New Journal 25 – The fight for exposure What a strange e-morning! This beautifully sunny morn, on the terrace of our friend’s apartment, we are enjoying the flavours of a freshly brewed coffee and relaxing in front of our laptops with the New York skyline as our backdrop – the view is truly amazing. Yet, […]
New Journal 24 – Adventures in NYC What is there to say about NYC that hasn’t already been said? I can talk about the bright lights, the city that never sleeps, the energy, the grit, the skyline, the parks, and the massiveness of it all. However, our journey so far has been characterized by the […]
New Journal 23 – In NYC Rain was falling heavily on the streets of New York that morning. We were moving quickly towards a Harlem subway station with all of our bags. The next task would be to find a luggage storage place near Times Square. We were drenched and hungry but once we could […]
Usually my post-processing is restricted to the brackets that I have of a particular scene. I try to bring out, as much as possible, the best in that scene. Sometimes, however, I feel that an image can benefit from some creative blending of separate images. The before and after below is a great example of […]
New Journal 22 – From place to place Like passengers on a train, we’ve watched the scenery of our lives in the last 3 years flash by, ever changing. Sounds, smells, sights, languages – little feels familiar. The idea of a ‘normal’ life seems so alien to me now. Sometimes I feel like I yearn […]
New Journal 20 – Leaving South America We’re struggling with internet at the moment as we count down the hours until our flight from Antofagasta, Northern Chile, leaves. We’ll be US-bound tomorrow evening. My friend George, from New Jersey, but who doesn’t sound like Tony Soprano (to my disappointment), recommends I indulge in a fresh […]
New Journal 19 – Our itinerary for the US We’ve got a very rough itinerary for our 6-week US journey. Rachel and I don’t do completely ridged plans – we like to remain a touch flexible. We’ve also been a bit vague in certain places by just writing the states. We’re still doing research on […]
New Journal 18 – San Pedro As we stared up to the brilliantly shining Milky Way, a shooting star flashed into our view and disappeared again almost as quickly . We were standing in the desert. We were silent. We felt inspired and insignificant at the same time. San Pedro De Atacama is one of […]
Recently, Cyrus Khamak of Megashot.net posted an interesting article about HDR photography. To encourage debate he tagged me in the article. As it turned out, we had a number of disagreements on what we thought HDR was. However, as the debate continued it became apparent that we were both coming to a shared understanding – […]
New Journal 17 – And the journey continues The mysterious dry-lands of the Atacama desert are calling us. We leave in an our on another long (24 hour) bus journey. We’re soon to wave goodbye to Santiago firm in the knowledge that we will be back, sooner rather than later. The city has everything we […]