Landscapes in Focus,Stories in Silver
Hailed as one of the most influential books on the art and language of photography, todays review in my Photographer’s Library section is The Photghrapher’s eye by John Szarkowski. Here he explores what makes photography unique as a visual art form and how photographers use the camera to interpret the world around them. The Photographer’s …
I want talk about a book today which is more technical and it’s is much more than a conventional guide to black-and-white photography. Today’s review is for Creative Elements: Landscape Photography – Darkroom Techniques by Eddie Ephraums released in 1993. Creative Elements: Landscape Photography – Darkroom Techniques Title: Creative Elements: Landscape Photography – Darkroom Techniques …
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Located near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, Westonbirt Arboretum is one of Britain’s finest tree collections. Its history dates back to the 1850s, when wealthy landowner Robert Stayner Holford began developing the estate. His son, George Holford, continued the work, introducing trees and shrubs from around the world. Until now I had no chance to visit Westonbirt. This time, I had the day off work so I decided to go out with my newly serviced Hasselblad. This time, I was ready to visit Westonbirt.
Today’s review in my series of Photographers Library will be about a second book by John Colow I own . The book is called Snowdonia Revisited. It was published in 1996. The 128-page hardcover features monochrome landscape photographs, original poetry and technical notes. Snowdonia revisited Title: Snowdonia revisited Author: John Clow Published by: Creative Monochrome …
Today’s review in my series of Photographers Library will be about a book by John Colow. The book is called The mountains of Snowdonia. It was published in 1993. It comprising 48 pages devoted to the mountains of North Wales The Mountains of Snowdonia Title:The Mountains of Snowdonia Author: John Clow Published by: Creative Monochrome …
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Wait is over. I believe I mentioned this in my previous post; my Hasselblad failed during my trip to Iceland. It was all my bad; since I bought the camera 10 years ago, I never had it serviced, and it feels like it was only a question of time until something went wrong. After the …
Quote of the month 10/26 “I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a ‘record shot’. My first thought is always of light. “Galen Rowell Previous QOTM here.
Today’s review in my series of Photographers Library will be about two books by Lustrum Press called Darkroom & Darkroom 2. The books have an interesting concept. They bring together the working methods of various photographers. Let’s have a look at both of them. Darkroom Title: Darkroom Author: Lustrum Press Published by: Lustrum Press, 1977, …
October started and all returned to its original lines . Kids are back in school and it’s all back to work after the summer. Since I had my birthday and my new beautiful camera I did not have many chances to go out and shoot with it. But, since we returned from holiday in the …
Title: Josef Sudek Author: Zdeněk Kirschner Published by: Panorama, 1993 I wanted to write this short review note for my Photographer’s Library for a long time. I want to talk about one of the true masters of the craft, Josef Sudek – a Czech photographer from Prague. The book Zdeněk Kirschner’s Josef Sudek is a …