Daniela Bowker

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Posts from December 2011

4 months ago

2011: my favourite photos

2011 has been a bit of rollercoaster. I completed a project I'd been working on for two years; I quit my day job; I wrote my first book; and I planned a six-month trip overseas. It has been stressful, fulfilling, and thrilling by turns. Amongst all of the excitement and uncertainty, I even managed to take a few photos. I've shared a few of my favourites in the gallery above. Which leaves me to [...]

4 months ago

Picking a picture project for 2012

New Year is just around the corner and there is perhaps a chance you're looking for a photo project to keep you inspired and develop your skills throughout 2012. My dislike for 365 self-portrait projects isn't exactly a well-guarded secret, but that doesn't mean to say that I don't see the value in embarking on some kind of project. Quite the contrary, in fact. So, after much trawling of the [...]

4 months ago

Faster than greased lightning: spending money on remote camera triggers

Right, hands up who's looking to spend their Chrisnukah pennies on a neat and groovy photography toy? Yep, just about everyone. There's a surprise. You know what is a surprise, though, it would seem that the adage that you get what you pay for doesn't necessarily hold true for camera lightning triggers. If you're in the market for a lightning trigger, there's a goodly selection of them out there [...]

4 months ago

The weekly round-up

Ooh it seems to have been a bit of a busy week. There's not so much in the way of news-news, but there are plenty of quirky links to keep you occupied whilst you're waiting for your gravy to thicken. Have fun! Firmware upgrades There's a firmware update for the Leica S2. You can get it here: link (2011-12-19 by @SmallAperture) Camera talk 11 Point-n-Shoot digital cameras that rocked 2011 link [...]

5 months ago

No more standing still to self-record with Swivl!

Ever wished that your camera could follow you around when you're making a video of yourself, without having to resort to bribing your loved ones or paying off your friends in their own weight in beer? Then you should check out Swivl. It's an IndieGoGo-funded automated camera mount that will move to record you whilst you prance around your kitchen or boogie in the living room. There's a base and [...]

5 months ago

Wander - an app to let you explore the world through pictures

Did you know that there are 518 photography apps in Apple's App Store? (I checked this evening.) And that there are 222 paid-for photography apps in the Android Marketplace? That's a lot of photography-related technology floating around attempting to sidle its way into our lives. If something is going to take off and make it onto our screens and stay there, it needs to be a bit special, a bit [...]

5 months ago

Authorities raid Olympus' HQ

I'm guessing that 'Authorities raiding the office' was pretty close to the bottom of Shuichi Takayama's, the President of Olympus', wish-list. But that's just what has happened, as a team of prosecutors attempts to get to the bottom of the accounting irregularities that have pervaded the company for the past two decades. Japanese TV recorded a train of officials tramping their way into the office. [...]

5 months ago

Letting kids loose with the Sakar Disney AppClix camera? Not my first choice.

Occasionally I read the spec for a product and I'm left with an overwhelming urge to try get inside the head of the designer in order to figure out just what it was that she or he was thinking when embarking on its birthing process. Sometimes it'll be a case of 'Wow! That's so amazing what inspired you?' Others it'll be a much more cyncial 'What, exactly, were you thinking there?' When someone [...]

5 months ago

My week with Q

Small, very small When you read the specs for the Pentax Q, you know intellectually that it's small, but it doesn't really hit home until you see it for yourself. It really is tiny. In fact, it's so dinky you'd be forgiven for thinking that it's a toy… before you hold it in your hand (just the one). It definitely doesn't feel like a toy. There's a decent heft to it and nothing about its [...]

5 months ago

The weekly round-up

Hello dearest readers. Welcome to the weekend, and to accompany it here is your digest of news from the photography world over the past week; some of it quirky, some of it odd, and some of it just stuff that you might need to know. Firmware upgrades Leica has announced a firmware upgrade for its D-Lux 5. It includes several improvements to the autofocus function, enhanced white balance precision, [...]

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