Harry Flashman
Become a flasher this weekend
From the early days of photography, flash has been used. The early flash guns used a mixture of magnesium powder and potassium chlorate...
Amateur video photography
As the price of still cameras has come down, so has the price of video cameras, and more and more weekend photographers are...
A move from medium format to digital photography
I received a phone call the other day from a retired gentleman who was looking at his Mamiya 6x45 medium format film camera...
Fotographic Filter Fun
Take a look at the size of the lens diameter on your camera. What is it? Probably 55 mm, and that is not...
Camera phones
I was at a function the other day and noticed that everyone present was using his or her camera phones to record the...
We’ve had the odd drop of rain
As I write this, the inside of my car smells like an unsavory gentlemen’s lavatory in Port Said, the passenger’s seat resembles a...
Speed shooter from Sony
Sony has come out with a new camera, called the Alpha A77, about which the manufacturer claims it is the world’s fastest continuous...
An enduring photographer
About 12 years ago, I met up with a wandering Swedish photographer in Pattaya, called Gerhard Joren. At that time, Gerhard had been...
French bread and Willy Ronis
There is a large black and white photograph on the wall of my local coffee shop attributed to Willy Ronis. It is slightly...
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Know some Thai but can’t find the words? The Thai Recall app helps keep...
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