Photo Vol. 142
Three rolls of my beloved Kodak TRI-X film across the streets of two cities.
Read MoreThe Only Rule In Street Photography
Street photography is hard. It challenges our observational skills, our sense of vulnerability and our ability to react at a moment’s notice, which is why it can be so rewarding to finally capture something that others may have never noticed and to walk away with work that can hopefully stand the test of time and be remembered.
Read MoreYou Don’t Have To Be A Professional Photographer
I have somewhat of a gripe with the modern, or perhaps digital, photography arena, to indulge in a gross generalisation. The digital photography arena and popular culture seems to have a predisposition towards insisting that if you are a photographer, you must want to be a professional.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 128
Apologies for the enormous post this time. They should load quicker now. I have been shooting so much. This week I switched to full time manual on the street and I think I just levelled up.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 127
It's been a flow state of shooting these last few weeks. Roll after roll. I'm going to reprocess my Japan scans at some point because they're quite a bit flatter than my current style. Getting the printer after that trip changed everything including how much rich contrast I add into my Tri-X images.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 125
August is cold, well for a Queenslander anyway. I have my Leica M7 back now (about half way through this post) and it's working beautifully. You don't realise the effect a camera has on your shooting style until you are forced to use another, in this case a loud Nikon SLR. In the mean time, I've received my first large format lens, the Nikon 135mm f/5.6 in mint working condition. Still some weeks left before I can expect the Intrepid 4x5.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 124
Winter is slowly passing, and we're having some warm days here and there. The light is still quite beautiful most of the day. I find myself growing especially fond of colour film on the Rolleiflex and remaining true to my black and white 35mm style. I have no colour film scanning gear which influences my choice of film to generally monochrome.
Read MoreAll In A Day's Walk — Gallery Open Until May 26
The result is the All In A Day's Walk gallery which is on display now until May 26th at Racquet Film, 6/608 Brunswick St, New Farm in Brisbane. With Racquet's larger fine art printer at my disposal, I managed the printing of all A2 prints on Ilford's beautiful Gold Fibre Gloss paper.
Read MoreOn Documenting Street & Life
From my perspective, to be a street photographer is to be human and to seek out humanity, the absurdity of it, the chaos of it, the irony, the elation, the fleeting and the ever present, from a man smiling with me in Kyoto while busking, to a little girl in the act of throwing a ball in a backyard, to the tale of two bins taking on an anthropomorphised relationship.
Read MoreMy Brain On Film
Why would I want to carry an extra notepad and a pen? Why would I want to shoot to an antiquated, grainy negative that required me to wait to see my photographs, sometimes for weeks?
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