Now, that statement may sound extreme but hear me out. I’ve been reading into some literature by some leading thinkers and there is hope for us yet!
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“We are doing our bit for the German economy” joked Kostas as he finished the paperwork for the car I was to hire after I asked him how business was these days. His joke hinted at the bitterness that many Greeks feel towards Germany and Europe in general and it is easy to see why.
As you know my wife have birth six weeks ago, before she did though she asked me to take some maternity photos.
If you remember back to my last post I had developed my first roll of film and discovered that the light leak was indeed in my camera not the film as I hoped. Examining the negatives though there were some salvageable shots. So I had a decision to make, scan or print.
This is the second photo in my series of photos from Flickr which I absolutely love. This one is by another very talented photographer She Escobar. When I first saw this image I immediately thought of Sebastião Salgado.
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Last year I had an interview published over on The Inspired Eye blog. If you haven’t checked it out you should do! It’s an amazing blog and magazine featuring some great talent.
You may remember from my previous post that I had bought myself a nice little rangefinder the Olympus 35sp but now I had a problem. Ugly orangy-red marks on my negatives and prints. I said in my last post that I had used an old, out of date film for my test roll which might have been a mistake. The problem now was I couldn’t figure out where the light leak had come from. The ebay seller had assured me the camera had just been serviced so I was hoping it wasn’t the light seals on there. Also the light leaks weren’t on every frame and seemed to recede the further into the roll I got. I surmised (wrongly it turned out) that the leak was on the canister. I guess it was wishful thinking! I really didn’t want it to be a problem of the camera I had just spent over £100 on!
To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
Elliott Erwitt (via sheescobar)
If you haven’t already, check out this great blog by Fujista and all round nice guy Adam Bonn.
Robert Poole 
