Every so often, to provide a little break from the task of editing the hundreds of new images that I inevitably take on my travels (in this case, New Jersey and NYC, on a familial visit), I dip into my…
Another Happy Accident.
I decided to give my venerable Fuji HS50EXR bridge camera an airing on a day out to Penmon lighthouse on the Isle of Anglesey. The ruins of Penmon Priory are on the way to the lighthouse, and we stopped to…
A New Start
After putting up with incessant and seemingly insoluble Windows issues on my PC for the last year, I finally threw in the towel and replaced it. The old machine, an HP all-in-one PC, was fine when it worked, but the…
The Times They Are A’Changin’
The site’s name, “StreetSeen” is a sort of hangover from when it was established to feature the work of a collaborative group of North Wales street photographers. That group has long since ceased to function and I kept the site…
A Nice Feeling
We all have photographers with whose work we identify, or admire. You can usually spot their work without being told whose it is, and so it is with me. There’s one contemporary photographer who has a very individual approach to…
Workflow Choices
I shoot in RAW with all my cameras, except on the odd occasion when I snap with my Samsung A12 mobile phone. I typically use exposure compensation settings of up to -1 stop, occasionally more, to retain detail in skies,…
Algorithmics, maybe…
I’ve been using BlueSky for a little less than a year. In this time I’ve amassed (sic) around 248 followers which, for me, is quite a lot. I’ve been posting my own photos, reposting others’, commenting and “liking” like a…
A Confession.
Every photographer likes to think they’re in total control of their photography, right? I’m no different, and when an image doesn’t match my expectations, I’m as disappointed as the next guy. Very occasionally, though, my incompetence produces a result that…
Kit, and my preferences thereof, Pt. 4
The elephant in the room – Smartphones We all seem to have them, and the proportion of smartphones per head of population is extremely high (although, perhaps surprisingly, The UK has dropped out of the top 10 countries, in terms…
Kit, and my preferences thereof, Pt. 3
Compacts… I have two compact cameras, a Fujifilm X20 and a Panasonic Lumix TZ60, both of which are now over 10 years old. The X20 was one of Fuji’s first in their X series of cameras, which have now matured…