Archive for the ‘Guest Blog Posts’ Category

Kristian Dowling: Melbourne Spring Fashion Week With The Leica M Monochrom

© Kristan Dowling

Kristian Dowling is a celebrity-entertainment photography, formerly based in Los Angeles until November 2011 – now residing in Melbourne, Australia. His photographic roots and passion has grown from news, sport and documentary. Kristian is currently conducting Photographic Workshops throughout Australia and Asia named “Seeing the Light.” He has been shooting with Leica M cameras for [...]

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David G. SPIELMAN: Isaac vs. Katrina: A Photographer’s Experiences

Katrina You Bitch © David G. Spielman

Las Vegas odds-makers probably never considered the chances of New Orleans being visited by another hurricane seven years later on the very same day! What would those odds be? Who knew Mother Nature was going to be so cruel. As the Tropical Storm Isaac moved slowly through the Gulf of Mexico, two thoughts kept going [...]

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Restless Collective: England, Wales And Ireland

UK © Alan Winslow

The journey continues for Restless Collective, a photography and multimedia collective formed by Alan Winslow and Morrigan McCarthy in 2010 as an umbrella for joint projects. Right now, their main project is titled The Geography of Youth. The goal of this project is to promote global connections and understanding within the next generation by documenting through [...]

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Éric Lajeunesse: My Camera and My Nepal

© Éric Lajeunesse

Éric Lajeunesse was born in 1964. He lives in St. Etienne de Bolton in the heart of the beautiful Eastern Townships Quebec, Canada and has been a professional photographer for over 20 years. Curious and imaginative, Lajeunesse photographs the world and its landforms, landscapes and urban classics as well as the people he meets. In [...]

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Daniel Zvereff: Journals and Photographs of Ürümqi

© Daniel Zvereff

Daniel Zvereff is a freelance designer, illustrator and photographer. He travels to the far corners of the world documenting his journeys through images and journals. I treated Ürümqi as my gateway into Central Asia. Situated in the northwest, it is the capital of the Xinjiang province of China. The city has a great amount of [...]

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David English: Dark City

Creepy Billboard © David English

After three-and-a-half years of shooting with an M-series rangefinder, I still feel like a newbie. Fortunately, I have a background in classic films to draw on for inspiration. Lately I’ve immersed myself in the Hollywood film noirs from the late 1940s and early 1950s. Many of these films have darkly lit sets with characters and [...]

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Daniel Zvereff: Journals and Photographs of Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan

©  Daniel Zvereff

Daniel Zvereff is a freelance designer, illustrator and photographer. He travels to the far corners of the world documenting his journeys through images and journals. After two hazy nights traveling on an old Soviet train, I arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan. For the next 10 days I would be southwest bound between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan traveling [...]

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Roger Coulam: Focused Photography

© Roger Coulam

I had become frustrated by the chaotic nature of my work, and felt unconfident about sharing my own view of the world. One month it was night photography, the next colour landscape, and then it might be “street”- great for learning new techniques, but not for building a cohesive portfolio. Strong themes had begun to [...]

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Daniel Zvereff: Journals and Photographs of Uzbekistan

© Daniel Zvereff

Daniel Zvereff is a freelance designer, illustrator and photographer. He travels to the far corners of the world documenting his journeys through images and journals. Prior to entering Uzbekistan I was bombarded with all sorts of horror stories including rampant bribery, theft and corruption at the border. Interestingly enough, entering the country was the easiest [...]

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Buddhist Abbot Nicholas Vreeland: Tuscany

© Nicholas Vreeland

Nicholas Vreeland is a Tibetan Buddhist monk who was educated in Europe, North Africa and the United States. He later pursued a career in photography and in the late ’60s and early ’70s worked as an assistant to Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. Vreeland was introduced to his teacher, Khyongla Rato Rinpoche and The Tibet [...]

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Michael Agel: Music in Pictures – The Montreux Jazz Festival 2012

Nada Surf © Michael Agel

Founded by Claude Nobs in 1967, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an unmissable event for music fans in Switzerland and around the world.  Musical greats such as Miles Davis, Ray Charles, David Bowie and Prince have graced its stages with their talent.  Santana, Paul Simon, Deep Purple, Sting and Seal have all performed on the [...]

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Restless Collective: The Geography of Youth

France © Morrigan McCarthy

Restless Collective is a photography and multimedia collective formed by Alan Winslow and Morrigan McCarthy in 2010 as an umbrella for joint projects. Right now, their main project is titled The Geography of Youth. The goal of this project is to promote global connections and understanding within the next generation by documenting through photography what life [...]

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Claire Yaffa: Life’s Lessons – A Personal Journey Continued, Chapter 7

Cornell Capa and Yousuf Karsh © Claire Yaffa

Claire Yaffa took her first photograph 45 years ago when her son was 18 months old and it was the beginning of her journey, first as a mother, then as a photographer. She has worked extensively for The New York Times and Associated Press. Her photographs have appeared in countless influential publications and have been exhibited at [...]

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Bob Callway: A Year With the Leica M9

Santa Signing (Leica M9 Ultron VC 28mm) © Bob Callway

Last June I was fortunate enough to purchase Leica’s flagship digital camera . . . the M9. Ever since its release back in 2009 I prayed that one day I might be able to make use of my M lenses on a full-frame rangefinder.  Don’t get me wrong, I love my film M6 and still do, [...]

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David English: A Luminous Presence

Pensive Figure (Leica M9, 50mm Summilux) © David English

Sometimes you need to narrow your focus in order to be more creative. You have to step outside of your comfort zone so that you’ll be challenged to take a different approach to your work. It may be a step forward into new territory, or it may be a step back to explore a path [...]

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