Climate change is real and here is one of the best websites to go for up to date information…. 2 million visitors can’t be wrong!

As I studied climatology I always have a small heart attack when I hear folks deny that climate change is occurring….. well maybe Al Gore’s movie just wasn’t enough to get the message through ( though I do have a few issues over the hockey stick graph he presents) so send the unbelievers here or [...]

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Customer profiles Craig Fallshaw

Craig has only recently acquired his Fotoman 617 but has already started turning out some great work plus he now has an excuse to turn those business trips into photographic holidays. Craig runs a successful vitamin manufacturing business but his real passion is Outdoor Photography. He is also one of the many photographers that started [...]

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Handy lens focal length comparison chart.

This nice chart is very handy when you wish to compare focal lengths across different formats. It has been put together by the highly esteemed folks at View Camera magazine. You can download a copy of it here.

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Chewing gum,cigarettes and lollies…… Street photography in a video

This is why I love photography in places like Peru. The streets are where the people live, work and play. It opens up so much opportunity for taking photos. This music video by folk singer Miki Gonzales portrays a school kid who while not at school is out selling chewing gum, cigarettes and lollies to [...]

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Stop everything…… you need to make these right Now!

Or at least find someone or beg your better half to bake these for you ( and them of course). I really love ginger cookies and once upon a time ( sounds like a movie eh) I had the fortune to sample some ginger cookies in of all places the south west deserts of Texas [...]

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Can I use film in that “there” digital camera?

Stumbling through some search results on Google I came across this on the Kodak website. Now if digital cameras had the amazing ability to do that I wonder just how many digital cameras would be going around with film loaded in them? A FAQ righto then … means plenty of folks still want to use [...]

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Meet the family

I thought you might like to meet our family of three furkids. We have two female ferrets Fuzzy and Winnie and one male called Theodore. Fuzzy was our first ferret and apart from driving us crazy with her mischief and ferret thieving ways, somewhere along the line she stole our hearts as well. We also [...]

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Now thats a big Camera you have there!

The 20 x 24 polaroid land cameras last tour. Polaroid is sadly discontinuing its poster size film. But not before giving two of it’s staff the oppurtunity to tour the US with this camera recording images to go on display in a travelling show when its all over. Get the full story here at blueridgemuse [...]

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Introduction to large format photography.

Very good intro video by J.Brunner. Nice camera and tripod! Not recommended for allergy sufferers.

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The moustache club 100 years ago. The photos of Darius Kinsey

Loggers bunkhouse Washington 1906 What a great photo! What a great photographer ( actually a husband and wife team). Darius recorded folks at work in the outdoors across Washington state in the early 1900′s. His images were shot mostly on an 11 x 14 camera. Considering the locations the equipment and the film technology of [...]

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So this is why You tube cost so much it’s the trained monkeys that are so expensive.

I just got this error message when I went to watch a video at you tube, curse those highly trained monkeys.

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Ghost photography…. and we thought image manipulation was new! But now are you a believer?

Early photographers discovered very quickly that due to the lengthy exposure times, people who moved in and out of the image during it’s taking were quite often recorded as spirits! Many a canny photographer set themselves up as psychic image recorders and did very well for themselves, even after been exposed as frauds! Just where [...]

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400mm lens for Fotoman 617 a first whoo hoo!

A 400mm lens on 617 it certainly is the “big kahuna” This is the longest focal length lens I have seen on 617 camera. What can we say but it looks pretty damm cool. This is really what makes the Fotoman system so popular is the ability to be able to fit so many different [...]

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Seeing landscape… Seems Hendro has the third eye for a good shot!

Hendro Soetrisno is a landscape photographer who has a great ability to see past the subject matter in his images and find that something special or mystical that others would miss. His photos have won him several awards as he also refuses to compromise on quailty in all stages of his work. Hendro is one [...]

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New Retro rangefinder from Fotoman…. very cool

These guys seem unstoppable! Check this cool new accessory out it’s a Rangefinder unit based on the old Voigtlander one. Every 612 and 617 camera owner is going need one of these ( great for golf too). According to data just in it is extremely accurate ( I don’t know the rangefinder base yet) and [...]

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How to travel with film the stress free way!

This is the method we use when travelling with our film in this x-ray happy day and age. We have experienced no problems in Australia, USA, Central and South America using this system to get your film hand checked with even the most strict security personnel. All you need is several heavy duty ziplock bags [...]

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Next adventure coming up….. Across the Central Highlands of Peru.

Not long now and I will be back in the Mountains of Peru. For six weeks Monica and I will be travelling the length of the Andes the rough way (via local buses and trucks) from village to village we will be starting in Huancayo and ending up in Arequipa. Time will be spent working [...]

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Gamers film camera scare fest…….Project Zero

Photography in a video game and a good one! Well.. I have always been a fan of the adventure game genre and this is one game that manages to scare the hell out of me…. it’s kind of like lying awake in bed and hearing the sound of that empty packet of crisps slowly unfurling [...]

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Martin Chambi Peruvian Large format Photographer

The cargador 1921 I am a real sucker for those old black and white photos in old exploration and travel books. They really make me feel as though you are there with the author travelling down some bug infested river in the Amazon or crossing the Tibetan Plains. There is one photographer from the turn [...]

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Ferrets, Fun, Film & Fotography Tips from a Pro on how to shoot your fuzzies

Well it didn’t take too long ( like 4 posts) to somehow get another of my passions mixed in with photography blog. Yep.. its ferrets…ferrets… these little rabble rousers are addictive. This post is dedicated to one of the best Ferret photographers out there Jeanne Carley of the Ferret Company . Jeanne produces and photographs [...]

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