Experimental

Shooting on Film - Southbank via TLR

Shooting on Film – Southbank via TLR

I have been inspired by my friend and exceptionally talented photographer Brian Auer, and a growing number of other photographers, to try shooting film. Retro cameras are back in style, and I’ve been keen for a while to experiment with them.

Rough as guts panorama of my desk

Rough as guts panorama of my desk

Tuesday, while at Mike’s place admiring his beautiful tank, I saw this cool photo collage he had on his wall, of a pretty seaside building made with many overlapping photos. I thought it was a very cool idea. Kind of like a rough panorama. Then yestersday brwosing through one of the blogs I follow, I saw this post which reminded me I’d seen this kind of stuff online before. I just had to have a go myself.

Fisheye at Foot Level - P365 Mar13

Fisheye at Foot Level – P365 Mar13

I was inspired recently by posts of a couple of blogging friends to try a camera-on-a-stick approach. I’ve tried doing this before of course, but only hoisting the camera overhead. Their idea was to keep the camera very low, and to walk around with it. One comment they both made was that it was difficult [...]

Projecting light with a magnifying glass - P365 Feb29

Projecting light with a magnifying glass – P365 Feb29

Some illustrative photographs of using a magnifying glass as a lens to project an image. These will be used in my upcoming Photography 101 article at the Digital Photography School blog.

Projecting a candleClick images for larger versions.
Projecting the TV

Darren under the bridge - P365 Feb23

Darren under the bridge – P365 Feb23

We paid a visit to Darren and Colin this evening to see their new house, after they have renovated it. It looks fantastic! I took a few photos around the place, a couple of which can be seen here. After dinner, Darren and I went outside to take some photos.

If you have seen Darren’s entry [...]