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Personal Projects – By Colin Corneau

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Personal Projects In our latest guest contribution, Colin Corneau talks to us about personal projects and how to give yourself a boost when you are in a slump.

Alternative inspiration – by Jerome Arfouche

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Alternative inspiration sources for photographers Jerome has very kindly written another article for us, this time on how to keep inspiration and how to find inspiration.

The Medium Pt 1 – Why film and digital are the same

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Are they the same? Who cares? We have another piece by guest writer Jerome Arfouche for you. This piece is the first in a four part series that wil be spread out over the next week or so. I would really like to hear comments on this. Share your thoughts with us.

Tokyo Street Photo Workshop – Done

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Well well well, The workshop has finished and it has been emotional Yes, that is right, the workshop has finished and we had a blast. It has been a roller coaster of emotions for all of us, not just the students but the instructors too. We have made friends from all over the world and [...]

Leica & Magnum: Awakening by Dominic Nahr

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The latest photo essay from Leica and Magnum. Domonic Nahr, the Oskar Barnack award winner from 2009 travels to Fukushima to cover the nuclear situation that has become part of life for the residents there. It is interesting to see the western take on this terrible problem. Nahr has a sensitive view and highlights the [...]

Summer with a Leica

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Or ‘strolling the streets of Japan with a Leica’ Japan has been having a hell of a year, possibly the worst in living memory. The Tohoku earthquake, the ensuing tsunami and the meltdown of the Fukushima reactors taking a massive toll, not just physically and economically, but also mentally. Japanese people have shown massive strength [...]

To Flickr or not to Flickr

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Social networking and sharing websites: Which ones do you use? Now that we have Face book, Twitter and all that runs in between there has never been a better way to share you work and your visions. For the photographers among us we have Flickr, Smugmug, 500PX and many many more in between. But in reality, [...]

The faces of Japan continued…

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Well, the faces thing is back, with a few more for you. I have been pushing myself pretty hard lately…. It is all about getting the pictures of the people that I meet and interact with now. I still love to take pictures of still life and that sort of thing, but I am really starting [...]

Holga…Crap? Amazing? I just don’t know…

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What to make of a plastic camera? Ahhhh, the Holga….. Love it or hate it, it has certainly made an impact and gained a cult following over the last few years. There are several different versions available, and loads of different colour schemes (because that is what is important when choosing a camera). Because I am [...]

The faces of Japan

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There are millions of interesting faces, here are a few. We are surrounded by millions, but how often do we really look at their faces? I have been taking photos for years, and for the most part they have been either crap or in no form of direction. I decided recently that I really needed to [...]