This article explains why digital cameras are good news for writers, and what to look for (in a broad sense) in a camera.
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Have camera will travel
in Photography
Photography
7 ways to use your phone's camera
Your phone’s camera can be a great aid for your writing.
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Clock with no face, by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #8
Another interesting photo, taken while walking around the City of London.
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Colonnade by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #6: Colonnade, London WC1
Today’s photoprompt is a lovely noir shot of a narrow back street in central London.
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Audio surveillance zone
Photoprompt #4: Audio surveillance
Another photo prompt on the subject of surveillance.
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This facility is under constant video surveillance, by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #3
This photoprompt led me to come up with a few interesting questions as writing prompts.
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Tired of London? by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #2
Today’s photo prompt is a photo I took with my phone in the back streets of London.
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Images can be quite useful for sparking off the imagination, so I thought I’d post photos or drawings when I can, for people to use as prompts if they wish. Let me know if you do!
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Photo from Stocksnap. CC0 licence
More copyright-free photos
More lovely photos -- and free to use too!
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Taking a black and white photo somehow enhances the atmosphere.
3 minute inspiration: empty benches
Vacant park benches and the like can be very evocative, and a source of inspiration for the writer.
Read MoreThe joy of monochrome
Not everything in life is black and white -- but perhaps more of it should be.
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Autumn in a park. Photo from pixabay.com CC0
Monochrome pictures and the writer: a heads-up
Can taking monochrome photographs enhance a writer's creativity?
Read More10 ways to find illustrations for your writing projects
in Photography, How to
Where can you find good photographs with which to illustrate your blog articles? This post provides the answer!
Read MorePeople in a station
I love the attempts being made all around England to make stations more attractive.Yesterday
I love how even the most mundane of photos can act as a stimulus to the creative writing process. That’s why I always carry a camera of some description around with me.Making use of your photographs
in How to, Photography, Web 2.0
If, like me, you enjoy taking photographs, then why not use them in your blog posts. An easy way to do so is to open a Flickr account, upload your photos to it, and then use them when you need to.
Flickr is, to be honest, looking a bit long in the tooth, although its recent innovation of displaying very high resolution photographs by default is, shall we say, striking. But it is still a great service in my opinion, and for the writer a much better one than, say, Facebook.
Using your phone’s camera
Phone cameras have been getting better and better, and I believe they are both useful and usable now, from a writer’s point of view.
Review of the Kodak Zx1 Pocket Camcorder
in Photography, Reviews, Video
The Kodak Zi8 pocket camcorder has a range of options for video, a still photo facility, and a really easy-to-use programme for importing your efforts into your computer and uploading to YouTube, Vimeo and other sites.
However, if you’re looking for something a little more rugged, an alternative is the Kodak Zx1. It’s not as pretty, but boy, is it robust!
Read MorePhotography and creative writing
The terms “technology” and “creative writing” may not often appear in the same sentence. But when it comes to digital photography, the world is your oyster.