Harry Flashman
Going back home with a camera
In a couple of months, many of you will be gearing up for the annual overseas trip to see relatives “back home”. In around...
Do you really need an SLR?
Read any good book on photography and you will be reading chapters after chapters on why you need an SLR to be able to...
Going Underwater! With a wetsuit!
With the floods that we are having right now, there is probably more than one camera that has gone underwater, and is now (hopefully)...
Willy Ronis – the enduring Frenchman
The French have been intimately involved with photography ever since Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre more than 100 years ago. But the title of...
Lartigue – the man who shot what pleased him!
History is important to gain a good insight into the developments in photography and ending up in today with electronic equipment. Jacques-Henri Lartigue was...
Can manual cameras give better results?
Have we become too smart for our own good? Has technology taken over where good photographic sense left off? I used to use a...
Pro shoot costs
Pro shoots are expensive. With professional photographers apparently able to command sky-high prices, some people wonder just how these shooters can justify their fees....
Wat’s next?
A photographic friend of mine mentioned that he had been taking some shots in one of the wats down Sattahip way, and how he...
The 11 commandments
In our Judeo-Christian society, we are used to hearing about the 10 Commandments. Drummed into us at an early age. However, in the photographic...
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