Category: Travel
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The National Photographers
Also the state and local shooters. The ones who never travel overseas to do their photography. The stay-at-homes. Are they unfortunate? Possibly. They may live in Andorra and long for tropical beaches. Or in a city and hope for open fields. The human mind is very fertile when it comes to thinking up wishes that…
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Brick Me Daddy
Eight to the bar. We often hear of people having cameras and electronic equipment stolen while on holidays. Mostly it is overseas, but then overseas is home for lots of crooked people anyway. I do not wish the thieves well, whoever they are. The excuses that are made for them are so much eyewash. But…
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Where IS Your Picture?
In this case, Japan. But that’s not what I meant. Where is the picture in your picture? Is it exactly framed and evident – that perfect composition that all the textbooks and websites applaud? Is it part of a picture? Is it there at all…or only implied? All Australians of a certain age have sat…
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You Want me To Selfie Stick It Where?
Well, that’s just asking for underexposure… I am not averse to tourists. I like them. They are good for the local economy, as they bring in money and leave it. Indeed, on the occasions I have been a tourist, as opposed to a traveller or visitor, I have been good for someone else’s economy, and…
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Every Ounce You Save…
You go another mile. This was the theme of a Kipling story that had a British cavalryman in India spending his spare time every winter paring down the weight and complexity of his horse’s tackle so that the animal could carry him further in safety. It is a good experiment for us to follow with…
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Less Is More
This was used to sell under-built and ugly products last century. The goods might have been furniture, buildings, cars, or clothing. The makers wanted the business but cavilled at the extra expenses of production. They decided to cut the materials and the size – the quality and the design – and spend a little more…
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Well, Someone Finally Said It…
I read a review of a small travel camera today. A lovely thing that would take stunning shots, if we were allowed to travel. A good alternative to just packing a mobile phone and getting marginal images. But the reviwer was honest – the EVF at the upper left corner of the camera body was…
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Travel Photography For The Stay-At-Home
Content Warning: This column will suggest unspeakable things and appalling actions. You may wish to get a pencil and piece of paper to write them down. I’ll wait. The recent halt called to international travel…and briefly to interstate tourism…has put more airplanes on the ground than German flak. The effect on the go-away industry has…
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The Loop Trip
This last year has been a strain for the travelling photographer – the strain of not being able to strain. I live in a place that has suffered little of the pandemic – and I am ever so grateful for that fact. But the travel that took people away from this state hasn’t happened and…
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The Distant Wedding
Have you ever been asked to do a distant wedding? By distant I mean one that is far enough away from your studio that you have to sleep over at the location and travel back next day. I’ve done a few – and they are not too bad a gig if the arrangements are right.…
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