September 30, 2010
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I was at a wedding recently taking some ‘party shots’ and experimenting with my flashgun, when I happened upon a new technique which I like to call Faceflash™. The basic premise is I point the flash at my own face and take the shot holding the camera out in front of me, thus bathing the [...]
September 27, 2010
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I was just playing around on my work laptop the other day, which doesn’t have any Adobe or Apple products, and I came up with this, which I think looks pretty decent considering. Here’s the recipe: Take one photo of a person either looking happy or sad, preferably from a developing country. This photo was [...]
September 19, 2010
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I took this photo in the stairwell of the tenement buildings near to our apartment in Phnom Penh. The night before we’d been awoken by the sounds off bulldozers and shouting. This child had no doubt been kept awake all night too. We awoke in the morning to find that the famous Dey Krahorm slum, [...]
September 12, 2010
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Since I moved to Paris a couple of weeks ago, I’ve asked everyone I’ve met which arrondisements (boroughs for the non-French) they recommend. I had almost unilateral agreement from everyone to stay clear of the 18th and 19th because “that’s where the red light district is”. It turns out that the red light district is [...]
September 11, 2010
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Do ya see what I did there? This is a photo I took back in 2005 on a short trip to Paris. I never thought I’d end up living here. Too expensive for starters. I could go on. Anyway this was taken on a point-n-shoot Sony DSC-P120. I have no idea what happened to that [...]
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The NACA Orphanage, near Boeng Kak lake in Phnom Penh, looks after around 25 youngsters. They’re always happy to have visitors. We visited quite a few times and always received a warm welcome. There’s a bit about the orphanage here and some of their supporters have a Facebook group here. This photo was taken with [...]
September 5, 2010
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A waitress takes orders on Rue De Mouffetard in the 5th arrondisement in Paris. Taken on a Canon 350D, my trusty backup while waiting for my replacement 7D to arrive. This photo is an HDR from three RAW files.
