Eadweard Muybridge re-enactment

Eadweard Muybridge, in the 1870's, began producing a series of photographs to capture the movements of horses — in order to settle a bet that the four feet of a galloping racehorse are sometimes all clear of the ground.

Muybridge's photographic method was re-enacted at Ham Polo Ground, a stone's throw from his birthplace in Kingston, using an invited bevy of large format cameras.

Kayak photography on the River Thames

Making photographs of the River Thames from a kayak — an account of this unique physical and visual balancing act guided by the time-honoured principle of simply messing about in boats.

Buying a digital camera

Some tips and an outline of the main features to consider when buying a standard or prosumer digital camera — for those not sure where to begin.

How do photographs represent things?


A growing collection of occasional articles about photography and things photographic

Of puppets, philosophy and pictorial representation

A philosophical primer for those interested in understanding pictorial representation and how the two-dimensional array of dots of a photograph can represent the three-dimensional world.

Five theories are sketched and commented on: Resemblance; Illusion; Semiotic; Make-Believe; and Seeing-In.

Travel Guide Market Research

An investigation into travel guidebook buying habits in the UK and the associated travel guide publishing market, drawing on market research and intelligence.

The article begins with a general introduction to the UK publishing market and statistical overview of consumer book publishing.

 

Image: Man adjusting plate camera; Article: Eadweard Muybridge
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Image: Swan and reeds on River Thames; Article: Kayak Photography
Image: Puppeteer in Paris; Article: Photographic Representation

City of London Dragon Photo Safari

Travel photography for travellers — an alternative guide describing how and where to take quirky photos of dragons in the City of London.

The number of dragons lurking in various corners of the City is remarkable, including: Temple Bar, Bank, Holborn Viaduct, and Britain's largest meat market. Includes technical photo tips and dragon safari map.

 

Victorian Artists in Photographs

Review of this fascinating exhibition of Victorian artists — such as Millais, Rossetti, Watts, Ruskin, RL Stevenson, Burne-Jones, Whistler, William Morris, Dickens and Carlyle — in Victorian photographs at London's Guildhall Art Gallery.