Recent content by benc98

Some really great british documentary photography there, saying that, I do prefer a monograph

I’m not really sure if the accreditation means much, the ‘b’ means you’ve attended a judging seminar and given it an go and A probably means you can recite a bunch of received wisdoms. You could probably become PAGB accredited and only ever experienced photography through the club scene and...

In the camera clubs scene it’s really just volunteers giving up their evening to give the club an evening of entertainment. It’s actually a lot of work if you want to do it properly. There’s no qualifications or educational requirements, the quality is mixed, and there’s no consistency. I...

The judge is just commenting on what is in front of them, and giving their subjective opinion. It’s up to you which comments from the judge to take on board. The judge might be the only person with that view.

I try to use it less, but it's hard because it's so convenient. things I don't like, it's hard to tell the difference between good quality products, low quality products and those that are drop shipped. There are sponsored results in the searches, what's that all about! essentially have to...

Archivist?

I think that when you’re starting out as a beginner, no one wants to make a bad exposure, but there are so many elements that go into making a good picture, and therefore so many small decisions to navigate. Shooting with the edit in mind, or treating photography as data collection, feels like...

I think in the context of being a beginner photographer and someone who wants to learn, 'shooting to edit' sounds like a bad idea.

I hadn't seen it, just watched it - it's the perfect explainer The video summed up ens***ification nicely. The term was coined up Cory Doctorow, and used to describe how online platforms are at first designed with the user in mind, then it rewards advertisers / partners and then it makes the...

In my job, I am an IT consultant who specialises in one particular piece of software. It's a broad piece of software and impossible to know all answers to questions about it's functionality, so I sometimes give AI a go at answering the... and it completely makes up convincing but totally wrong...

A lot of photographers I know and appreciate, started off as painters / artists before becoming photographers.. HCB, Saul Leiter, Joel Meyerowirtz, Man Ray

Edward Hopper? Art referencing art is is great when both photographer and viewer make the connection

I’ve only recently become aware of the term ens***ification, now, id be wary of using Amazon

Watch the histogram and expose to the right. Thats all I do

I think the Tate Modern are getting a bit annoyed with photograpgers specifically in the areas around the staircase. It seems to be a bit of a stop off for organised photography workshops which is a bit cheeky