Back From The Front
Thursday 13th November 2008
I had the good fortune recently to visit Prague, in the Czech Republic.
It is one of the most beautiful cities I have been to, with an old town that is more than just a few tourist-crowded quarters – it is, in fact, an old town consisting of many tourist-crowded quarters.
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Tuesday 4th November 2008
Fornication doesn't just mean what you think it does. It comes from the Latin fornix, which means an arch or vault. The definition with which most of us are more familiar may come from the way that the Romans used fornix as a slang term for a brothel; apparently, these were often in vaulted or arched cellars.
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Tuesday 4th November 2008
As my teeth punctured the bun and tore away a tender slice of salt beef, I used all my mental powers to send positive thoughts to Clive and Jeremy, my first customers at the pub. I was thumbing through AP when they brought their pints over to my table and asked if I'd take their picture.
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Tuesday 4th November 2008
A while back I suggested that, contrary to received opinion, a surprising number of professionals do in fact own and use Leicas. It's just that they use them for their personal work rather than to earn money. At this year's Arles photography festival in France I met Dr Kaufmann, the owner of Leica, and talked for some time with Stefan Daniel, the brand manager for the M-series. As a result, I now have another theory about why professionals may prefer to keep quiet about their use of non-SLR cameras, not just Leicas.
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Monday 20th October 2008
Recently, I was to be photographed for a newspaper article about some of my work. This is one thing that is really good for my ego, which needs to be constantly fed like an avaricious giant in some medieval fairytale.
This also made me really look forward to seeing how my photographer friend Anita was going to manage the photo session – in other words, how good she was going to make me look. You know, professional and serious, in a laid-back and charming kind of way. Isn't this the reason why one should let a professional photographer take portrait photographs?
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Monday 20th October 2008
Think of your favourite places, and ask yourself a simple question: What do you remember about each of those places? The answer(s) may well be more complex than the question, so it might be a good idea to find a piece of scrap paper and jot down a list of what you remember about each place.
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