Category Archives: Photographers

And now some FRPS photographer’s web galleries

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Anne Bryson

I though I would finish this bit of research by looking at the web galleries of some photographers who had achieved The Royal Photographic Society’s Fellowship award, FRPS.  Fellowship is the top accolade of the RPS so it goes without … Continue reading →

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More web galleries

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Anne Bryson

The next group of photographers whose web galleries I viewed were previously unknown to me.  As I was considering flowers as my theme for assignment 5, I decided that flower photographers would be a good starting point and found the … Continue reading →

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Photographers websites

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Anne Bryson

I have spent this afternoon looking at a number of photographers’ websites and was surprised at the variation in terms of style and quality, especially considering some of these people are professional photographers and presumably use this as one of … Continue reading →

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How far is too far in digital manipulation?

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Anne Bryson

Whilst researching the ethics of digital photography, I found an interesting article called ‘The ethics of digital manipulation’ by Astrophotographer, Jerry Lodriguss in which he discusses, not just the ethics of digitally enhancing images but the whole area of interpretation and the … Continue reading →

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So is this a fraud, or an acceptable amount of manipulation?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Anne Bryson

I came across this story in an OCA forum when another student asked if the photograph that won the World Press Photo of the Year for 2013, was real or a fake. http://oca-student.com/node/104366  It has generated quite a lot of … Continue reading →

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Andy Beel, FRPS

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Anne Bryson

Andy Beel is a, award winning professional photographer and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society who specialises in Monochrome.   I was fortunate enough to attend a local RPS meeting where he demonstrated converting digital images to black and white using Lightroom.  Although I understand he also … Continue reading →

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Trees by Magnum Photographers

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Anne Bryson

One book that I have found very useful in my search for photographers of trees is a small book of photos taken by a number of Magnum photographers such as Bruce Davidson and Martine Franck as well as others who are less well known to me.  The … Continue reading →

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High key photography

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Anne Bryson

This is not an area of photography that I thought I would go for but once I got understood what I was doing I found it fascinating.  I think my problem initially was that I didn’t really understand the requirements and thought I … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the work of Guy Tal

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Anne Bryson

In an earlier post I discussed an Outdoor Photography article where David Ward was sharing his opinion on current trends in landscape photography and made reference to a quote by Guy Tal who describes himself as ‘an artist who uses … Continue reading →

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A different take on Landscape Photography

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Anne Bryson

I have long been a fan of landscape  photography, Charlie Waite’s work being what I admired most for many years.  In recent times though, everybody seems to have jumped on the ‘Big Picture’ bandwagon, to  the point that it becomes difficult to distinguish … Continue reading →

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