Back From The Front
Sunday 15th January 2012
Changing the course of a supertanker is a famous simile for something that is slow and difficult, and requires forethought: clearly, it cannot be flicked around like a speedboat.
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Saturday 14th January 2012
There was surprisingly little hesitation when Eli said, 'I do.' In fact, the only hesitation in the room was from the photographer. I could hear him quietly grunting in frustration behind me.
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Friday 13th January 2012
A while ago, you may have noticed, Leica Null-Serie number 107 sold for $1,900,000 (about £1.2 million) at auction. I have not the faintest idea who bought it, but it did set me thinking about riches and priorities
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Thursday 12th January 2012
Petie camera - While on a recent trip to Rome, I imagined that anyone who passed me by was thinking, 'Is that a real camera he's using?' Even if they weren't saying it out loud, that is clearly what people were asking themselves when I appeared to be dangling a novelty key ring in front of my face
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Wednesday 11th January 2012
More than the general run of mankind, it seems, photographers have a genius for seizing a half-truth (or possibly half a truth) and then presenting it as an immutable law of nature. One of the more interesting is that a particular lens or camera or film 'isn't for everyone; you have to learn to use
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Tuesday 10th January 2012
A phrase that I regard with increasing suspicion is, 'I could afford one if I wanted it, but it's not worth the money.' It's a phrase you often hear applied to expensive cameras and lenses.
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