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March 20, 2012 by graham

Shooting for print; shooting for the web

Something that I’m finding increasingly irritating: putting my images up on the web when I’ve shot them in portrait (i.e. for print) is a pain in the behind. Not so bad on Facebook, G+ and what have you, but my WordPress plugins handle the portrait-oriented images pretty badly.
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September 22, 2009 by graham

Some people I met

I've been talking for a long time about the challenge of photographing strangers. Those of you who know me know that the one thing that I'm short on much of the time is self belief. I'd rather be insulted than complimented because normally I find compliments leave too much out (as Bert pointed out at the workshop [...]
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December 14, 2008 by graham

Alan Pope and his portable Daviey

Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 348 In a coffee shop at SFO.
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized · Tagged alanpope, d300, davewalker, daviey, people, pocketdaviey, popey, portabledaviey, portrait, silly, three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, udsjaunty · Leave a Reply ·

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December 9, 2008 by graham

Comedy Gold

Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 343 Aaron Bentley of the Launchpad Bazaar Integration team signs Spinal Tap’s Big Bottom at Ubuntu Unplugged. Quite possibly one of the funniest things a Launchpad developer has ever done.
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized · Tagged aaronbentley, abentley, blackandwhite, d300, guitar, monochrome, music, musician, portrait, singing, three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, ubuntuunplugged, udsjaunty · Leave a Reply ·

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November 15, 2008 by graham

Rainbow Superhero

Graham Binns posted a photo: This is appearing late because it never turned up in the feed in the first place (my bad). 100 Strangers #2 This is Raya (thank you to her friend Meowy12 for setting my spelling straight). Zie was attending the Anti Prop8 demonstration outside City Hall in Boston today, which I [...]
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized · Tagged 100strangers, boston, cityhall, civilrights, colour, d300, equality, equalrights, gaymarriage, gayrights, jointheimpact, people, portrait, proposition8, protest · 2 Replies ·

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October 29, 2008 by graham

The thinking man

Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 302 Danilo Segan of the Launchpad team prepares to give a lightning talk. This was one of those accidental images that just worked.
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized · Tagged artsy, blackandwhite, danilo, danilosegan, launchpad, launchpad epic 2008, lucky, monochrome, nikon55200mm, people, planet ubuntu uk, portrait, sb600, three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 · Leave a Reply ·

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October 20, 2008 by graham

Sleeping in light

Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 293 Testing my new Westcott shoot-through umbrella. Strobist info: Vivitar 285hv at 1/16 through a shoot-through umbrella just above and behind the camera.
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized · Tagged blackandwhite, d300, portrait, selfportrait, shootthroughumbrella, sigma30mm, strobist, three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, vivitar285hv · Leave a Reply ·

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March 6, 2008 by graham

The Star of the Show

Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 65 A swan at the Crook o’Lune, mugging for the camera. After I’d taken this shot she bullied some ducks. Diva.
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized · Tagged bird, crookolune, d40x, portrait, swan, three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 · Leave a Reply ·

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February 4, 2008 by graham

Some Bloke Wot I Met

Graham Binns posted a photo: 100 Strangers, Photo #1. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com I wasn’t planning to start on the 100 strangers project this week, even though being in London probably offers the best opportunity. This is Paul. He struck up a conversation with [...]
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January 28, 2008 by graham

Available Light

Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 27 I decided, after a day when I found myself stuck in the house pretty much all of the time, and in which I saw my capacity for excursion limited significantly by something important in my car going boing, to play with [...]
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized · Tagged autoportrait, blackandwhite, d40x, f14, lowlight, me, monochrome, outdoors, portrait, three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, vanity · Leave a Reply ·
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Graham BinnsI'm a commercial and editorial portrait photographer from North West England.After spending several years building a career as a software engineer I realised that there was an artist inside me struggling to get out.
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