Out for a wander by the lake and playing with the Olympus E-M1 and 20mm lens. Getting shallow focus is very achievable to the point it was too shallow for some of the shots. 
Category Archives: Photography
Instagram Round-up
I recently began posting non-iPhone photos to my Instagram feed
These have mainly been taken with a Canon DSLR, most of the photos would have been impossible to take using an iPhone, fast shutter speeds, compressed perspective with a long lens.
Screen grab from my last 16 images posted to Instagram. The top 10 were with a DSLR.
I’m still not certain it is the correct thing to do or whether it should be iPhone only. Its a great service to get your photos out there, sharing and commenting in the social way.
What does everyone think – iPhone only or any photo you have taken?
Alternate Photography Workshop by Matthew Kovacs
Matthew Kovacs recently held a workshop on alternate photography at Paula Birchs’ studio called Strip of a lifetime.
Various analog styles were discussed with Matthew holding portrait sessions using the Wet plate colloidal style of image making. We also made film pin hole cameras using a matchbox, tape and cardboard.
The workshop made me think a lot about film and alternate photography. Some of the concepts of going back to film I like, slowing down, thinking about your image, composing – not the spray and pray style of digital. At the moment I don’t believe analog/film photography is practical for me. I think I will stick to digital but with more thought and time taken to produce images. The plan will also be to make a pinhole lens cap for my DSLR or possibly even purchase a Pinwide for my m 4/3 camera.
The shop called Strip of a Life time is run by Paula Birch, the shop came about by the Renew Newcastle project.
