Posts Tagged ‘ photography ’

Analogue is defying digital in a retro revival of words, pictures and sounds

September 17, 2012
typewriter__by-Amy-Freeborn

Published on Yahoo! – – The current digital generation is collecting and reclaiming the analogue items of the past, driven by a desire to take back control from standardised settings and an aesthetic appreciation of the items and their output.
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Photographic twist on typical London tourist images

July 26, 2012
Big-ben-postcard__by-Amy-Freeborn

Published on Yahoo! – - Take the traditional and make it sensational with these simple techniques for stand-out holiday snaps.
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Top London locations for picture-perfect shots of the city

July 17, 2012
view from Tower Bridge, west and east__by Amy Freeborn

Published on Yahoo! – - Turn the typical tourist shot on its head by taking photographs from, rather than of, London’s iconic buildings, monuments and landmarks.
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Hack a disposable camera to artistic analogue photo heaven

June 12, 2012
Light-leak-example-by-Amy-Freeborn

Published on Yahoo! – - Put down the digital camera and step away from the app. Try an altogether more creative and unique way of achieving artistic photo effects, by hacking a disposable analogue camera.
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So, I Bought A Polaroid

March 4, 2011
So, I Bought A Polaroid

I jumped on a bandwagon recently – by which I mean I bought myself a vintage Polaroid 1000 land camera. It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that Polaroid has undergone something of a renaissance recently. The instant photography company, which formed in 1937, was a worldwide best-seller in its 60s and 70s heyday, but...
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A Time Lapse Experiment: ‘Decomposition’

February 19, 2011

Who would have thought fruit was so hardy? Certainly not me when I decided to undertake a time lapse experiment, documenting the decomposition of a pair of apples. I set up my plate of apples and my tripod in March 2010, and while I didn’t have a time-frame in mind, I did not expect...
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Photographic Terrorism

February 16, 2009
Photographic Terrorism

The British Government has branded anyone with a camera a possible terrorist with a new law introduced this week. The law – marked with a protest by hundreds of photographers outside Scotland Yard – means that anyone taking a photograph that contains a member of the police, military or certain government personnel, will essentially...
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