Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Or is this Wulf, playing around with a new toy on his camera? Truth be told, it could probably be described as an admixture of both the first two parts (real … Continue reading →

Taking photos of fish can be frustrating because the light reflected on the surface of the water causes the image to become washed out. One way to fix this is to invest in a polarising filter, which can block out … Continue reading →

Studying round art and graphic design in the VIth form at school, I remember a discussion about “contre-jour” pictures, which made strong use of lighting. For some reason we never got round to producing any work based on this but, … Continue reading →

Reaching the end of a significant project is a good feeling. This week I have completed my year-long fiftytwo endeavour with the image above. My original idea was to return to the idea of a self portrait taken in a … Continue reading →

If last week’s shot deserved the subtitle Watching Me then I think the obvious choice for this week’s one, the penultimate addition to my fiftytwo project, is Watching You. I used my 50mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox DCR-250 adaptor. The … Continue reading →

For this week’s self portrait, number fifty in my fiftytwo series, I held the the camera at arms length. The resulting image looked down on me a little which made me think of surveillance cameras, so I worked on the … Continue reading →

You may remember my favourite picture from July 2008 from when I used it to illustrate a post I made about a new kind of yeast I was using for my breadmaking. I did not take many pictures in July … Continue reading →

My chosen photo for this week’s addition to my fiftytwo self portrait project is the large image shown above, representing me getting up and getting ready to face the world. I have trimmed it slightly so it now exactly fits … Continue reading →

This week’s assignment on the Digital Photography School forums is "X-tych". The challenge is to create a multi-panelled image from original photographs. I decided to combine my work for this with my fiftytwo self portrait. I had been explaining to … Continue reading →