Against a backdrop fo vivid colours suggesting speed, depths of space and a huge arid plane is the silhouette of a single man. At his feet another person lies half curled, by the curves we can infer that person is female.

8 minutes, Alexander Whitley Dance Company

Review of Alexander Whitley Dance Company’s 8 Minutes and roundup of other reviews

Image of Mbulelo Ndabeni dancing in hoodie, his face expresses something between concern and terror. He is holding a slatted bench at an angle and appears to be peering out at the camera as if ready to hide behind it or run away at any time. Image has little or no detectable noise (speckling) despite being taken at ISO 3200.

Colours at high ISO part 2, Signal to Noise

The different types of noise (chroma and luminance), signal-to-noise ratio and their relationship with high ISO photography.

Girl with large eyes wearing a Christmas hat and white toga-style top. You can tell it is very dark because the image is extremely grainy, there is considerable colour noise and the colours are not true.

Colours at high ISO

This post talks about how camera technology perceives colour and why photographic images are so different to what human beings see.

Lady with long dark hair stares intently ahead and to the right of the image. She has a camera in her hand but it's pointing down. Behind her is a beautiful mural depicting a beautiful woman surrounded by unexplained baubles of many colours, also staring into the distance this time to the left of the image. In the further distance is another mural of a dark skinned boy with sad eyes who is wearing a hoodie.

5 things to consider when choosing a photography course

Pointers to help you choose the type of practical photography class that best suits you.

Photograph of a male and female danging tango in close embrace. They are on a large bridge or portway with building in the background, the light is golden suggesting it is night time and while the two are dancing close together (the man is dragging the woman) they somehow don't look close.

German Kral on ‘Our Last Tango’

Interview with German Kral on ‘Our Last Tango’ (Un Tango Mas)

Protected: Street Photography Students Notes

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Twenty Looks or Paris is burning at the Judson Church (S), 2009, photograph by Jan Douglas

Conversation with Trajal Harrell

Just before the exhibition, this brief conversation with Trajal Harrell reveals how his thinking has changed over the years and how his initial perspectives were formed.

Flyer representing one of the dancers at Scratch Dat

Six Serious Reasons to See Scratch Dat

Rather than not blog at all, I’ve decided to try to use these posts to give you some context to some of the things I’m doing, filling in gaps where I feel they… Continue reading →

Jade demonstrates a star jump at a Target Fitness Retreat

Marilyn Monroe or Bertha Benz?

Help me decide which event I should use in a dance calendar containing anniversaries of events that have had an impact on our way of life and that might be interesting to young adults.

Guerreras Lobby Event, Lilian Baylis Theatre, (c) Carole Edrich 2017

Guerreras, Ella Mesma’s Wild Card

Impressions of Guerreras, Ella Mesma at the Lilian Baylis Theatre