by Wilf James | Oct 3, 2016 | Classic Cameras, History
When I decided to have my ageing IIIc and 50mm Summitar restored my first thought was a trip to see MalcolmTaylor. I had read about his work and his world-wide reputation, but I didn’t realise what a fascinating story he had to tell during my visit.
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by Wilf James | Aug 15, 2016 | Featured Photographer
I am a 32-year-old photographer from a small village in South Wales, U.K. I have a huge passion for photography and a desire to see the world and experience new cultures – documenting them along the way.
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by Wilf James | Aug 8, 2016 | Featured Photographer
Ever since I was little I’ve always been extremely competitive. It was this competitive nature which got me into photography. Once a year in my early teens, we would have family holiday. My stepdad was tasked with capturing the images from these trips, so he would be seen flaunting his expensive looking film camera everywhere we went!
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by Wilf James | Aug 1, 2016 | Macro
The winner of the IGPOTY 10 Macro Art Photo Project is George Pantazis with his shot ‘Embryo’ (above) taken in his home town of Mouttagiaka in Limassol, Cyprus. He embarked on a photoshoot around his house one morning and only discovered the significance...
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by Wilf James | Jan 7, 2016 | Featured Photographer
Where’s the sense of adventure? Whilst, the vast majority of my friends are in secure, full‐time jobs, here I am, pursuing dreams that to many seem like complete and utter madness. Perhaps, I am mad. However, to question the pursuit of my dreams would be to challenge...
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by Wilf James | Dec 2, 2015 | Photography
My daughter Mia has always been super strong, I remember when she was three I lifted her up onto a pull-up bar at a friends house, where she immediately commenced with pull-ups at a rate which astonished us all! Raised eyebrows and side-ways glances all round!
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by Wilf James | Nov 11, 2015 | France
Not many people find out how a family member met their death in The Great War or if they did find out it is from a letter written by a commanding officer where truth might not be the first consideration. Private William McCann 6735 of the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers...
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by Wilf James | Oct 21, 2015 | Featured Photographer
When I was very young my dad took lots of photos. I remember he used our bathroom as a dark room. We had boxes of photos and I’d spend hours looking at them. I have always been quite creative and since I had my own camera I kept taking lots of photographs..
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by Wilf James | Oct 3, 2015 | Photography
The three requisite components to a successful image, in order of importance, are: Play of Light. Composition. Subject Matter. The play of light is by far the most important aspect of an image, if that’s good, the photograph’s good, almost regardless of composition...
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by Wilf James | Sep 16, 2015 | Featured Photographer
Street Photography I was commissioned by a National chain of Estate Agents to photograph the “feel” of the towns of Horsham, Sussex and Oxted, Surrey, the idea being to suggest to potential property buyers what a given town looks and feels like to the on-line viewer,...
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