Fungus is an ever-present danger to optical equipment. This post describes the threat to our precious kit ... The likelihood is that you, dear photographer, will have fungus-affected equipment, whether that be lenses, camera prisms, mirrors or viewfinders, especially if you live in the tropics (even here in the UK, the climate is becoming more … Continue reading Fungus the bogeyman
Does it matter how we capture an image? The answer is yes! I justify my answer by musing about the nature of experience. But, I might argue, when we read a poem, we don’t ask whether the poet wrote it with a pen, or typed it or dictated it. We simply immerse ourselves in the … Continue reading The experience of seeing
It has been 12 years since I created this blog as a way of educating myself about photography in its technical, socio-historic, and aesthetic aspects. The idea was that writing about it would require me to consider any lessons formally and therefore (hopefully) more perspicuously. What have I learnt? Over these 12 years, I have … Continue reading What have I learned in the last 12 years?