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Portraits with Ashley
It’s winter here in Wellington and the weather hasn’t been conducive for portrait photography over the last month or so. I have several portrait projects to pick up again as the weather improves, but...
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Long Exposure Photography with the Fujifilm X-Pro 1
Anyone familiar with Wellington will know that the high winds and variable weather are a frustration for landscape photographers. We had some beautiful calm days this week so I took advantage of the...
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Thoughts on Taking Portraits with the Fujifilm X-T1 Camera
A few weeks ago I purchased a Fujifilm X-T1 camera. I’ll explain why at the end of the article, but first I’d like to share my thoughts regarding the suitability of this camera for portrait...
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My Top Ten Photos for 2014
January is a natural time for thinking about what you’ve achieved in the year that’s just passed. In relation to photography, I like to spend a little time going over my best photos taken during the...
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Portrait Processing in Lightroom
Today I’d like to take a look at a portrait that I took last week and show you how I processed it in Lightroom.I took this photo of Ashley one evening last week. The light was very soft. The sun had...
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Do Electronic Viewfinders Belong in Digital SLRs?
According to Canon Rumors, Canon may be planning to release a digital SLR camera with an electronic viewfinder. We won’t know whether Canon will ever include an electronic viewfinder in a digital SLR...
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Behind the Photo – Painting with Light
Things have been a bit quiet around here lately (I was away for a couple of weeks at the end of last month) but will be back to normal shortly. I am going to share photos from my trip in the coming...
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Recent Work – Chris Meek
At the end of February we spent three days in Raglan, a town on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Raglan is a small community situated close to some very highly rated surf beaches. Not...
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How I Backed Up my Photos in China
Fujifilm XT-1, 35mm lens, 1/250 @f7.1, ISO 800 Today’s photo from China was taken in Prince Gong’s Mansion, Beijing. Also called Prince Kung’s Mansion, the complex includes temples, residences,...
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Street Food in Xi’an
Fujifilm XT-1, 56mm lens, 1/250 @ f4, ISO 800 Today’s photo was taken in the Muslim Quarter in Xi’an. The streets are lined with food stalls. This one was selling fish – perhaps you could call it fish...
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How to Take Photos in Fog (and process them in Lightroom)
After leaving China we flew on to the UK to visit family. Now we are spending a few weeks in Galicia in north-west Spain. It’s a fascinating region, green and mountainous, mostly rural. There’s a...
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What I Did with my Helios Lens in China (and why you should buy a vintage lens)
Before I went to China in August I published a list on here of the photo gear that I was going to take with me. One of the items on that list was a Helios 58mm f2 lens. I only used it once during the...
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My Ten Favourite Photos from 2015
At the end of every year I take a look back and pick my ten favourites. I recommend that you do the same. It’s an interesting exercise, and one that gains value over the years as you compare each set...
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Colour or black and white?
After I published my ten favourite photos from 2015 several readers commented on the choice of black and white. It’s an interesting topic of discussion as anybody who uses a digital camera can easily...
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Why I Converted my X-Pro 1 Camera to Infrared
Twenty months ago I bought a Fujifilm X-Pro 1 camera. I was so impressed by it that I also bought an X-T1. Since then I’ve hardly used the X-Pro 1, which was relegated to the status of backup camera /...
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Why the Greatest Photographers Pursue Projects
Yesterday I came across a copy of Robert Doisneau’s Portraits of the Artists. It’s a beautiful book, displaying photos from a personal project spanning many decades. The oldest are over 70 years old....
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Long Exposure Photography with the Fujifilm X-Pro 1
Anyone familiar with Wellington will know that the high winds and variable weather are a frustration for landscape photographers. We had some beautiful calm days this week so I took advantage of the...
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My Top Ten Photos for 2014
January is a natural time for thinking about what you’ve achieved in the year that’s just passed. In relation to photography, I like to spend a little time going over my best photos taken during the...
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Portrait Processing in Lightroom
Today I’d like to take a look at a portrait that I took last week and show you how I processed it in Lightroom. I took this photo of Ashley one evening last week. The light was very soft. The sun had...
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Do Electronic Viewfinders Belong in Digital SLRs?
According to Canon Rumors, Canon may be planning to release a digital SLR camera with an electronic viewfinder. We won’t know whether Canon will ever include an electronic viewfinder in a digital SLR...
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