My Flickr photos are now public domain

I am not a photographer. Just another slob who takes the occasional photo. For centuries I have had a neglected Flickr account.  I used it to hold photos illustrating blog posts. Now I have decided to put the photos I've taken into the public domain.  What that means, to quote the Creative Commons description is …

Film Photography : Non Digital Stop On A Photographic Journey

These film photographs are hard won victories from my non digital photography days. A time of despairing struggle. Trying to understand the voodoo of F-stop and aperture. Recorded by piles of over or under exposed disasters. Took me years to realise the cause. Technical incompatibilities between my ancient Nikon’s “semi automatic” settings and its Sigma …

3 interesting Sri Lankan bloggers – part 3: Aamina Nizar, photoblogger

Update 2015 : Aamina has a new blog: aaminanizar.wordpress.com check it out. Aamina Nizar's photoblog is the "eldest" of the three Sri Lankan blogs I want to introduce. Its focus is Sri Lanka and our gigantic neighbour, the continent of colour. Mumbai based Aamina has recently captured one of India's more exotic corners: Ladakh - one of …

Ridi Vihare – Silver Temple Sri Lanka

Ridi Vihare -"Silver Temple" in Sinhala - is a historic cave temple on the road to Sri Lanka's ancient cities -an easy day trip away from Colombo. At first glance it looks like a large well supported rural temple nestled in the lush landscape. Looks are of course deceiving. Its treasures are subtle and hidden …

Untapped lucrative photography market

Sri Lankan weddings have an untapped lucrative niche market for photographers that remains untapped. To understand my point, you'll need a bit of context. Marriage proposal photographs sent by parents - irrespective of who you are dating - is a part of most south Asian adulthood. Thanks to the internet, fleeing to another continent won't …