Monthly Archives: August 2011

Book review: ‘Yangtze – The long river’ by Nadav Kander

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

I thought I’d kick off a new strand in my Web Journal: an occasional series of reviews of photography books that I have collected. To kick things off, a look at one of my favourites: ‘Yangtze – The long river’ by Nadav … Continue reading →

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Three versions…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

Take a look at the three images in the composite above. Same picture; three different treatments, each separated by about a year. The photograph dates from my first visit to the French Jura in February 2008 and my first attempt … Continue reading →

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“Summertime and the livin’ is easy”

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

That’s how the famous tune from George Gershwin’s opera, ‘Porgy and Bess’, would have it and how true this is – unless you’re a landscape photographer! Summertime really does us no favours at all. The sun rises inconveniently early and … Continue reading →

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