Writing about: FSAC, 10/02/05, Group IV
Didn’t get into the Fast Stream. Oh well.
Finding out so quickly means that I must have messed something up badly at the assessment centre – Not shown one of the criteria that they’re after adequately.
Although I’m disappointed about this, obviously, it’s in some ways rather a relief – at least I know now, and can get on with looking at the alternatives.
Shot in Saarbrücken at the weekend. I rather like it.
As ever, there’s more on My Photography Website
Following on from the discussions on Warwick Blogs a while back about noise reduction, here is a good example of the power of specific noise reduction software. Here, I’ve used Neat Image Pro to knock back the noise on a shot I took at 1600 ISO on my D70 (this is a 100% crop of the image) –
If you’ve got time to profile your camera (or scanner), or if someone else has already published the profile for it, the results are extremely impressive.
10cm of snow falls overnight.
Life goes on. People drive a little more carefully. Trains run, traffic keeps flowing. Nothing much changes.
0.5cm of snow falls, and doesn’t really settle
Chaos. Roads gridlocked.
Why?
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Go me.
I enjoy walking/camping/backpacking, and I enjoy photography, so I thought it might be interesting to get some insight into how other people manage the balance of carrying photo gear with them, and not collapsing under the weight :-)
To that extent, this book is fine. There are some useful ideas about how to go out on a photo trip, what kinds of gear to carry, and so on. The problem is that half the book is taken up by a discussion of the author’s own “chroma-zone” way of working out exposure, which is somewhat dependent on getting hold of the proprietery cards needed for it. It also ignores the idea that the photographer chooses the exposure, rather than just selects the correct exposure.
Basically, I think this book is in need of a re-write. Camera technology has moved on, exposure meters are accurate now, and fewer people go walking with bright orange clothes.
This is a photographer’s book – and a very good one. I really strive for impact in my work, although I often find it hard to pin down what it is about a photo that gives it that impact, moreso for my own work. Here, a photographer whose work I greatly admire is setting out how he thinks about his work, and what he looks for for impact.
It’s another good inspirational book, with many strong images to mull on, and some examples of the ones that weren’t so good, to see how he has developed a scene whilst working on it. There’s some discussion of photographic technique, but only where it is relevent for the subject of the book, viz the impact of the image.
Excellent for photographers trying to learn how to make stronger photos, especially those with a fairly graphical style.
I love National Geographic magazine, both for the fascinating articles, and for the truly amazing photography. Lots of people grow up wanting to be National Geographic photographers :-)
This book is a collection of some of the best photos in NGM – mostly fairly recent work though. It gives a good flavor to the kinds of things that they shoot a lot, and is broken in to sections – Europe, Asia, Africa & the mid east, America, The Sea, and space.
Although all the images are stunning, there doesn’t feel like there’s much cohesion in the book as a whole – it’s a collection of individual pieces, whereas in The Art of Seeing, it all flows together somehow. Can’t quite put my finger on it.
Recommended, especially if you like NGM photography.