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Category Archives: Thoughts and Reflections
Saturday, January 14, 2012
 I had a very strange year as a photographer, and I would like to briefly reflect on it as I’m sure lots of us have years like this. It was a year in which I finally took my skills and carefully amassed equipment and pitted them against a few, three to be precise, weddings, and…
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 My dad died on Friday night. On my way home from work, before it happened, I stopped to photograph this landscape. I know that every time I look at this image I’ll remember my dad and what happened on Friday. My dad was a good and kind man, who was flawed and challenged just like…
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
 I almost love this picture, but I’m afraid it falls short. Compositionally, the woman walking her dog is in the wrong spot. If I had pressed the shutter when she was nearer to the left and filling the empty space this would have been a stronger picture. It’s good to reflect on these things and…
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 Arran and the Cumbraes from the Haylie Brae above Largs I have bought a new camera! Everyone I know has said to me ” how can you possibly need another camera”? My photographic friend Shirley understood perfectly well when I told her. She said in a burst of great wisdom, you can’t have too many…
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 This may seem an odd subject to make a fuss about, but my experience has been that it causes more hassle and stress than any other aspect of learning photography. Ask yourself, “how many times have I left my DSLR at home because I didn’t want to carry it”? It is often said that the…
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