Category Archives: Photo Tips

Four simple words

Posted on Fri, 24 October, 2014 by LensScaper

Four simple words. Sit, Take, Eat, Pay. Wouldn’t it be great if so many routine tasks could be reduced to a simple few words. And that set me thinking: what about the process of taking images? How about a simple … Continue reading →

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Transplant Surgery

Posted on Wed, 22 October, 2014 by LensScaper

That’s an attention grabbing headline! But to reassure you: this Post is not about a surgical operation, no blood has been spilled in the taking of today’s image nor in the making of the final result. It’s about a radical … Continue reading →

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A Leica, an Exhibition, and a Walk

Posted on Sat, 13 September, 2014 by LensScaper

Last week I attended a workshop at the Leica Akademie in London and not only held a Leica M but also spent an hour walking around Mayfair using it. That is likely to be an unrepeatable experience. And it was … Continue reading →

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When to Delete

Posted on Wed, 6 November, 2013 by LensScaper

I’ve been quiet on the blogging scene for the last few days – making last-minute revisions to my talk ‘The Seeing Eye: Getting the Picture, Developing the Image’ which was delivered last night to Oxford Photographic Society. It was a … Continue reading →

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Rescued from the Trash Can

Posted on Fri, 23 August, 2013 by LensScaper

‘To Trash or not to Trash’: that is the question? You will know the problem. Your hard disk is filling up fast; you go out on a shoot, or maybe on holiday, and you come back with a heap of … Continue reading →

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Skiffs

Posted on Fri, 17 May, 2013 by LensScaper

Another black and white image from my print archive today. Click here to read an earlier post to learn how these have been digitized. Click on any image to see a better and sharper enlargement. This Image was taken about … Continue reading →

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Plantation Panning

Posted on Wed, 18 April, 2012 by LensScaper

Today’s images are something completely different for me. The product of 40 minutes work and 204 images in a tree plantation, experimenting with slow exposures to create blurred images of the trees. I’ve seen some similar work like this by … Continue reading →

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Skiing with a camera

Posted on Wed, 25 January, 2012 by LensScaper

With a ski trip to Zermatt starting in 3 days time, this seems as good a time as ever to write an article about how I ski with a camera. Hopefully you’ll find a few pearls of wisdom that will … Continue reading →

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Mirroring Autumn

Posted on Sun, 13 November, 2011 by LensScaper

The title today is deliberately ambiguous. Maybe you were hoping to find some carefully crafted autumn mirror reflections. If so, sorry: you guessed wrong. This post is about a Mirror you look through – a 500mm Mirror lens. In an … Continue reading →

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