The frequency of my posts here dwindles further with each passing year. But on my other blog, I post as regularly as I ever did. No more. No less. One post a year. Every January 1st, like clockwork. Or calendarwork. A collection of photos from the previous year, curated according to a strict set of … Continue reading Twenty Twenty Three
Here's a little addition to today's post. A 2 fer 1. A quick gallery of many of the places mentioned in my guide.
Getty are providing a huge chunk of their image catalogue available. For free. It was inevitable. Welcome to the 21st century. I like to take photographs and if possible sell a snap or two. But I surrendered a long time ago. No, that's not quite true. Actually, I never even entered the fray. I recognised … Continue reading The Getty Surrender
I've played with Google+ a fair bit now, and I'm finding that the more I get to know it, the less I'm sure exactly what it is. I have read so much hype from the Google fans, and it's become pretty clear to me, although they'll disagree, that most of them don't seem to know … Continue reading What Exactly Is Google+?
Life is dangerous, difficult and easily lost. Life is more than that, of course, but still. You know what I mean, I'm sure. It's easy to photograph the good bits, but less so to photograph the bad bits. Ethics, taste, privacy....those sort of issues. I'm still undecided after five years which country's media has the … Continue reading Life And Death On Film
Why you should always have a camera on you at all times. This little 'un was playing peekaboo with us at Xochimilco. I got another shot, now heavily filtered, which I like just as much. I will, despite my recent post about the problems I had photographing at the Reforma 222 mall, miss the general … Continue reading Peekaboo
My 7000th photo on Flickr has been uploaded. It's a shot of a fruit and veg stall in an indorr market in Coyoacan, Mexico. It was taken with my new Fuji HS10, which seems to have excellent low light image quality for a compact. I'd usually end up with a much noisier image than this … Continue reading Photo 7,000
The Mexile 