I first noticed photography as something special when i seen shots Mario Testino done of Lady Diana for vanity fair in 1997, clean, stylish and beautiful. Until then i was a snap happy mum, oblivious to the 'art' of photography, who would try and persuade my son to 'perform' for the (disposable) camera. Then 5 years ago a friend of mine was married, she wanted her … [Read more...]
Fuji FinePix X100 Panoramic Excellence
Probably one of the most anticipated cameras of 2011 the Fuji FinePix X100 lives up to the hype. I managed to get my hands on one over the weekend and I have fallen in love with the camera as small as a compact but as a powerful as a digital SLR. I am not going to into the pros and cons or even start to cover the how great each and every still image it captures is visually … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Ciaran Griffin
I had a very traditional start in photography. I picked up an SLR camera one day, more out of curiosity than anything else, and immediately fell in love. I quickly went from shooting a few rolls around the city every weekend to taking a few night courses. From there I decided to take the plunge into a full time college course in photography. That was a lot of fun but I … [Read more...]
25 Reader’s Favourite Flickr Photographs
We recently had a twitter shout out for personal favourite photos that feature in your flickr streams. We all have favourite photographs in our collection that quite often contradict the "popular" stats on flickr so we thought we would pool them together in a little feature. All we asked was that you add your photo to our flickr group and tag them "myfav". Remember to give … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Martin Hendry
Born in Norfolk some may say that I've never really been cut out for the city. My personal photographic work reflects this, as it stems from conceptual forays into understanding what it is that constitutes the idea of 'home'. I am currently undergoing three large scale projects that express this dissonance, which affects at the very base level the way in which we understand … [Read more...]