The Candid Frame Blog and Podcast
I have an iPod which I use quite often, but instead of listening to music, I usually listen to podcasts. There are so many great ones out there dedicated to any topic you… Continue reading
Category Archive: Other photographers
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100 Years Henri Cartier-Bresson
I was on a business trip in Ludwigshafen and Mannheim this week, and I noticed a poster for a an exhibition of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s early work in the Kunsthalle Mannheim. I was leaving… Continue reading
Review of Mastering Black and White Digital Photography
I am still on a quest to improve my black-and-white photographs, and I am still looking at various books. I’ve already reviewed two books (review 1 and review 2) which were not quite… Continue reading
"Radiant Vista" Videos
I’ve been so terribly busy in the last two weeks that I haven’t even taken the camera in my hands. But I’ve not given up on photography totally. For example, I’m watching the… Continue reading
Review of Mastering Digital Black and White
I’m now through with the second book that I recently bought in order to learn more about digital methods for creating good black-and-white photographs. The review of the first one can be found… Continue reading
Review of Digital Black and White Photography
Recently I decided to learn more about digital methods for creating good black-and-white photographs. I looked around on Amazon and after reading quite a few descriptions and readers’ opinions, I ordered three books.… Continue reading
Meeting Akash
About a week ago I saw a short report on TV about a photographer from Bangladesh named Akash, who spent 2007 living and working in Hamburg. The report showed a few of his… Continue reading
A Few Quotes
The following come from the very early issues of Lenswork, an excellent magazine about which I’ll be writing more soon. A picture lives from the life you put into it. If you put… Continue reading
Review of Looking East: Portraits by Steve McCurry
Mike Johnston of The Online Photographer (TOP) has published my short review of the great book Looking East: Portraits by Steve McCurry. At first I thought of posting the review here, but the… Continue reading
"Henri Cartier-Bresson"
I’ve put the name in quotes because I’m talking about the documentary that’s currently running in the program cinemas in Germany. The film itself was nothing extraordinary, but seeing and hearing Cartier-Bresson talk… Continue reading
George Barr on "Learning to See"
I “discovered” George Barr by reading his three excellent articles “Taking Your Photography To The Next Level” on Luminous Landscape. I then followed the link to his “Behind The Lens” blog, which I’ve… Continue reading
Church Abstract
Yesterday I was invited to a wedding — as a friend, not as a photographer — but of course I could not resist and had my camera with me. The wedding was in… Continue reading