Category Archives: Portrait

A favourite

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Allan Jackson

A favourite from my recent Doofus shoot. Mieke again.

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Took a while

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Allan Jackson

It took a while to get round to processing the pictures from a shoot during which I wasn’t thinking all that clearly. (See Doofus) I did have a very high discard rate but there were a few decent pictures as … Continue reading →

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Fifi and the fast lens

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Allan Jackson

The quality of the kit lenses we get with our cameras these days is generally pretty good and so are most of the less expensive consumer zoom lenses available from the various manufacturers. These can all be used to used … Continue reading →

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Hitting a luck

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Allan Jackson

The photographic gods sometimes smile on your photographic efforts and everything goes right when you trip the shutter button. I was at the Battle of the Bands at Kearsney College on Friday night, and doing my thing photographing musicians. I … Continue reading →

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Technically imperfect

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Allan Jackson

I’ve been thinking about imperfection just lately. We learn photography and are indoctrinated with the belief that pictures that are not perfectly composed and exposed are no good. That was me for for a long time but I’ve lately come … Continue reading →

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