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Finistère Insolite

Finistère Insolite

A photographic exploration of the wild and beautiful landscapes of Finistère, Brittany, France.

2019

Steve Mansfield-Devine

Steve Mansfield-Devine

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Photographic art in the Instagram age

When everyone is taking and sharing pictures of the world around them, what sets the photographic artist apart — if anything?

Nov 15

Semi-abstract photograph of a white symbol of a walking person painted on the asphalt surface of a road, plus a painted white line.

Nov 15

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Art and Alt text: photographs for blind people

You can help blind and partially sighted people get the most rewarding experience from your photographs — with benefits for you, too.

Oct 26

A sombre and perhaps menacing photograph showing deliberately out of focus and silhouetted figures in a corridor seen through an in-focus window with part of the frame visible on the left. Blue-tinted monochrome image.

Oct 26

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CameraLux

Improve your photography by drawing

Just now

A heavily modified photograph showing the shattered remains of a bunker, consisting of huge concrete blocks, lying in a large crater. The image has been given an overall monochrome tint and many parts of it have been blurred to concentrate on the blocks.

Just now

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Full Frame

Shooting the Loch Ness Monster

Photography can be a tough job when the weather turns bad and your model won’t cooperate. Especially when the model is a monster.

3d ago

A large green Loch Ness Monster floats gently on the surface of a lake. In the background are mountains and a raft with several people and camera tripods standing on it. A rope leads from the corner of the frame to the front of the monster.

3d ago

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Bertuch’s Garden

Bricking your world: big tech is not your friend

Obsolescence, planned or otherwise, is a fact of life. But it’s arriving faster and faster, and with greater impact.

4d ago

An AI-generated image of broken toy robots in a city street.

4d ago

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CameraLux

Framing the photograph

The rectangle that encloses your image is an inescapable part of the photograph. But it’s not a constraint — it’s a powerful component of…

6d ago

An abstract photograph of a red-painted tarmac surface with a white painted line and a strong shadow.

6d ago

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Engage

Crossing Canada by Rail

Montréal to Vancouver by train? What was I thinking?

Dec 13

Photograph of a yellow diesel train locomotive wreathed in steam at a station platform with city buildings visible in the background. The word VIA is painted on the front and the train has the number 6501.

Dec 13

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CameraLux

Seeing in black & white: the monochrome photographer

To get the maximum effect from monochrome photography, you need to understand it as something more than just a palette choice.

Dec 9

Black & white photograph of rows of poplar trees, in silhouette with their shadows stretching towards the camera.

Dec 9

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CameraLux

The Viewfinder

The Viewfinder newsletter is the place where we share short pieces, observations, snippets and asides.

Dec 4

The Viewfinder

Dec 4

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CameraLux

Let’s get this started

Welcome to the first issue of the CameraLux newsletter, Viewfinder.

Dec 4

Let’s get this started

Dec 4

Steve Mansfield-Devine

Steve Mansfield-Devine

Book Author

Freelance photographer and writer. Author of photography books and two novels. Journalist during daylight hours. More at: https://linktr.ee/zolachrome

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