Last year the unthinkable happened: I completely lost my photo mojo! It all started when my life got so busy that I didn't have much time for taking photos. That was okay, I thought - the Pitlochry Meet will supply me with wonderful landscapes and a big batch of printable and maybe even uploadabl...

If you recognise this as the title of a Barry Manilow song, don't worry, I'm not about to break out into song - let alone a Manilow song. (Although I liked his music a long time ago - I try not to remind myself exactly how long ago, it makes me feel old...) No, this is about me and ephotozine. ...

I've gone through life thinking that only people used photographs. We use them for so many purposes, but I never even considered the possibility that anyone or anything else but humans would have any use for photos at all. But today I read on a Dutch news site that some animals, in this case gori...

... of our own device!" (No, this is not a blog entry about the concert I recently attended - The Eagles, who else... - it's about ephotozine!) "Prepare to be hooked", I've seen several members comment in threads where newcomers introduce themselves. "Pull up a chair and m...

Some time ago I decided that I can't always rely on foreign trips to find good-looking landscapes. Okay, so I prefer mountains and rocky coasts, and my country doesn't have any of those. But I can't only take photos on holiday, that's just too limiting. So I came to the conclusion that I should f...

Of late I have seen an improvement in my usable/unusable shots ratio. I used to have to throw out a very high percentage, but it has been getting better. Not just because I'm getting better at taking shots. No, I also (partly) put it down to knowing when there's no use in taking a shot. In th...

So often when you see an event that makes a good photo opportunity, you see a host of off-white lenses. I know that this light coating has practical purposes, but some seem to also regard it as a status symbol. After all, it is often an indication of an expensive lens. (Not always, though: I bri...

Every now and then I take some photo albums with me when I visit my mother. She has no Internet access and it's the only way for her to see what I've been up to. Before my last visit, I realised that it was a long time ago that I had shown her any photos - several years, in fact. So off I went, w...

Just got back from a holiday in Norfolk. Those who've heard me say that I don't like flat countryside as much as hills and mountains probably think that's strange. But Norfolk isn't as flat as some claim it to be (it's more than just the Broads, after all), and besides, I should get my mountain &quo...

Today a blog and a forum thread reminded me that I had put some new filters on my wish list. Ever since getting a 10-20mm lens I've been wanting to replace my Coking P size filters with something bigger, and since reading about the quality differences I've been wanting to get Lee filters instead of ...

Pete's 'When' blog made me think about cameras I used to have. Before my 20D, my cameras were film models, ranging from a folding Agfa camera which I hated, to a Keystone instamatic camera, several film SLR models, even an APS film SLR, and a very portable Rollei 35b, which I loved (until it sta...

For five years EPZ has been my second life, so to speak. There was my real life, and there was EPZ. I got very active on the site because of the wonderful combination of the information and learning opportunities it offered, and - not unimportantly - the friendly community on here. I enjoyed the...

This may be my shortest blog ever on EPZ. I'll only say that if I had one artificial eye, I would think this was a great way of using it: The Eyeborg Project. It's the (near) future, mark my words! (Well, if you have an artificial eye, that is...)

Some time ago I came to the conclusion that we can't capture experiences with photography, just part of what we see. So often have I taken pictures in situations which I thought were great, with stunning views, memorable scenes, etc., but even if there was technically nothing wrong with the pictu...

My wife suggested a few times that we join a photo club. Since there are none in our own village, we'd have to travel for the meetings, and I was reluctant at first. Besides, an evening at a photo club meeting is an evening without EPZ... But we finally did get around to checking a club out anywa...