August 2007
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Wainwright And The Lake District
Julia’s Bradbury’s back!! Series two of the wonderful Wainwright’s Walks series. One of the crew contacted me after my previous article on Wainwright’s Walks, and told me the second series was forthcoming. I didn’t expect it quite so soon, but what a treat: more BBC programmes, beginning with Helvellyn which is what I thought should have been the next BBC trip. Well done fellas, and Julia: it was the obvious next choice. It’s just great to…
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Mountain Photography: Advice
Mountain photography seems a daunting activity, with so much to think about. First, there’s the mountains: big scary things where you can get hurt. Second, there’s photography which is all a bit complicated…isn’t it? Yes and no. And yes and no also, on the dangers of mountains. As with so many things, mountain photography largely rests on experience. If you’ve never wandered the high places before, you are apprehensive – and rightly so. Even in Britain,…
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Street Photography
Constantly, you hear photographers nervous and uncertain about street or candid photography. It has two dimensions, firstly subjective feelings of discomfort and awkwardness and secondly some problematic concerns of current society. The first candid work I undertook was when I studied photography at school, using an Olympus OM10 and taking the Ilford FP4 into a makeshift darkroom I’d built at home. My Dad had bought the equipment, including his own Zenith SLR, to produce some…