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Overexposure and Underexposure in Digital Photography
Understanding exposure through the principles of analogue push and pull processing Exposure has always been central to photography. Whether working with traditional film or a digital sensor, the amount of light recorded determines much of the technical quality and visual…
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Intersections: Finding Abstraction in the Ordinary
Abstract photography does not necessarily begin with an abstract subject. Sometimes it begins with a wall, a shadow, and a moment in which the familiar suddenly stops looking familiar. A sudden shift in how we see the ordinary. There was…
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The Quiet Weight of a Photograph
There are photographs that announce their intentions almost at once. A face filled with emotion, a dramatic landscape, a decisive moment in the street. I look at them and understand, or at least believe I understand, why the photographer pressed…
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Film vs Digital: Two Ways of Seeing
There was a time that nobody asked whether you were an analogue or digital photographer. Photography was simply photography. You bought a camera, put a roll of film into it, tried not to forget what ISO you had loaded, and…