Photography A lucky shot This was too big a file to include with the newsletter, but I made it down to the River Ore last night just before the sun set (and before the rain hit) and managed to grab this shot.
Inspiration Some calm things to look at... A couple of things have caught my eye on the Colossal website this morning...
Photography Featured Reality Bleeds in Los Angeles... I took the new (to me, it was actually "new" in 1973) Hasselblad with me to LA last week. I hadn't had it serviced, so I knew the results were likely to be a little dicey. I got the negatives back yesterday and oh boy there
Photography Hasselblad A couple of weeks ago, I took the plunge and bought an old (1973) Hasselblad 500CM on eBay. There have been a few teething problems, but this is the first successful image out of it and has made me fall in love with film all over again. I took the
Inspiration Robert Richardson Robert Richardson's work on Oliver Stone's movies and on Scorsese's films represents the pinnacle of the cinematographer's art. Latterly he's been doing amazing things with Tarantino and here he is talking to Deadline about "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood".
Inspiration Incredible picture of the Russian volcano eruption, taken from the ISS Sharing this from Colossal: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/07/raikoke-eruption/
Photography Featured A do-over on some older photos Try as I might with colour, I'm never as happy with the results as I am with a good monochrome image.
Photography Featured Suffolk Landscapes At the end of last week, I spent a couple of days up on the Suffolk coast, on a research/inspiration trip for the second series of our Mystery Machine podcast. I also found some time to experiment with some landscape photography.
Photography Some Amsterdam images An impromptu evening visit to the NDSM wharf; an old dockyard being transformed into a cultural enclave and artists' colony. Pictures taken last year on a Fuji X-E3 with a 35mm lens. Starting off at going through Centraal Station to ferry at the backWaiting for the ferryCrossing the waterAn
Inspiration These images are incredible Tennis Balls and Swim Caps Crowd the Frame in New Time-Lapse Compositions by Pelle Cass More to be seen at COLOSSAL [https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/05/new-photos-by-pelle-cass/]
