Photo Vol. 144
It's unsurprising to me that the digital camera's days were numbered as I look to sell it. Apart from a rainforest hike and a walk through the city streets, I haven't used the Sony A7R-iii. I guess that's not the point.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 143
It’s been an interesting few months in photography land. I just purchased a Sony A7R-iii to use with my Leica mount lenses (see the end of this post). I’m interested in creating new colour work, from landscape to travel and possibly some new colour street photography.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 142
Three rolls of my beloved Kodak TRI-X film across the streets of two cities.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 141 — Wild Camping in the Australian Desert
From late May into early June this year, my brother and I in his Patrol and his mate Micky, Jimmy and Micky’s father in a Hilux embarked on a 4WD wild camping journey into the outback through Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Read MoreNew Country
Until recently, I never understood the true impact that the traumas throughout my formative years could have had on the confident life I lead in the present. Here is a poem I wrote about a troubled but spurring moment.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 140
There’s a lot to talk about but I’d rather just let these photographs be. I just returned from a two week outback Australia camping road trip and have ten rolls of colour film still in the fridge waiting to be developed.
Read MoreFrameable now available for iOS!
I’ve been working over the last month and a half improving the Android version of Frameable and building a new version for iOS via the App Store.
You can now download the app for both Android and iOS. Tag your posts with the hash tag #frameableapp!
Read MorePhoto Vol. 139
We photographers often fall into the trap of assigning ourselves the task of having to capture every trip in all its glory and not just experiencing it as simple human being first. That’s ultimately what the last year has been about for me. I love how 35mm Portra 160 looks anyway so I don’t think it’ll be much of a loss.
Read MoreThe Voigtländer Holy Trinity
28mm has just arrived on the block!
Now after some deliberation, I have finally made the jump to owning the Voigtländer 28mm F2 Ultron. Along with the 50mm F1.5 Nokton as well, and my tried and true 35mm F1.7 Ultron, I now have the trio of lenses perfect for all kinds of rangefinder-style work, from dynamic street scenes to quiet, focused portraits.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 138
An interesting month! I had my opinion piece The Only Rule In Street Photography article republished to PetaPixel, resulting in some new traffic and Instagram followers along with a number of nasty words from folks around the globe down in the comments section. It was interesting to see everyone getting riled up over my thoughts on the topic. At first it made me doubt what I had written, but then I just ignored them. Problem solved.
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 MoreIntroducing Frameable for Android
Just released today, 13th February 2019, is my first Android app called Frameable which does everything I needed and more. I'm really happy with the first release and have already been planning to start an iOS version as soon as I'm ready, given the large audience who may find it useful as well as the fact that I use Instagram on my iPad too.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 137
I was able to meet Joe Greer, a photographer from Brooklyn, who was touring with Leon Bridges on his Australian tour. Joe had some downtime and dropped in for the first West End Camera Club meet up of the year. Along with Joe’s I made a number of Rolleiflex portraits and have been shooting a little more on it lately.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 136
Happy New Year to anyone who reads this journal!
My goal of 2019 is very simple — put people and experiences first, and leave the camera at home as much as possible. I’m having a well earned rest from creative ambition. Needless to say that I’m still actually making photographs.
Read MorePhoto Vol. 135
I’ve been to the beach a lot. Most weekends, unlike previous years. Summer is again a quiet season in my photography. I just want to enjoy the bright, warm days with people, free of pressure to make photographs, which means occasional urban landscape and still life photography.
Read More