Using Camera Movements
28.12.10
I promised in my last post about my Nikon PC-E 45mm tilt/shift lens that I would talk about using camera movements, so here it is. Camera movements aren’t very commonly used any more, but they are tremendously powerful and It’s worth shining a light into how it can work for your photography.
Rise, fall and shift are pretty simple concepts, and are well explained in the Wikipedia article on the View Camera. Tilts and swings, however, are the two that are most confusing and is worth exploring.
Our Christmas DVD
27.12.10
A few posts ago I mentioned that we decided to get a bit creative and make our Christmas presents rather than battling the crowds to buy them, and here it is!
Nikon PC-E 45mm f/2.8
26.12.10
One of the things that got lost with the popularity of 35mm and medium format cameras is something called “camera movements”. If you’re scratching your head at “camera movements”, you probably know what I’m talking about, but know it under a different name: tilt/shift lenses.
A sneak peek at our Christmas presents
14.12.10
This is usually the time we battle the crowds to do some last minute christmas shopping, but this year we couldn’t bear the thought of hitting the crowded shopping centres with a pram and a baby. So we decided to make something special to give away.
Introducing ‘ASIAN’
6.12.10
I’ve kept this project fairly low key up until now, but I’m proud to announce my new portrait project called ‘ASIAN’.