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A Better Understanding of Exposure

January 28, 2016

Yesterday saw the super exciting release of a new Olympus Pen camera, the Pen F. Modelled on the 1963 rangefinder Pen F it has a built-in viewfinder, 20 megapixels and amazing added features like adjusting hue & saturation of individual colours. It’s highend kit with a price to match. But more on that soon! At…
A Mini Guide To My Favourite Finds | New York

January 21, 2016

A few months on, granted, I have for you, a mini guide to the places I loved best while in New York – if you missed my first post, 5 Things To Do In New York, check it out! In this post, I bring you cafés, an ice-cream parlour, fashion boutiques, cool jewellery and more; all…
#PenInPractice | How To Shoot With a Vintage Lens

January 15, 2016

Even before my first Pen had arrived, I was already enthusiastically checking out all the possible lens options. A quick Google and trawl through some photography blogs showed me the exciting versatility of not only the automatic Olympus lenses but third-party lenses like the Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 and super low aperture manual-only German made glass…
Where To Eat | Jackdaw, E5

January 7, 2016

Back in December – feels like forever ago now! – we popped into Clapton’s new jazz café Jackdaw; just across from Clapton Pond for the locals among you. Outstanding food and with a most photogenic refurb…
What Settings Do I Use? | Olympus Pen E-PL7

January 4, 2016

So you’ve got your new Olympus Pen E-PL7 (update: or Pen E-PL8!) and you’ve got all the right menus set up, now what are the right settings to use? I guess it differs for everyone and every light situation will vary, so I can only tell you what I do for my pictures. Here goes…
The Good, The Bad & The New Year Resolutions

December 31, 2015

This past year has gone quicker than I can shake a stick at. Not being too much the sentimental type I wasn’t that thrilled at the prospect of doing a regular highlights post. But I guess that’s kind of what I’m doing in a roundabout way, so here’s the bits I’ve liked, not liked and…