Daniela Bowker

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15 hours ago

When more than just the horizon splits your frame

I'm doing quite a bit of landscape photography at the moment; it was my photographic resolution for 2012, and seeing as I'm travelling right now, felt like a sensible choice. This of course means that you'll be subjected to a hefty quotient of landscape articles for the foreseeable future. I'm sorry if that doesn't float your boat, but I'll do my best to keep them entertaining and informative. So [...]

3 days ago

The weekly round-up

There's been little in the way of news-news this week, but still there's a very healthy selection of photography stuff to keep you occupied, from ghastly Barbie dolls with in-built cameras to cool competition news. Enjoy! Camera talk (and lenses, too) Lytro might be interested in developing video technology, but it'll focus on photos for the moment: link (2012-02-19 by @SmallAperture) The Size of [...]

6 days ago

The wild blue yonder of straight horizons

Horizons: they are very definitely meant to be level in our photos. Whenever I see a lop-sided horizon, it sets my teeth on edge. Nature intended that they be straight, at least as far as our eyes can see, and our inner ear knows this. A wonky horizon will likely make anyone looking at it feel uncomfortable, as their eyes will be telling them one thing and their feet another, but they won't [...]

6 days ago

Arrests at Olympus

There's not masses to report here, but it would seem as if former Olympus chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, former Vice President Hisashi Mori, and former auditor Hideo Yamada have all been arrested by Japanese authorities for their parts in the scandal that has rocked Olympus. You know, the one where Olympus covered up huge losses with some very dodgy accounting, cost former Chief Exec Michael Woodford [...]

1 week ago

Keep track of your camera with CameraTrace

Being the dutiful and conscientious photographers that we are, it's likely that our camera kit is insured to the hilt, and then some more for good measure. (If not, please go sort it now. Right now. This'll be waiting for you when you get back.) That way, if some miserable thief should steal away into the night with your Canon 5D Mk II, your Nikon D3s should meet a watery fate tumbling from your [...]

1 week ago

The weekly round-up

Lots of new cameras, lots of new lenses, but not a whole lot of gossip. We were all far too focused on the leaks of the new cameras that finally materialised, I suppose! So, here's the week that was in photography. Camera talk Nikon announced the D800 and Olympus went retro with the OM-D, which took bits of the E-series and bits from the Micro Four-Thirds family to give it lots of cross-over [...]

1 week ago

Compact cameras: down, but not out

It's an inescapable, plaintive cry: the compact camera is in decline! You can scarcely go a week without hearing someone lament that sales of compact cameras are falling; that the ubiquity of camera phones is eclipsing the point-and-shoot; that on Flickr there are more photos taken with iPhones than anything else. And all of these statements are true. Compact camera sales fell by roughly 30% in [...]

2 weeks ago

Get all outdoorsy with Pentax's Optio WG2 and WG2-GPS

Rugged, all-weather cameras: they're something that manufacturers seem to be having a bit of fun with right now. And why not? Having a camera that can take pictures in situations that might involve getting cold and wet or being dropped or fallen on is a definite advantage. I would have loved to have taken pictures when I was most of the way up a snow-covered mountain on Sunday, but taking my Canon [...]

2 weeks ago

Canon's complement of compacts

'Tis the season for compact camera announcements, and today Canon has added eleven to the, ehm... canon. They range from the entry-level A-series, through superzooms, to touchscreen-tastic numbers, and a rugged camera. Just the same as with other extensive new camera announcements, I won't bore you with every single detail, but I'll pick out the highlights. It saves your boredom threshold and my [...]

2 weeks ago

Three delicious new lenses from Canon

Credit cards at the ready? Canon has just announced the 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens, which is an upgrade on the 24-70mm f/2.8L USM, and two wide-angle primes that both come with image stabilisation (which Canon reckons is a first): a 24mm f/2.8 and a 28mm f/2.8. The EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM has been completely redesigned, in anticipation of improving its performance on its predecessor. Whether or [...]

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