Category: Photography
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HSBC are using my tea cups photo
Two cups of tea on a table | Stock Photo | iStock. I found today this image of mine used by HSBC (Hong-Kong & Shangai Bank Corporation) on their website. Actually, those were not really tea cups: they were ice-cream cups by Guzzini. As such they did not last long and after a while they…
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Medicine (pills and capsules) on iStockphoto
On iStockphoto.com I have a small lightbox of medicinal capsules, pills, tablets.
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C/Y lenses on Canon EOS cameras
The use of obsolete Contax / Yashica lenses on Canon EOS bodies is relatively common, but some exotic combinations of lenses and bodies are little documented and their compatibility unknown. I have now had some experience adapting two C/Y lenses on two Canon EOS bodies and I can report the results, unfortunately not enthusiastically.
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Fuji Pro160C
Differently from the Ektar 100, that produces fantastic colours without any intervention with Photoshop, I totally dislike the Fujifilm Pro160C – that I have used for this edited photo of the Fire Brigade station in Darlington. Yet, I have seen around on the internet really nice pictures taken with this film. I suspect that it…
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Ektar colour palette at the food fair in Durham
These photos (taken at the last Durham food fair) show, photographically speaking: that there is no substitute to Ektar to photograph food vividly and under plain light conditions that there is no substitute to the EF 70-200 IS f/4 to shoot indoor with a low-sensitivity film
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Uphill roads: Crossgate
Uphill roads are very convenient for photographing architecture because they allow the photographer’s eye to be level with the centre of the buildings’ facades and ensure a correct perspective.
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Short extension tubes
The first instinct when buying extension tubes is “the longer, the better” because a longer extensions allows a bigger magnification. However, not all images require large magnification. I shot these two photos with two Nikkors, the 20/3.5 UD AI and the 50/1.2 AI-S on a Sony NEX-5. The theory says that if I extend a…
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from flickr
Elderflower Shade-of-Light posted a photo: Dried elderflower, submersed by water, infusing in a white cup. Digest powered by RSS Digest
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Rejuvenating the perception of shaving brushes
I had the idea for this picture while thinking how to try and convince somebody that using shaving brush, shaving foam, and razor, is not necessarily stuff for old men. (Actually, I can’t really say that, because trying to explain with words an illogical process such as the birth of an idea is only an…