travel photography

Foto - The desktop version is here..

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After an outstanding amount of work over the past few years, Michael and his team at Foto have finally released the desktop version of the the app. Something all us photographers have been waiting for….and it looks impressive

Foto stands alone from other platforms for me and gives us photographers the power to share our work, view with others and interact.
You wont find any of that pushed data crap, adverts and useless uninteresting content. Just pure imaging.

You all might remember back in October 2010 when Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launched a photo sharing platform called Instagram. Then, that was all about imaging and sharing photo related content until that greedy little yank came along and ruined it. As I see it, IG now has no value whatsoever for us real photographers and thats why Foto really is a revelation. There are indeed other photo sharing platforms out there and sharing ones work is all about choice and what works best for you. For me, its Foto. All then others have lost direction fueled by adverts, raising costs and selling your data

Michael tells us that Foto will never run ad’s, never sell your data and he will keep listening to us, the end users

Hats off to Michael as he’s managed to self fund the Foto app/project without the need of outside funding. A huge task indeed. A big thank you to you Michael from all of us photographers who believed in you , your team and your vision. You must be immensely proud of what you have designed and achieved. RD

Shooting colour? then shoot Ektar..

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If you’re a lover of colour stock to shoot with, then look no further than Kodaks Ektar. Its an epic film and handles colour so, so well. The more vivid colours you can find, the better. It mops it up. On a recent 48 hour trip to Faro my film choice for me was simple. Marry that up with one of Nikons most solid rigs, ie the F2, then what a partnership. Portugal is full of those solid mediterranean colours alongside great light and those beautiful blue skies.

The skies whilst I was there were just as you’d expect, bright and blue. Again, Ektar just loves this. Ive yet to find a colour stock that delivers for me in so many ways. I have in the past been a lover of Portra but that stock has a very netural and clinical look to it. I still love shooting it though.

Throughout Faro there are pockets of really decent street art along side some not so nice amateur juvenile tagging which spoils the towns good looks. It wasn’t long though before I came some sweet examples of quality street art. I was surprised though by their location, in the old town.

Film photography is all about what suits you best. There no such thing as the best film, just the best film that suits your needs. Enclosed below are a few more shots I took during that 48 hour trip.

As always, no PS, LR, presets or filters were used in any of my work. Something I stand by and will never change.

I thank you. RD

The faces of Mumbai

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There’s one thing certain about shooting portrait content in Mumbai, you’ll never be short of it. Wherever you look, wherever you turn, there’s another face you’ll notice and yet another one you’ll spot out of the corner of your eye, or perhaps they might even be one staring at you. After all, as a white European, we’re somewhat of a novelty.

Remember this though, don’t assume that everyone likes the idea of have a camera raised and pointed at them. You need to connect with your subject first. I was fortunate enough to have some language skills to help me along the way as well as a local fixer gifted in the art of explaining in detail to the subjects who I was and what I’m was doing in Mumbai.
A freelance documentary film photographer working alongside UK & European media outlets. On this occasion, searching for print based media content to share with us all.

Please note: All of these shots were taken with the subjects consent