Conversation Starters

| February 25, 2011

Whilst sitting in a cafe last weekend, an older man in an adjacent booth, called out to me to inquire about my camera. He wanted to know if it was a manual Nikon as he had suspected. “No, it’s a Yashica.”, I replied, “My Nikon is at home.” He then launched into a conversation about [...]

Why I Love My Cameras

| February 6, 2010

Apart from the obvious which is allowing me to shoot some photographs and making them look pretty, I love my cameras for their funny little quirks. When you spend as much time with a camera like I do, you start to think of them as friends, confidantes, secret keepers and often times, like your own [...]

Digicam Decisions

| October 2, 2009

A little colour for your Friday. I have a confession that no camerajunkie should admit…I have been looking at purchasing a new digital camera. It’s terrible, this disease. Always hunting for something different, something to inspire and recharge the picture taking mojo. At present, I am in love with the idea of the Olympus E-P1. [...]

Beautiful Sydney in Winter

| July 28, 2009

My sister in Centennial Park, Sydney So you wouldn’t think that this is the dead of winter here in Sydney, right now. The past couple of weeks we have been having glorious sunny weather that only requires a light jacket. It’s that kind of weather where you instantly feel the urge to lie down in [...]

Guide to Buying a Film Camera

| June 13, 2009

If you hadn’t heard yet, I’m a bit of a film photography obsessive. I get a lot of emails and flickrmail from people asking me about my cameras, how I use them, which ones to buy, so I thought I would put up a little feature here on why I personally love film cameras and [...]