Recent content by tom dinning

It’s the investment your paying for. Keeping a dead horse walking is an expensive business, especially when there’s no future in Thant mode. Camera manufacturers will put their money where the need is and there is value for their dollar. Digital is far easier to amange and produce since...

I’m looking … still looking ….. thinking …. Something not quite right. Where? What? Damn. Everything. Background colour too dominant, eyes closed? Hair draped over face, shoulder? What’s the hand doing? Face smack in the middle of a jungle of distractions. It’s just too … complicated.

I’ve travelled quite a bit over the years. When I look photos my friends who were exposed to them always asked the same question: “Where was that taken?” “Inside my head” would be my less than straight answer. Soon enough they got the picture. What they saw was more to do with what I felt and...

Men can’t do 2 things at the same time. It’s hardly possible for the genre to scratch an itch and shoot simultaneously. Might I suggest forming a relationship with a woman who can photograph to your liking and she can take over one of the activities. Since women are proposed to be able to do...

Any photo of a landscape is not the landscape. It is what the photographer thinks of the landscape. Where I live the landscape is monotonous, interrupted bu the odd pole or building. Yet it’s still a landscape. Someone might ask me what’s it like where I live. I might show them this photo and...

I tried the pencil until my 12 yo great grand daughter borrowed it which means in her words: “it’s mine now, Poppy” I’d be interested to see what you can do with it. She’s been making animation. Good too. If you can’t post them here send in message

Cheers Nev. not sure where “there” is. My old man used to tell me: if you don’t know where your going you’ll certainly get there. It’s as good a place as any to be. Creativity is often taking up when someone left off. Something twigs a thought, we transfer it into words, sounds, images...

Two years ago I packed my cameras into their respective bedding places, slid the bags into the bottom of the wardrobe and closed the door on them. Yesterday I took one of the cameras out and went for a walk with it. My wife often asked me if I miss taking pictures. My answer was always No. it...

I’m a tourist, through and through. I like wondering and getting lost and sticking my nose in to places and talking to people. I always carried the camera. My fascination is mostly with detail and the sensation of being there more than monuments and destinations. I’ll post a few. Feel free to...

I've got some Fuji X cameras. Bought them to shrink the camera bag. The X-T1 fell to bits after a couple of years heavy usage. The XE- 2 seems to be OK. Looks like its been to Afganistan . and back on an open jeep. Now have an X-T2. Not much use so far. Seems OK. My wife has an A2. she liked...

Challenge is OK, isn’t it? What’s the point if we aren’t challenged. I know. We die with the same prejudices we grow up with.

The food is s***e, though. My Old Man says the beers good. I’m a whisky drinker myself.

I must confess. I’m a third gen Aussie. My wife is from Manchester. Does that count for anything? My grandparents came from Geordie country. Probably crims or coal carters. I’m a bit of a traveller so I’ll show you around. thanks for the welcome.

Ignore the frame and stamp. That’s just me being being a w****r. Thought it might give the image a, ‘arty’ look. It’s a shot of an old Sydney pub. Not much has changed since I drank there as an underaged youth. still the same drunks, same pies and peas for lunch, same decor.

I’m in my living room right now. Take tour shoes off, have a seat. I’ll be with you in a minute. That’s better. Just needed a wee. I’m sort of at the tail end of my experiences with photography. Not that there’s been anything to write home about. There’s no on at home anyway. Just me. The usual...