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So you think P mode stands for Professional?

November 27, 2013 Neil vN 32 Comments

So you think P on your camera stands for Professional?

I know, I know .. it's a funny comment that P stands for professional. But somehow it always irks me to the extent that I just can't suppress my reply. Maybe it's the purposeful dumbing-down making it seem okay not to want to know more and continually improve. Maybe that's what gets to me. Still, I think my reply is more cute.  Read more inside...

You must have a great camera

March 16, 2013 Neil vN 33 Comments

Your photographs are wonderful - you must have a great camera

There is an amusing anecdote doing the rounds as a graphic on Facebook and elsewhere - it's a quote ascribed to Sam Haskins. Now, if you consider the number of quotes that get propagated on Facebook that are ascribed to Morgan Freeman, I'm surprised Sam Haskins even got a mention. But I digress. The quote relates a story where a photographer smacks down a socialite in New York for some comment about the photographer's camera. Well, here it is, and it kinda rankles me ...  Read more inside...

Photography clichés

March 1, 2009 Neil vN 50 Comments

Photography clichés

Some sayings in photography are thrown out there so often that they've achieved a life of their own, and become truisms that are summarily accepted and then perpetuated. Here they are - the 10 most annoying platitudes in photography ... The phrase clichés in photography, implies visual clichés. But tastes differ too widely, and I wouldn't want to be the Style Police and dictate to other photographers which subjects and approaches are deemed cool. Besides, I think the world could always use more photos of pretty girls sitting on train tracks. So  Read more inside...

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