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A Wider Angle: May 2012, by Geoff Dickinson In 1942, the BBC introduced a radio programme called Desert Island Discs. The idea is that a famous person is asked to choose eight pieces of music they would take with them to a deserted island, and talk about what the tracks mean to them. At the Continue reading Desert Island Camera Gear A Wider Angle: April 2012, by Geoff Dickinson You may recall from my random series of ramblings about photo related matters that some months ago I wrote about food photography. I hope you have tried it and done so successfully. Hands up how many of you have posted your food photos online? The reason I Continue reading Going Viral? A Wider Angle: March 2011 by Geoff Dickinson A lone figure muffled against the elements staggers across a Hamilton car park into the teeth of a biting westerly wind. As he nears a dairy he notices a newspaper placard announcing “Severe Gales Set to Batter Waikato”. Congratulations Waikato Times, you’ve done it again. Another timely Continue reading Bombs and Shells. Photoshop – what is ‘enough’? by Roger Taylor Geoff’s comments (Aperture – December 2011) about Photoshop, the media, and the photographer’s responsibility to his subject are worthy of more than superficial consideration. Unfortunately he has fallen into the trap of using examples from the highly competitive world of commercial photo-journalism on the one hand and Continue reading Photoshop – what is ‘enough’? A Wider Angle: February 2012, by Geoff Dickinson Here we go again. If it’s February it must be the start of a new season of Society activities and a gentle reminder from Helen that I needed to compose this piece. I have to confess that my off-season photographic activities have been very limited. One of Continue reading A Wider Angle: February 2012 A Wider Angle. December 2011 — See – December Aperture Newsletter If you are a digital photographer you probably use Photoshop or something similar. Contrast, cropping, sharpening and colour balance are standard practice. You may even remove dust specks. How about the portrait where you remove a blemish from the person’s face? Not unusual. Continue reading Photoshop – When is Enough, Enough? A Wider Angle. November 2011 — See – November,2011 Aperture Newsletter Our lives are dictated by it. From getting up to going to bed, travelling, going to work, fixing appointments and watching sports events with its halves, quarters and clocks (basketball has two of them for goodness sake!) and race placings measured down to Continue reading Time….. Geoff Dickinson writes: What’s Cooking? See – Aperture Newsletter October 2011 Recent forced changes to your humble correspondent’s lifestyle, (i.e. redundancy) has meant a promotion to the role of Head Chef here at Dickinson Towers. For many years, my role in the supply chain of home food production has been as an avid consumer rather Continue reading What’s Cooking? Geoff Dickinson writes: Photo Assignment — See – September 2011, Aperture Newsletter Love it or hate it you can’t ignore the presence in New Zealand of the “Global Trophy for Football Played With An Oval Shaped Ball Where Forward Passing Is Not Allowed”. I am choosing my words very carefully here as I don’t Continue reading Photo Assignment Geoff Dickinson writes: The Compact Challenge Part 2 A brief, painful encounter 6 weeks ago with a hit and run teenage cycling hoon has meant that I have had to park the SLR and use a compact camera instead. It is scary to think that the little runt is probably only 2 years or so Continue reading The Compact Challenge Part 2 |
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