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Tag Archives: Qatar
“f/8, and be there!”
This, supposedly, was the mantra of the Press photographer. f/8 would cover a multitude of sins and as long as you were there you probably got something that would be good enough for the paper. Those who remember the newspapers … Continue reading
Souq Waqif, Doha
It’s taken a long time but I guess this image says I’m finally getting up to speed with the large format camera. Souq Waqif in Qatar, shot on Feb 13, 2013. Graflex Crown Graphic 4×5 camera, Rodenstock APO-Symmar 150 lens … Continue reading
Stitching up wide-angle
EVER wanted a perfect, distortion free, 10mm lens with a camera that delivers 70MP images? Well, if you’ve got a half-decent DSLR and a reasonable standard or short telephoto lens, then you have all you need to replicate the results … Continue reading
Posted in Lenses, Photographic techniques, Photomerging
Tagged advice, alamy, Arabia, art photography, Digital, Doha, for sale, hugin, lenses, method, methods, pano, panorama, panoramas, panos, photographs, photography, photomerge, photoshop, projections, Qatar, stitched panorama, stitching, technique, wide-angle
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The Best of 2012
IT’S hard to say which of this year’s crop of photos are my best, particularly as I am usually most excited by what I have done most recently – and if my work is steadily improving, that is as it … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Large Format, Leica R4s Mod P, Medium Format, Qatar, Temple of Aphaia
Tagged Arabia, art, artistic, Crete, Doha, greece, photography, Qatar, Rethymnon, review
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Success at last!
This photo marks the first time that I have really got the hang of my large format kit – from loading the film holders, to setting the exposure to developing the film. It shows the tonality that I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White film, film camera, Film cameras, Graflex Crown Graphic, Large Format, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, black and white, dhow, Doha, film, large format, print, Qatar, skyline
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Slow progress in large format
EVERY new batch of large format shots turns out a little better than the last. It’s not the shooting that is the difficult part – the rules for that are not different than for anything else – it’s the processing … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White film, Cameras, Equipment, Film, film camera, Film cameras, Fomapan 100, Graflex Crown Graphic, Large Format, Lenses, Photography, Schneider Xenar 135/4.7 (Tessar)
Tagged 4x5, black and white, Crown Graphic, Dafna, film, Graflex, large format, learning, photography, problems, Qatar, skyline
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The Souq Porter
An aged porter waits with his wheelbarrow for customers in Qatar’s Souq Waqif. Shot on a Mamiya C33 TLR with a 180mm lens and Tri-X 400 film. (Copyright Paul Cowan; no unauthorised use)
Posted in Black and White film, Film, Mamiya, Mamiya Sekor, Mamiya TLR, Photography, Sekor 180/4.5 super, TLR cameras
Tagged black and white, Doha, Mamiya, medium format, Qatar, TLR
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Large format at last
MY FIRST shots taken with the Crown Graphic 4×5 inch press camera are back from the processors. Strictly speaking, these aren’t large format photos as I used a 6x9cm roll-film adapter but they prove that everything is working well and … Continue reading
Posted in Cameras, Colour film, Equipment, Film, film camera, Graflex '23' Graphic back, Graflex Crown Graphic, Large Format, Photography
Tagged 6x9, Arabia, Crown Graphic, dhow, film, flower, large format, macro, orchid, photography, Qatar
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Another art photo …
I’ve been neglecting my portfolio over at Fine Art America recently but I’ve just added this, shot in black and white with my Mamiya C220 TLR. It’s available for sale here.
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