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Another new section: 'Stef's Cameras'. Currently of interest only to a) Stef, b) his cameras and c) camera geeks. If I don't get round for looking for another job at some point this page may also be useful to d) the baliffs

Cameras

 

A couple of new pictures have recently been added to my long-neglected rude food packaging section ...

Cock Soup - Yum

 

The web is full of photographic sites that explain the basic rules of photographic composition; keep the horizon straight, avoid camera shake, avoid cluttered composition etc. etc.

OK, you've bought a state of the art, fully automated camera and you've learned and adhere to the basic rules of photographic composition but it's not enough is it? Your pictures still lack a certain 'oomph' factor. What you're lacking, what you need, are Stef's Power Tips to Supercharge Your Photography. Here they are

Adriano

 

The rise of digital imaging has rung the death knell of the last great analogue recording medium, film. In spite of the apparently irresistible tide of technological change, there  are still some people prepared to spend huge amounts of money on 35mm film gear; on the basis that film-based photographs have a classic look that digital can't replicate.

But I believe they are wrong. You CAN make photographs on a digital camera in a way that does produce work indistinguishable from the great film photographers of the 20th Century. Here are my Top 10 tips on how to get that elusive photo-reportage look:

Classic Film Look

 

My latest displacement activity - mixing colour and black & white in the same image. My initial experiments are located here

Colur Edit

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