Photographs and stories by Invercargill photographer Rick Harvey
I guess there are two backstories to this story. The first is that I have developed a fondness for retro-style photos, which you’ll be aware of if you follow my photo blog. The second is that having just arrived back from a 5,300 kilometre motorhome trip around the North Island...
This was never intended to be a story about shooting black-and-white photos with a smartphone. Nor was it intended to be a story about shooting photos at night with a smartphone. It sort of just happened – probably because I am a self confessed lazy photographer. I was out walking...
I try hard to publish stories regularly, but often I am overcome with bouts of laziness, uncertainty, lack of ideas or a combination of all three. Images from small town New Zealand is an attempt to get me back in the posting groove. My latest excuse is that I have...
Creating retro-style postcard images is a lot of fun. You can let your imagination run wild to a certain extent, and given all the great photo-processing applications there are available, it can be a pretty easy thing to do. On my About Me page I say “for me it is...
Back in late October I asked the question “Is it worth upgrading to On1 Photo RAW 2023?” and came to the conclusion that at least in my case the answer was no. More recently I asked myself a similar question – what are the reasons to try DxO Photolab 6?...
Diane Arbus, a doyen of black and white photography, once said “It’s important to take bad pictures”, the rationale being that by recognising bad pictures we will understand what makes good pictures. She also said, “I’ve never taken a picture I intended. They’re always better or worse”. I...
Most of my great ideas for stories come to me while I am out walking the dogs. Likewise, most of my bad ideas come to me when I’m out walking the dogs. This story – “How To Start Your Own Photoblog In New Zealand” – is one of my greatest...
What I am learning is that learning to see in black and white is an ongoing process – at least until it becomes a natural and intuitive part of my photographic thought processes. There are so many fine examples of black-and-white photography scattered across the Internet and in reference...
