http://benneh.net/blog Urban photography Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:33:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en © Ben Anderson Photography as a pursuit requires equipment, over time, and for many reasons both subjective and objective, we all tend to end up with a favourite camera or a select choice of gear that we prefer to shoot with. This is the same for any activity that requires ... http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/13/gear-grief/ I've completely updated all my portfolio sets on benneh.net -- they now contain larger images, new material, and a complete rework of my past parkour series. Urban Motion set 30 Something set Nameless set © Ben Anderson http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/23/portfolio-update/ Permalinks are broken in Wordpress 2.6 -- I upgraded the blog to this new version last night. Basically this means that most of the inbound links to the site were no longer working, that's was most of my traffic gone. That's me never being a wordpress early adopter again - no ... http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/16/wordpress-26-b0rked-my-blog/ I've decided I'm going to increase the resolution of all the photos I show here: © Ben Anderson The photo above is from a small collection of 6x7 images pulled together from the test shots I'm making for a future large format project. You can see more here -> Nameless So, ... http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/14/overhaul-new-photos/ © Ben Anderson I've been shooting in and around Leeds using my 7 for the last two weeks, trying to get a feel for the hidden parts of the city, urban monoliths, vegetation, the odd human in the urbanscape, etc. I'm taking 12 rolls of 120 in to the lab ... http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/07/this-is-film/ Introduction, Theory, Gear, Options, Conclusion © Ben Anderson Introduction Recently a friend of mine looking to take up large format photography asked my advice on what they should do, I wrote a lengthy e-mail to him which distilled all the knowledge I'd accumulated. Much of this knowledge was either very hard to ... http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/06/29/tips-on-large-format-photography-what-they-dont-tell-you/ My wife would like us to redecorate our living room, this is all OK with me as it's starting to look a bit shabby after 5 years of abuse from our kids. The real bite is that she wants me to reduce my book collection, considerably. Given that the majority ... http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/06/29/you-are-what-you-read/ It's my birthday today, please feel free to buy me a book Thanks! http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/06/27/37-today/ WARNING!!! Although this procedure is straight forward, the author takes no responsibility for any damage, injury, or harm incurred to you, your gear, or anyone else by following this procedure. You attempt this ENTIRELY at your own risk. With that said, I recently picked up 4 Fidelity Elite 10x8 double ... http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/06/26/cleaning-10x8-8x10-fidelity-double-dark-slides/ Yesterday was Fathers day here in the UK (and I guess in a lot of other places around the globe), I was awoken from a nice lie in by my kids bringing me a delicious breakfast in bed. After eating breakfast my kids gave me cards and 2 heavy ... http://benneh.net/blog/index.php/2008/06/16/life-is-good/