and the answer, I realised, is no.  Then I wonder why I [...]

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John Szarkowski…

on photography
“Think of photography as a kind of container, not like a pail, for example; one cannot carry water in it, but it will hold other kinds of content, and those that it accepts most efficiently and most gracefully are gratefully pursued by photographers who would rather work with their medium than against it …
Frank [...]

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Another experiment…

at catching tiny details…

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upon reflection…

she’s right.  I relooked the timetable again and remembered who’s absent from class that day when I slotted them in for the timetable.  The girl was definitely present.  For all that tears and mourning, nothing seems to have changed.  The girl comes to class late – where from? – lunch.  She missed an oral session too.  So it [...]

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Autoexposure Lock Shooting

One of the first experiments – To allow sufficient light into the cam, apply the correct metre (I used spot metre), focus on the target (foreground or background – in this case that piece of wood amongst the moss), hold the autoexposure lock down after the shoot button is pressed down halfway and shift wood to [...]

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My new love – Nikon D80

I’ve almost lost sleep over this and practically slept on it every night – choosing between the D40X, EOS 400D and D80. 
The first craze was over the D40x – light body, brilliant colour in the Nikon lens and the cheapest of the lot.  After quite a while, I ditched the idea of getting the D40X [...]

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