Monthly Archives: January 2012

Why Do You Take Photographs?

Recently I have received a couple of requests for biographies to go with publications. I usually just send off a cut and paste job from the “About Me” page on my website. You may recall around the time I started … Continue reading

Posted in Black and White, Cornwall, My 2 cents, Paris, TCBlog | 4 Comments

The Softly Spoken Landscape

A few days ago, a comment was made on my blog article about perfect moments : “I hope you run a travel workshop in the near future. Something really laid back, relaxing and being about experiencing the place. It’s not … Continue reading

Posted in Cornwall, Landscape, My 2 cents, Rants and musings, TCBlog, Workshops | 14 Comments

The Perfect Moment

With 2011 just gone, it seems an appropriate time for many people to do a retrospective of their best shots of the year. The difficulty for me in doing the same is that I now tend to keep my very … Continue reading

Posted in Black and White, Journal, My 2 cents, Paris, Travel, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

The Limitation of Imitation

There have been a number of thought-provoking articles in the last year regarding the issues of copying, imitation and the never ending-stream of iconic views appearing on photography websites. Although the issue has been on my mind, I have not … Continue reading

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MHT Retrospective and an Inspiring New Initiative

The first email I received in 2012 was a piece of spam from a company claiming that they had been studying the MHT website and could offer their services in improving web traffic. Ironically, www.magichourtravelscapes.com’s Alexa ranking of 400,000 plus … Continue reading

Posted in Awards, Competitions, Cornwall, Landscape, New Zealand, News, Paris, Travel, Workshops | 1 Comment