Monthly Archives: November 2010

Portraits for posterity

Posted on November 25, 2010 by john perkins

Photographer Matt Writtle has created a collection of unique and moving studio portraits featuring Holocaust survivors living in Britain today. Few survived the Ghettos and extermination camps, and those who did  are clearly now very elderly. I stumbled across  Matt Writtle’s pictures while … Continue reading →

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The Panasonic LX5

Posted on November 23, 2010 by john perkins

The Panasonic LX3 created a sensation when it came out a few years ago, Great low light shooting, loads of manual control, and in good light, a near consumer DSLR image quality plus, and not least, classic styling to die for.  But … Continue reading →

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Safari Phototgraphy – at London Zoo

Posted on November 22, 2010 by john perkins

photo Nia Davies I was a little sceptical When Nia Davies contacted me a few weeks back requesting a training session based at London Zoo to improve her skills before a visit to Masai Mara. What about the camera training … Continue reading →

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Natural Portrait photography

Posted on November 15, 2010 by john perkins

When Sandra Humphreys mailed me a couple of weeks ago about a training session for herself and her friend Jenny she requested a session based at her own home with Sandra’s daughter Poppy as our primary subject for the shooting practice. Sandra’s beautiful Victorian house was … Continue reading →

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Deals I’ve spotted this week

Posted on November 8, 2010 by john perkins

The Imac deal below is well beyond the average budget unlike the new camera offer from Panasonic who specialise in compact and smaller interchangeable lens cameras. The G series is a microsystem group of cameras based the so called fourthirds system and offering a much larger … Continue reading →

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Photo Location – Dunwich

Posted on November 7, 2010 by john perkins

800 years ago the Suffolk town of Dunwich was the biggest trading port on the east coast. But built as it was on the sandy East Anglian soils  its fate was inevitable and over a couple of centuries Dunwich was consumed by the … Continue reading →

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