To Print or Not to Print?

I’m a firmly believer that a photograph is not complete until it’s has been physically printed out. Like many photographers who learnt their craft with film and wet process printing, I have never forgotten the first time I experienced a B&W print appear before my eyes in a tray of developer. The whole photographic process should flow from subject, to capturing the image, editing and selecting the best frame then finally printing out the finished photograph. One of the great benefits of

Old School

Last week while in Salisbury, I had a free hour between meetings, so I decided to have a trawl around some of the charity and antique centres. On the top floor of one of the antiques centres, I found a whole section devoted to old cameras and lens. It was a bit of an Aladdin’s cave, though everything was just chucked in boxes and very little was on display.  I was actually looking for an old Olympus Pen 35mm half frame camera. I spied one in a cabinet, but it was in very poor condition.

Day 2 Christmas Day in Addis Ababa

Christmas Day My body clock has had some trouble adjusting to the new timezone and along with the altitude, I found it hard to get to sleep last night. As a result I didn't drop of until nearly 2am. I had set my alarm for 8am for morning prayer and breakfast but it didn't go off so I woke up at 9am and we had to catch the bus to church at 9:30am! So the day began with a mad rush, this added to by no coffee and no morning prayer, I was not at my best when I boarded the bus for St Mathew's