The debate continues to rage about whether film still has a place in travel photography with the advent of the digital camera. I’d argue definitely so, with the skill of a travel photographer knowing when to use it. There are times when digital cameras are vastly superior (ie for their convenience, speed and ability to capture a subject in ambient light), however, there are also times – such as shooting ariels – when the quality of film speaks for itself. I’m just back from Vanuatu where I’ve been commissioned to photograph Erakor Island Resort which I shot both digitally and on film (below). Yes, it was cumbersome carrying two cameras in the chopper. Yes, it was a hassle getting the film through customs. Yes, it was more expensive to shoot it in film. But my clients pay me to produce superior images and, in my opinion, the color, the clarity, the depth and the sharpness of film – certainly in this instance – remains unrivaled. What say you?
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Since starting this blog, it’s attracted seven million billion spams and, in my haste to rid myself of them, I’ve inadvertently deleted all of the genuine comments received to date. It appears I have now resolved this but I’m afraid all the comments have been sacrificed to the internet gods. What a plague on the web world spam is. Their authors should have their eyelids taped back to their heads and be forced to stare into a bright computer screen and read every word that originates from their hapless lives. no comments        Our latest publishing project is literally just off the press – a 2011 wall calendar of Samoa (sample pages above). Ten thousand copies to be shipped out to Samoa next week, likely to be hung in households and offices around the world. It will be the country’s flagship promotional publication produced on high quality stock with a gold foiled cover to reflect the country’s promotional tag line – “The Treasured Islands of the South Pacific.” Its the third calendar we have produced on Samoa and, I’d like to think, our finest to date, soon to be available through the national tourism authority’s head office and the Samoa Hotel Association in Apia. no comments        It’s been several years since a magician toured the highlands of Papua New Guinea and sawed a woman in half, leaving the newspapers over the next couple of weeks carrying reports of highlanders in remote locations trying the same thing with varying degrees of success. On this occasion, however, Lisa Menna, one of the world’s most celebrated female magicians, was satisfied to extract coins from the backsides and belly buttons of several Huli Wigmen – much to the delight of the crowd. Add to this, a female divorce lawyer keen to enter into mock combat (as only a divorce lawyer can) armed with a phallic blue balloon, and you couldn’t help but end up with some pictures of the normally serious Huli Wigmen as you’ve never seen them before (above). As I wrote to Lisa (www.menna.com) in a parting note, if there is genuine laughter and joy in these pictures I’ve captured, it’s largely because of the magic she created. A memorable afternoon – certainly one that I’m sure brought laughter to the damp, smoke-filled huts of the Whagi Valley that night. Well done ladies. no comments
Above: This is the view from my bungalow at Ambua Lodge, perched high above the clouds that envelop the Whagi Valley in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Stepping from your bed early in the morning, you swing open the two double glass doors to let in the cool, crisp mountain air. The waking sounds of birds and the distant calls of the Huli Wigmen deep in the valley below promise an exceptional day of exploring and photography ahead (I’ll post a summary of the tour a bit later as I’ve returned from the assignment with the cold from hell). no comments |
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